Subj : degrees and/or %
To   : August Abolins
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Mon Feb 24 2020 23:20:09

Hi, August!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

 AH>  We have a bottle of isopropyl alcohol listed as 99% USP.
 AH>  It is used for de-icing frozen car door locks & dissolving
 AH>  glue from sticky labels we want to remove from book covers,
 AH>  e.g., without damaging them.

 AA>  A little rag soaked in vodka helps remove the annoying
 AA>  icing-up that occurs on the inside of a car windshield.


          Hmm.  Vodka has a higher price tag... but doesn't come with warnings 
about ensuring the space is well-ventilated.  This could be quite an advantage 
if you are using it on the interior of a motor vehicle in winter... [chuckle].

          I was beginning to wonder if the thread might be a little off topic, 
BTW... until I found in the course of my research that people from Eurasia may 
not understand the vodka available to us has no added honey &/or spices.  :-))



 AA>  But I use lighter fluid to remove the oil-based sticky
 AA>  labels from books.  Dries up very nice, and no stains.


          Haven't tried that... I wonder if it might work more quickly.  I use 
other solvents which require less time & patience, but I don't risk using them 
on book covers or on anything which is obviously made of plastic....  :-)



 AA>  I don't even think we can even get any 99% iso alcohol
 AA>  here! (Canada).  The highest I've seen is 70%.


          We used much the same thing until about three years ago, when we ran 
out during a long spell of particularly cold weather.  It does the job when we 
need to de-ice a frozen car lock... but we tend to use more of it.

          The bottle we now have was manufactured in Winnipeg & purchased from 
our local pharmacy... not from a chain which sells groceries & housewares too. 
IMHO we get better results from people who specialize in such matters....  :-Q



 AA>  I have a very wimpy-strength 2% solution in the cupboard.
 AA>  Very handy when I need to disinfect a sore or cut.


          We tend to use Polysporin ointment or cream in such cases because we 
find iso alcohol can be very painful on open wounds.  Maybe it isn't if you're 
using a 2% solution, but I don't recall having seen such a thing here....  :-)




--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
 * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)

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