Re: [HG] Cleaning your wheel

[Justine]

FYI - I used to work in medical research and 20+ years ago used ether as an 
anesthesia for animals. It is highly flammable, easily evaporates and 
heavier than air, so it's use is now highly discouraged by fire departments 
and laboratory safety folks.  For the purposes of anesthesia there are much 
better alternatives available now.  Rubbing alcohol or isopropyl alcohol is 
completely different and much safer.  I have no idea what works better for 
the purposes of cleaning your wheel but what is called ether is the US is 
probably impossible for the average person to get.  Ether is apparently 
used in the production of Methamphetamine so I am going to guess it is very 
tightly controlled in the US for both safety and drug reasons.  Justine