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Pretty serious stuff.

Now that does make you think!

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 !

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.

You are right Bruce. It does say Non-Chloronated. Does that mean its safe to clean a greasy/oily part with before welding?

It says vapor harmful on the front of the can.

Why even take a chance.... You only have one life, and you really do want to stay healthy, the alternatives are not pretty.....

Dale

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

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.
Beware of true hazards, not false ones.

DannyK wrote: It does say Non-Chloronated. Does that mean its safe to clean a greasy/oily part with before welding?

Perfectly safe.
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.

Bruce2 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.

This information is reckless and can get somebody killed

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!!!

Bruce2 wrote: Believing a myth is a poor way to learn things.

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.