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exvalvesetdabbler:

--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on June 17, 2026, 06:49:38 PM ---Sounds like a Trichlorethylene Tank, lots of garages had them in the 1960s,
now illegal due to serious  health risks.

--- End quote ---

Carbon tetrachloride was even worse, even in the labs we had to stop using it and find alternative solvents. Good degreaser though. We kept a bottle for saving up the `slops` which came in handy for cleaning oily things at lunchtime. Chloroform was more enjoyable to use.

Dave


Dave.

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