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GTO GN · Newbie

SAFETY WARNING!! THIS MAY SAVE SOMEONES LIFE!!

ffas23 · Guru

Good Article about Brake Cleaner and its faults. Working on cars as much as I have and still do I know what the person means about using chemicals such as Carb Cleaner and Brake Cleaner. I always use compressed air to blow the part dry when using Brake Cleaner that is spoken about in the article the person had the problem with. Actually Clorinated Brake Cleen was suppose to be banned some time ago from what I understood. I only use Non-Clorinated Brake Cleen today although I have seen the Clorinated type still be sold out there. Being the person who wrote the article kept smelling Clorine my guess is he was using a Clorinated Brake Cleen. Using either you should be in a well ventilated area anyway and like I said either walk away or use a air hose to blow the part off to dry it. Although I have used it on metal before Mig Welding apparently this is where the problem was encountered in the article written.

Below should be a better link to the article for those interested in reading about what could happen if the product is not used properly:

http://www.brewracingframes.com/id75.htm

vett boy · Guru

It is a good article ,worth reading.