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Andre,
looking back, I have used a variety: between Ethanol (unmarked purity
but the standard thing you can get in stores in Poland) and alcohol
used in surgery. I've never used anything that had turpentine. I
remember at least once I used 'nail polish remover' and it just melted
plastic straight away. I am not sure but don't think it had turpentine
in it. What are your experiences with different alcohol types?
Cheers
Damian

On 7/16/08, Andre Majorel <aym-htnys at teaser.fr> wrote:
> On 2008-07-16 20:44 +0100, cheater cheater wrote:
>  > On 7/16/08, Andre Majorel <aym-htnys at teaser.fr> wrote:
>  > > On 2008-07-16 10:29 -0400, Nate Reeves wrote:
>  > >  > On Jul 16, 2008, at 5:47 AM, cheater cheater wrote:
>  > >  >
>  > >  >> Please, don't use alcohol on the plastic.
>  > >  >> It'll melt.
>  > >
>  > > No. I clean *everything* with 90% alcohol (ethanol or methanol).
>  > > Trust me, if it melted plastic, I would know it.
>  >
>
> > Andre, I have had many, many bad experiences with this. I think the
>  > learning experience was when I decided to clean up my greasy tv
>  > console pads... well, let's just say the controller took on a slightly
>  > different shape in some places.
>  > Since then, most bad experiences come from previous owners trying this
>  > stuff and then this stuff landing in my hands..
>  >
>  > Plastic comes in different forms - you never know what you'll get,
>  > unfortunately.
>
>
> Fair enough. I just wish that people wouldn't spread unreasoned
>  fear of something just of a bad experience.
>
>  A blanket "it will melt the plastic" makes no sense because in
>  most cases, it won't. Saying "try it on a corner of the case
>  that's not normally visible first", now *that* is useful advice.
>
>  I wonder how come you've had "many, many" bad experiences with
>  alcohol when I've had very few. What kind of alcohol do you use ?
>  I use "alcool à brûler" (a.k.a. methylated spirits or denatured
>  alcohol according to Wikipedia). It's a mixture of ethanol and
>  methanol with "at least 6% of pyrogenic impurities" that has a
>  pale yellow-greenish tint. Other countries specify different
>  compositions :
>
>   http://www.distill.com/specs/EU2.html
>
>  In Greece, for example, denatured alcohol contains 1% oil of
>  turpentine. That could conceivably dissolve materials that mere
>  alcohols couldn't.
>
>
>  --
>
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