Topic: Cleaning solvents
This question is actually two:
1. What is the best solvent for cleaning out the gas tank in my soon-to-be Lemons car? It has been sitting for 20+ years, and I am sure that the gas has turned to goo or worse. Acetone? MEK? Denatured Alcohol? Mineral Spirits?
2. What solvent do you use for general cleaning of greasy parts, and what do you pay for it? For years I have used ordinary paint thinner, but it has now been banned in Southern California. The stuff they have replaced it with now costs $19/gallon, and it doesn't work as well. My supply of Stoddard Solvent is down to about a quart, which my wife says is none too soon because of the terrible odor it leaves on my clothes.
I know some guys who have gone back to gasoline (fireball waiting to happen!), while others are using diesel fuel or kerosene (not much safer). I'm looking for an effective solvent that doesn't cost an arm and a leg, and is less likely to kill me.
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