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Re: Solvent problems?
By:Pete Rudie
Date: 4/25/1999, 1:42 am
In Response To: Solvent problems? (Jack Martin)

Any dishwashing soap works fine, without all the headaches. 8^)

> This might be related to another thread earlier in the week, but I think
> it stands alone.

> I used some Interlux 202 fiberglass wash --- recommended in the CLC
> literature --- last week in a closed garage, no protection. A total DELTA
> SIERRA, and paid the price in a splitting headache, dizziness and all the
> normal problems of brain-frying. So today, when I needed to clean up some
> 'glass, I used it again, but outside with a gentle breeze and while
> wearing a full respirator. And it almost happened again! Significantly
> less effect, but I was expecting no effect!

> Anyone else with severe problems with 202? What's a good alternative to
> get rid of amine blush?

> Oh, and insult to injury --- a small swarm of termites landed on the hull
> of the North Bay as it sat in the driveway! As a plastic and fiberglass
> boater, that sort of thing never worried me much. Now I've gotta worry
> about bugs! (Which were not at all turned off by the 202.)

> Jack Martin

Messages In This Thread

Solvent problems?
Jack Martin -- 4/24/1999, 11:28 pm
Re: Solvent problems?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/25/1999, 12:05 pm
Re: Solvent problems?
Pete Rudie -- 4/25/1999, 1:42 am
Re: Solvent problems?
Don Beale -- 4/25/1999, 12:18 am
Re: Solvent problems?
Jack Martin -- 4/26/1999, 7:11 am
Re: Gouge?
Don Beale -- 4/27/1999, 12:50 am
Re: Gouge?
Jack Martin -- 4/27/1999, 12:39 pm