Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't think "trike" (as trichlorethane called in the electronics industry) is carcinogenic. It's a CFC, and as such is pretty inert, biologically speaking. But of course there's that pesky ozone layer thing, so I guess it's indirectly carcinogenic (CFC -> less ozone -> more UV -> skin cancer). The ozone layer is one UV filter I agree with unreservedly. Paul Chefurka > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Durling [mailto:durling@widomaker.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 1:15 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] film cleaner > > > It probably is carcinogenic! I'm doing all this from memory > (which ain't > what it used to be). All these bottles and cans of chemicals > are at work. > I'll check when I go back on Monday (if I remember) and post > the results. > Mike D > > -----Original Message----- > From: Johnny Deadman <deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Date: Thursday, November 25, 1999 5:58 AM > Subject: [Leica] film cleaner > > > >> Seems like Kodak film cleaner listed Tri-clor-ethane or > something like > that. > >> This is the solvent our video engineers use to clean video > heads. I > haven't > >> tried that on film. > > > >Aha! Dry cleaning fluid! And carcinogenic, I think. > > > > > >-- > >Johnny Deadman > > > >"The unfinished is nothing" - Frederick Amiel > > > > >