> Isopropyl Alcohol -is- rubbing alcohol. Rated by percent of alcohol vs
> water.
>
> Witch Hazel is rubbing alcohol aka IPA with extra junk tossed in.
>
> The only thing I recall from the MSDS sheet was a warning that it can
> "defat" the skin. IE, wash the oils out and dry it out.
>
> If you use 99% IPA, it dries much quicker from the board.
>
> Steve
>
I have tried acetone, but somehow IPA seems to work slightly better.
I'm trying to replace laquer thinner and similar products by IPA, ethanol,
acetone where possible. The MSDS seem to agree those benzine based products
are much more of a health hazard.
There is some benzine based solvent called "testbenzin" here, which
containes
no benzol, and is said to be less hamful. I couldn't find out if that is
true or not
so far.
IPA and acetone do pretty all you need, while IPA is plastic-safe acetone
isn't.
PE and PP are not attacked (it is in a PE bottle). But you can
solvent-glue ABS
and other plastics with acetone. The PCB epoxy is slightly attacked by it,
which
leads to "rubbing in" the toner if removing it with acetone. Laquer
thinner didn't
do this. (which is one reason why i'd like to know if the "testbenzin" is
a health hazard.)
ST