[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: Green Cleaners

[Lawrence Lile]

We used an industrial version of Simple Green to clean epoxy resins.
Pure orange oil. Worked pretty well in cleaning up resin.  I did the
first test of it, and promptly got quite a high on the fumes. I walked,
or rather glided, out to get some fresh air, and decided that orange oil
was not going to be the Green solution to our solvent problems.  Also, I
really enjoyed the pink elephants, purple hippos and yellow giraffes
that had somehow started dancing around with Timothy Leary in our
parking lot. 

Pure orange oil is quite a mean solvent, about as effective as Methyl
Chloride on the chemicals we were using, but we'd have to use it in a
glove box or a fume hood to make it work.  Simple Green is made of
diluted orange oil, but it still can create some fumes and if you are
sensitive, watch out! 

 
 
Lawrence Lile, P.E., LEED AP


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Keith
Winston
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 5:36 PM
To: Greenbuilder list
Subject: [BULK] Re: [Greenbuilding] Green Cleaners
Importance: Low

I used Simple Green to clean the inside of a glass shower stall a while 
back. I very nearly abruptly passed out. I was astonished. I can't 
remember the last time I was so quickly and complete overwhelmed by 
chemical fumes. I don't know what it was, when I look at the MSDS it 
looks very innocent. Feel free to try the experiment. Maybe it reacts 
with water? I don't know, but it was INTENSE, and frightening!

And no, I'm not in the pay of "Complicated Yellow" or anyone...

Keith