Acetone as all purpose cleaner

Same shit. The important thing is that it cleans grease off and evaporates cleanly. Brake cleaner fumes are likely less noxious than acetone though.

>>16011003
So there's no reason why I should pay $7 for 500cc of break cleaner if I could just use the acetone available at my work (which costs us $15 for 20 litres)?

>>16010973
It's a good thing plasticiser so don't get it on any gasket, rubber part, O-ring and stuff.

Don't get it in any oils or lubricants you obviously need.

>>16011041
You just blast it with air and it evaporates within 5 seconds

>>16011050
It's a good solvent don't get it on the plastic or rubber parts to begin with it'll immediately start dissolving

I'm more into phenylacetone myself. ;]

>>16011064
Methyl ethyl ketone is good too

Toluene stinks but it works

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>phenylacetone
why? that'd just be expensive and not worth it to get. acetone is already nonpolar and dissolves most lubricants well enough that you don't need an aromatic
>toluene
similar situation. it costs almost as much as the break cleaners and is more noxious. long exposures get you high, too
>methylethyl ketone
this just one extra CH[sub]2[/sub] group away and used for niche applications. it's chemically similar to acetone and shouldn't need to be replaced for general cleaning porpoises

>>16011034
Well you're also paying for the fact that you can spray the fucking thing. I have a shit load of acetone but it's in a bottle that I can't do fuck all with

>>16011139
Why phenylacetone?

To make amphetamine and related phenethylamines; no cleaning purposes here.

>>16010973
takes a long time to evaporate sometimes. check if its ok on rotor coating.

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>>16011143
paper or a rag. or you can get one of those HDPE spray bottles.
i mean, another case is that you can just pump it into your urethra with a catheter and then piss it out onto your differential plate or something

>>16011151
>not just moving to florida and snorting meth off a hooker's anus

>>16011156
Shitposting aside, it doesn't if you just take your tyre pump and blast the surface for 5 seconds. This even evaporates water in like 2 minutes.

>>16011077
>toulene

K bub

50:50 hexane: ethyl acetate or go home

>>16012206
Are we running columns here?
Why hexane and ethyl acetate?

>>16013212
Kek

Purifying some FAMEs that i modified

I think im gonna go 80:20 tomorrow see how the TLC looks

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>>16010973
You guys can shitpost all you want about your homemade brake cleaner, or just buy it by the gallon for $30

https://www.amazon.com/CRC-05090-Brakleen-1Gal/dp/B000CIPUU0

Problem is, and with your home method, that shit doesnt spray from a pressure bottle.

>>16011077
toluene smells great desu

i have to stop myself from taking a huge whiff of it whenever i use it.

>>16010973
are the unpaired electrons on O basic?

>>16013682
I wouldnt call them "basic" but in the presence of a strong acid, the carbonyl will certainly be activated

>>16013731
thanks friend

>>16013550
what the fucking hell. what's fame?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_acid_methyl_ester
this it?

add this to your engine to make life better. lmfao who are you and can you. what's with these /chemfags/ suddenly coming out of the woodworks.

let's see the tlcs, anon

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>>16013550
And that ain't no piece of paper buddy

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>>16014017
>>16014032
Posting muh TLCs


I....i only have one in my phone

And yea. Fatty acid methyl esters or biodiesel

>>16014336
Whaaaa
Is this an actual car thing or are we just carutists?

>>16010973
>the fucking file name
holy fucking shit

>>16010973
I have a can of carbeurator cleaner that is a mix of toluene and acetone. That shit dissolves the toughest gunk instantly. It's amazing.

>>16018048
does it spray or is it just a can?