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Re: Parts Cleaners

To: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Subject: Re: Parts Cleaners
From: James R Ferguson <jferg@twave.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 96 23:49:41 -0500
t 02:07 PM 1/23/96 -0500, you wrote:
>
>My guess is that some (most? all?) crystal drain cleaners are NaOH.  Cheap
>and effective, I suppose.  But you want to be very careful not to splash
>it in your eyes.  It isn't all that pleasant to get on your skin, either. 
>Warning:  NaOH may react with aluminum parts-- any chemists on the list? 
>
>   Ray Gibbons  Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
>                Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
>                gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu  (802) 656-8910
>
"NaOH" = Lye  (as in Red Devil)  ???

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Jim Ferguson


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