[Dave@Moon]

READ THIS!!!

Brake Cleaner = Phosgene Article

[West Peterson]

Wow. That's scary. Thanks for the head's up.

[Reatta Man]

I didn't know, Dave. Thanks for the info.

Joe

[hddennis]

Dave, Thanks for taking the time to post this. You may have saved lives. This needs to go through our hobby like you know what through a goose!

Howard Dennis

[MCHinson]

Yes, Thanks Dave.

Everybody needs to be careful when they use any chemicals, there are lots of good useful chemicals that can do some really nasty things when mixed with other useful chemicals. Reading the labels and other safety literature is imperative.

[RonHeberle]

Thanks for taking the time to post glad to hear you are getting better. I know that I need to pay more attention to the chemicals I am using. Thanks again and take care of yourself.

[Xprefix28truck]

If you ever need to prep Aluminum before welding they make a product called WELDO just for this purpose. Never use spray cleaners.

[Semi-Intelligent]

Dave, Thank you for the heads up. If that had been me I would definetly be gone. Sure hope he makes progress.

[First Born]

Think I will bypass break parts cleaner. Thanks

[Dave@Moon]

Originally Posted by MCHinson

Yes, Thanks Dave.

Everybody needs to be careful when they use any chemicals, there are lots of good useful chemicals that can do some really nasty things when mixed with other useful chemicals. Reading the labels and other safety literature is imperative.

About 15 years ago someone wrote an article in one of my club magazines (The "6-Pack" Triumph TR6 Club) on the use of Eagle One Wheel Cleaner to remove stubborn carbon and sludge residue when prepping small engine parts. I looked the stuff up in the store and found out that one of the main active ingredients in it was hydrofluoric acid (HF).

If your outdoors washing a car wheel without touching the material (as per the instructions) that wouldn't be a problem, but scrubbing a small car part inside a garage would give the restorer a pretty intense exposure to this stuff. The bad part wasn't the (very) acidic nature of HF, the problem is that HF is a very serious nerve toxin that does permenant damage to exposed nerves! People could have lost feeling and function if they incautiously followed the advice in that article.

I informed the editor immediately, and the club magazine printed a warning headline in the next issue. The internet didn't exist then (at least for most people), and it took 3 months to get this out to the members.

When people start fretting over the personal and political sniping that goes on here, try and remember the important function this forum serves. It's items like this that make this thing truly important!