I'm gonna print that and make all my guys read it.

Thanks for sharing.

Chlorinated solvents are extremely dangerous, phosgene gas is what the Nazi's used in WWII as a nerve agent. FWIW, R22, R12, R500 and several other refrigerants are chlorinated and pose the same dangers.

The best solvent there is for cleaning metal before welding and so on is denatured alcohol, it is not as effective and takes longer, but burns clean and cold and does not flash.

Never use acetone, it literally explodes when it flashes, also, when welding gas or diesel tanks, be really really careful. Use nitrogen (dry) or argon to displace any fumes, and do it outside.

GT

i have been thinking about this for a while, i am wondering how much damage i have done to myself internally that i don't know about? i have never got hurt like this guy did, but i think it would be safe to say i am going to eventually get some kind of cancer from doing things like this.

I try not to think about it.

GT

i have been thinking about this for a while, i am wondering how much damage i have done to myself internally that i don't know about? i have never got hurt like this guy did, but i think it would be safe to say i am going to eventually get some kind of cancer from doing things like this.

Yep I know, I know.... when I was a kid in the late 60's living in the orchard country we would play in the sheds where they stored the sacks of chemicals for the spray rigs. The chemicals?? DDT baby! It's got a very unique smell. We didn't know DDT from ABC we were kids. We'd dare each other to eat the stuff. And we would hide out in there for hours or make a fort out of the shack.

Tick tock tick tock tick tock...