We don't mind ending up like you. I had an incident way back around 1966 or 67 when I worked for a company named American Mineral Spirits Co. in Carteret, N.J. One Monday morning we got the news that they had fished a teenager out of one of our tanks. It had been storing Toluene and they had transferred the stuff into another tank, but had not yet started to clean it out. Somehow this kid got into the plant and climbed up on top of that particular tank and climbed down inside in order to get high on the fumes. As an aside to this story, you all will be interested to know that during the Viet Nam war there was a severe shortage of Toluene and we were hard pressed to get all the orders filled that we had. We got a ship in from Texas every month and after we unloaded our meager supply we were through with that product for the month. The reason that it was in such short supply is that it all went to the government. They jellied it and put it into canisters to be dropped by planes. Yes folks it was napalm. During WW2 the napalm was actually jellied gasoline. But gasoline was a lot more expensive in the 1960's and 70's than toluene, which we sold for 7� a gallon.
As another side note Xylene was used as a propellant in spray cans in the early 60's & 70's and it was also used to liquefy solid materials used in preserving wooden posts. Both are considered Aromatic Hydrocarbons and inhaling the fumes should be avoided and used outside in a well ventilated area. Alan Di Somma Phoenix,Az. http://www.azod.com http://www.azflycasters.org/ "Deep Thoughts" As seen on Cleveland Oh. billboards. What part of "Thou Shalt Not" didn't you understand?-God ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Ordes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 10:39 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Solvents for Flexament : Just be very careful with those 'enes', or you'll end up like me. : {[:;8^ ))( : DonO
