Re: 60s Style Fire Extinguisher

[Dwgwater@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/20/98 11:04:00 PM Central Daylight Time,
spritenut@Exit109.com writes:

> 
>  I beleive (not positive though) the chemical inside was carbon
>  tetracholide.(better known as carbon tet)
>  I have a couple of old pump style f/ex on the wall in my basement. They
>  have been used as squirt guns when I was a kid. I found them in the
>  trash way back when. In fact it says on one of them "original fluid
>  contains 20% carbon tetracloride.


Frank is correct,...my dad had one on the garage walls for years.  Toxic?
Probably.

Dave Groundwater   70 Midget