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Re: Cleaning Shop Rags

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Subject: Re: Cleaning Shop Rags
From: johnm@ims.com (John Miller)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 13:01:02 -0700
Tony wrote:
> ... The problem came from _organic_ oils
> such as vegetable oils, cooking oils etc.     Do we have any chemists "on
> board" that would care to educate the list on this subject.?


Wow, that explains a lot.  I've never seen rags from auto work
"go up in smoke", but after oiling some furniture down with stain
the rag litterly burst into flames within an hour of use.
It wasn't in a pile in the corner either. It was just laying over
a sawhorse!  I was impressed enough to be *very* cautious after that.

I second the call for a chemist's explaination.

JohnM

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