>The brake cleaner I used was Prestone Heavy Duty Brake Parts Cleaner with >fast dry high performance formula. The ingredients are Acetone, Heptane, >Xylene, Ethylbenzene, and Propane. Got it from Wal-mart. It is extremely >flammable and should be used in a well-ventilated area. (I think I just >scared myself from using it again) > >Ted Simmons >Merritt Island, FL Hi Ted, If that's all that's in the stuff, I don't see how it could hurt anything non-living. I suspect that at least a couple of the ingredients might be on OSHA's hit list though, so breathe around it as much as possible. If it's all solvents of various flavors, which will evaporate without leaving any goo, while not doing any harm, it may not do any real good either... like doctors. Techs have tried to clean verdigris from S&S flanges since the first one seized up. They have tried every conceivable combination of heat, solvents, lubricants, shrink solutions, condiments (mayonnaise showed great promise for awhile, then someone forgot to put the action back in the fridge for the night and it turned rancid), and tongue positions. To date, all reported fixes have proven to be temporary. There is always the possibility that there is a true fix, using the old parts, and the discoverer(s) just aren't volunteering the information, but that isn't likely or I would have seen the ads. The stuff could, however, be invaluable for cleaning off graphite grease and all that other unidentifiable acky-pucky that mysteriously appears on pedals and trap work, or player transmissions. Ron N
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