[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: removing tar moisture barrier

[Lawrence Lile]

Be careful with orange oil with poor ventilation - it is a great solvent, and natural, but at high concentrations it can cause CNS problems.  I floated my way out of an industrial plant after using concentrated orange oil to clean some stuff, and was surprised to see how many pink elephants were operating the machinery and dancing between the pallets.  Not really a good situation.  
 
--Lawrence

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From: greenbuilding-bounces at listserv.repp.org on behalf of Jim Weiler
Sent: Mon 7/23/2007 10:43 AM
To: RONALD CASCIO; Jim Weiler; greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org
Subject: [BULK] Re: [Greenbuilding] removing tar moisture barrier



At 7:01 AM -0400 7/23/07, RONALD CASCIO wrote:
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Weiler" <heavysideways at gmail.com>
>
>>As far as that goes, the glycerin byproduct, biodiesel, ordinary
>>petroleum diesel, gasolene (very dangerous & too volatile), or clean
>>petroleum-based engine oil will dissolve and pick up the tar mastic.
>>I just prefer the smell of orange oil if I'm going to provide the
>>labor in the process. Because it is very labor intensive and I want
>>to enjoy my labor as much as possible.
>
>>  Jim
>
>There's a huge difference between glycerin/biodiesel and petroleum
>distillates in both toxicity and aroma, plus the glycerin is a
>byproduct that's looking a job to do. I can understand the desire to
>smell the orange based solvent, which some people have a very
>negative reaction to, but when talking about green solutions a
>byproduct that does the job just as well as any other might just be
>the preferable item, IMHO.
>
>Ron

I have no problem with that, just expressing my preferences, which
are purely personal. The other reason for my post was to point out
that oil is oil, no matter its source. It used to be that people
bathed in oil, and considered it good for them. With all the
additives with toxicity since the beginnings of the industrial
revolution, it's a good thing to pay attention to what's put into
various oils, but a blanket fear of oil no matter the source is
appropriately more prevalent in this modern age. I would certainly
use the glycerin, if I had access to it, as an under-used (and cheap)
resource. -Jim

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