I think it's called denatured alcohol. Martin
On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 11:31 +0000, Julia Say wrote: > On 13 Jan 2011, Victor Eskenazi wrote: > > > for the verdigris. . . in this country we have a clear liquid ... > > "rubbing" or isopropyl alcohol. turns out it works to get rid of the > > green > > IPA will degrease everything in sight, but is a bit drastic. Sold in the UK > as a > computer cleaning fluid. Good for degreasing springs and metal slots, but > it'll > take oil out of your wrappings too which you don't want. > The one we have in the UK is a form of ethyl alcohol which has been > adulterated so > it can't be drunk. > Could someone fluent in both forms of English translate "methylated spirit" > into > USA-speak, please? > > > until now i have used, i thought successfully - cold press, extra > > virgin, olive oil. > > aaaaaaargh! No wonder. > > If you must use olive oil you want the cheapest, nastiest, hot presssed clear > cheapy variety - the exact reverse of what you have used. > > Or use neatsfoot oil (from a saddlers, but make sure it's pure oil, not > neatsfoot > compound which has water in it). Or liquid paraffin/mineral oil / baby oil / > baby > gel (another terminology minefield) > > > a while ago i remember there was some discussion of oils. . . > > And then another one, and then another one. Its one of the recurrent topics. > > Julia > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
