http://www.brewracingframes.com/id75.htm
Pretty serious stuff.
Welding safety tip
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DannyK
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Wow 
As a rookie welder I appreciate you posting this info. I often use brakecleaner on used parts and its only luckily that it hasn't been on something I was about to weld. Thanks !
As a rookie welder I appreciate you posting this info. I often use brakecleaner on used parts and its only luckily that it hasn't been on something I was about to weld. Thanks !-
Bruce2
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Don't worry too much about this. The brake cleaner he was using has been banned for sale for many years. The killer stuff has chlorine compounds in it. Chloronated compounds kill the ozone layer, so their use is banned. Read your brake clean label, it will say Non-chloronated or something like that.
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DannyK
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You are right Bruce. It does say Non-Chloronated. Does that mean its safe to clean a greasy/oily part with before welding?
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david58
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It says vapor harmful on the front of the can.
Hot, humid air is less dense than cooler, drier air. This can allow a golf ball to fly through the air with greater ease, as there won't be as much resistance on the ball.
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Dale M.
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Why even take a chance.... You only have one life, and you really do want to stay healthy, the alternatives are not pretty.....
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Bruce2
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The best way to stay safe and live a long life is to LEARN about what is and isn't safe. Believing a myth is a poor way to learn things.Dale M. wrote:Why even take a chance.... You only have one life, and you really do want to stay healthy, the alternatives are not pretty.....
Dale
Beware of true hazards, not false ones.
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Bruce2
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Perfectly safe.DannyK wrote: It does say Non-Chloronated. Does that mean its safe to clean a greasy/oily part with before welding?
That's probably why so many guys have used brake-clean many times and not experienced the problems in the link above. What they're all using is non-chlorinated.
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Stripped66
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This information is reckless and can get somebody killedBruce2 wrote:Don't worry too much about this. The brake cleaner he was using has been banned for sale for many years. The killer stuff has chlorine compounds in it. Chloronated compounds kill the ozone layer, so their use is banned. Read your brake clean label, it will say Non-chloronated or something like that.
Chloronated brake cleaner *MAY* be banned in certain regions (such as California), but many brake cleaners sold NATIONWIDE still contain chlorinated solvents.
Berryman: http://www.berrymanproducts.com/Portals/0/1420.pdf
Gumout: http://www.hardwarestore.com/media/msds/129361.pdf
Gunk: http://www.gunk.com/msds/AM720_6.PDF
Brakleen: http://www.crcindustries.com/faxdocs/msds/5089.pdf
DO NOT ASSUME YOUR BRAKE CLEANER IS CHLORINE-FREE!!!
Propagating a myth is also a good way to get somebody killed. Hopefully people will heed your advice to "Read your brake clean label", instead of believing that all brake cleaners are chlorine-free.Bruce2 wrote: Believing a myth is a poor way to learn things.