Roughly 2/29/04 07:03, William Oliveri's monkeys randomly typed:

> Why use gloves? Are some of these chems dangorus to the skin?

Some can go right thru the skin and cause severe nerve damage
or worse. e.g. Carbon Disulfide which is an excellent way to
clean carbon but smells like stale beerfarts and goes thru the
skin so easily it is also used in alternative medicine.
>
> When I was at the performance shop I notice the mechanic had latex gloves on
> (I think they were latex). Was this to keep his hands clean or prevent
> eventual chemical injury or both.

Solvents go thru rubber gloves about as well as skin. e.g. methylene
chloride or carbon disulf. Worse, some of them can carry other
molecules thru the skin with it.
>
> I've been spraying engine cleaner on my engine parts and wiping them off
> with an old towel. I touch grease and oil all the time when changing out
> parts.

If you do this regularly, you are putting your skin at risk of cancer
and/or nerve damage.

 

Jeez, you must be rich, WD-40 is fifty bucks a gallon:
http://www.twinsupply.com/itemWDC10111.html Where gasoline is just two
bucks, just keep your garage doors open or the hot water heater may open
them for you.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Lee Ayrton wrote:
>
> When I pulled my 258 apart I soaked each piston in a coffee can of WD40,
> figuring that the solvent would remove some of the crud and varnish and
> that the oil in it couldn't hurt the metal. FWIW, it did seem to make it
> easier to scrape the carbon out of the ring grooves -- but that could just
> be voodoo on my part.
>
> Gasoline has too many additives these days for me to want to wear it for
> very long.

 

Jeez, you must be rich, WD-40 is fifty bucks a gallon:
http://www.twinsupply.com/itemWDC10111.html Where gasoline is just two
bucks, just keep your garage doors open or the hot water heater may open
them for you.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Lee Ayrton wrote:
>
> When I pulled my 258 apart I soaked each piston in a coffee can of WD40,
> figuring that the solvent would remove some of the crud and varnish and
> that the oil in it couldn't hurt the metal. FWIW, it did seem to make it
> easier to scrape the carbon out of the ring grooves -- but that could just
> be voodoo on my part.
>
> Gasoline has too many additives these days for me to want to wear it for
> very long.

 

Jeez, you must be rich, WD-40 is fifty bucks a gallon:
http://www.twinsupply.com/itemWDC10111.html Where gasoline is just two
bucks, just keep your garage doors open or the hot water heater may open
them for you.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Lee Ayrton wrote:
>
> When I pulled my 258 apart I soaked each piston in a coffee can of WD40,
> figuring that the solvent would remove some of the crud and varnish and
> that the oil in it couldn't hurt the metal. FWIW, it did seem to make it
> easier to scrape the carbon out of the ring grooves -- but that could just
> be voodoo on my part.
>
> Gasoline has too many additives these days for me to want to wear it for
> very long.

 

I'll bet you enjoyed the mental image of me hunkered over a coffee can,
emptying spray cans *psssssssssssssst* one at a time, but I'm glad to say
that it wasn't so. A non-areosol gallon can of WD40 at the local AutoZone
runs about $18US, and it will be a lifetime supply for me.

3. WD-40 Lubricant, One Gallon Can: Safetysupplies.com, Inc.
<URL:http://www.safetysupplies.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=UASWD-40G&Category_Code=WD40>

I'm probably completely wrong-headed on this but for some irrational
reason I'm willing to soak my hands in WD40 but not in other solvents,
probably because I _know_ the others are bad for me and I don't know that
WD is too.

Besides, fire is not our friend and it damned sure isn't tame. I've seen
fire, I've seen skin burns and I've seen people get stupid with gasoline.
I try to stay away from it as much as I can to prevent my involvement with
any of the three.


On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, L.W.([iso-8859-1] ßill) ------ III wrote:

> Jeez, you must be rich, WD-40 is fifty bucks a gallon:
> http://www.twinsupply.com/itemWDC10111.html Where gasoline is just two
> bucks, just keep your garage doors open or the hot water heater may open
> them for you.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Lee Ayrton wrote:
> >
> > When I pulled my 258 apart I soaked each piston in a coffee can of WD40,
> > figuring that the solvent would remove some of the crud and varnish and
> > that the oil in it couldn't hurt the metal. FWIW, it did seem to make it
> > easier to scrape the carbon out of the ring grooves -- but that could just
> > be voodoo on my part.
> >
> > Gasoline has too many additives these days for me to want to wear it for
> > very long.
>

 

I'll bet you enjoyed the mental image of me hunkered over a coffee can,
emptying spray cans *psssssssssssssst* one at a time, but I'm glad to say
that it wasn't so. A non-areosol gallon can of WD40 at the local AutoZone
runs about $18US, and it will be a lifetime supply for me.

3. WD-40 Lubricant, One Gallon Can: Safetysupplies.com, Inc.
<URL:http://www.safetysupplies.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=UASWD-40G&Category_Code=WD40>

I'm probably completely wrong-headed on this but for some irrational
reason I'm willing to soak my hands in WD40 but not in other solvents,
probably because I _know_ the others are bad for me and I don't know that
WD is too.

Besides, fire is not our friend and it damned sure isn't tame. I've seen
fire, I've seen skin burns and I've seen people get stupid with gasoline.
I try to stay away from it as much as I can to prevent my involvement with
any of the three.


On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, L.W.([iso-8859-1] ßill) ------ III wrote:

> Jeez, you must be rich, WD-40 is fifty bucks a gallon:
> http://www.twinsupply.com/itemWDC10111.html Where gasoline is just two
> bucks, just keep your garage doors open or the hot water heater may open
> them for you.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Lee Ayrton wrote:
> >
> > When I pulled my 258 apart I soaked each piston in a coffee can of WD40,
> > figuring that the solvent would remove some of the crud and varnish and
> > that the oil in it couldn't hurt the metal. FWIW, it did seem to make it
> > easier to scrape the carbon out of the ring grooves -- but that could just
> > be voodoo on my part.
> >
> > Gasoline has too many additives these days for me to want to wear it for
> > very long.
>

 

I'll bet you enjoyed the mental image of me hunkered over a coffee can,
emptying spray cans *psssssssssssssst* one at a time, but I'm glad to say
that it wasn't so. A non-areosol gallon can of WD40 at the local AutoZone
runs about $18US, and it will be a lifetime supply for me.

3. WD-40 Lubricant, One Gallon Can: Safetysupplies.com, Inc.
<URL:http://www.safetysupplies.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=UASWD-40G&Category_Code=WD40>

I'm probably completely wrong-headed on this but for some irrational
reason I'm willing to soak my hands in WD40 but not in other solvents,
probably because I _know_ the others are bad for me and I don't know that
WD is too.

Besides, fire is not our friend and it damned sure isn't tame. I've seen
fire, I've seen skin burns and I've seen people get stupid with gasoline.
I try to stay away from it as much as I can to prevent my involvement with
any of the three.


On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, L.W.([iso-8859-1] ßill) ------ III wrote:

> Jeez, you must be rich, WD-40 is fifty bucks a gallon:
> http://www.twinsupply.com/itemWDC10111.html Where gasoline is just two
> bucks, just keep your garage doors open or the hot water heater may open
> them for you.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Lee Ayrton wrote:
> >
> > When I pulled my 258 apart I soaked each piston in a coffee can of WD40,
> > figuring that the solvent would remove some of the crud and varnish and
> > that the oil in it couldn't hurt the metal. FWIW, it did seem to make it
> > easier to scrape the carbon out of the ring grooves -- but that could just
> > be voodoo on my part.
> >
> > Gasoline has too many additives these days for me to want to wear it for
> > very long.
>

 

It is better to be safe than sorry.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/


Lee Ayrton wrote:
>
> I'll bet you enjoyed the mental image of me hunkered over a coffee can,
> emptying spray cans *psssssssssssssst* one at a time, but I'm glad to say
> that it wasn't so. A non-areosol gallon can of WD40 at the local AutoZone
> runs about $18US, and it will be a lifetime supply for me.
>
> 3. WD-40 Lubricant, One Gallon Can: Safetysupplies.com, Inc.
>
> I'm probably completely wrong-headed on this but for some irrational
> reason I'm willing to soak my hands in WD40 but not in other solvents,
> probably because I _know_ the others are bad for me and I don't know that
> WD is too.
>
> Besides, fire is not our friend and it damned sure isn't tame. I've seen
> fire, I've seen skin burns and I've seen people get stupid with gasoline.
> I try to stay away from it as much as I can to prevent my involvement with
> any of the three.

 

It is better to be safe than sorry.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/


Lee Ayrton wrote:
>
> I'll bet you enjoyed the mental image of me hunkered over a coffee can,
> emptying spray cans *psssssssssssssst* one at a time, but I'm glad to say
> that it wasn't so. A non-areosol gallon can of WD40 at the local AutoZone
> runs about $18US, and it will be a lifetime supply for me.
>
> 3. WD-40 Lubricant, One Gallon Can: Safetysupplies.com, Inc.
>
> I'm probably completely wrong-headed on this but for some irrational
> reason I'm willing to soak my hands in WD40 but not in other solvents,
> probably because I _know_ the others are bad for me and I don't know that
> WD is too.
>
> Besides, fire is not our friend and it damned sure isn't tame. I've seen
> fire, I've seen skin burns and I've seen people get stupid with gasoline.
> I try to stay away from it as much as I can to prevent my involvement with
> any of the three.

 

It is better to be safe than sorry.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/


Lee Ayrton wrote:
>
> I'll bet you enjoyed the mental image of me hunkered over a coffee can,
> emptying spray cans *psssssssssssssst* one at a time, but I'm glad to say
> that it wasn't so. A non-areosol gallon can of WD40 at the local AutoZone
> runs about $18US, and it will be a lifetime supply for me.
>
> 3. WD-40 Lubricant, One Gallon Can: Safetysupplies.com, Inc.
>
> I'm probably completely wrong-headed on this but for some irrational
> reason I'm willing to soak my hands in WD40 but not in other solvents,
> probably because I _know_ the others are bad for me and I don't know that
> WD is too.
>
> Besides, fire is not our friend and it damned sure isn't tame. I've seen
> fire, I've seen skin burns and I've seen people get stupid with gasoline.
> I try to stay away from it as much as I can to prevent my involvement with
> any of the three.