We used inhibisol at Nikon for (among other things) degreasing old
helicoids. One neat property was the way it made styrofoam melt. :-)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Geilfuss Charles" <Charles.Geilfuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 8:27 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Subject: Re: cleaning lens glass
> Brian,
> Inhibisol is a cleaner based on trichloroethane. Don't know anything
> about it's health effects (doubtful they are good) but it has a nasty
habit
> of degrading plastic.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Swale [mailto:bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 3:53 AM
> To: omtech@xxxxxxxxx; olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Subject: Re: cleaning lens glass
>
>
>
> Hi;
>
> On Fri, 7 May 2004 John Hermanson wrote
>
> In the early 80's, Olympus (at least) stopped allowing benzene, freon,
mek,
> ether, inhibisol in the service department. ............
>
> Good reasons for some of those at least.
>
> Benzene, the "pure" compound is reportedly highly carcinogenic, freon
stuffs
>
> up the Ozone UV-absorbing layer in the atmosphere, Methyl-Ethyl-ketone is
> also highly carcinogenic or some other bad thing - I'm sure a Google check
> would reveal what.
>
> I have no idea what the problem could be with ether - except maybe fire
> danger, and inhibisol I had never heard of before.
>
> Brian
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