New trick w/butyl tape

[rgranger]

Hey all

I stumbled on a trick this weekend and thought it might help someone else. I was touching up the bright work on my companionway hatch and needed to remove butyl tape residue from the Lexan hatch cover. I tried several different things and then reached for the Goo Gone.

That was the answer! Stripped it clean and didn’t harm the plastic one bit.

 

[thinwater]

Hey all

I stumbled on a trick this weekend and thought it might help someone else. I was touching up the bright work on my companionway hatch and needed to remove butyl tape residue from the Lexan hatch cover. I tried several different things and then reached for the Goo Gone.

That was the answer! Stripped it clean and didn’t harm the plastic one bit.

Mineral spirits generally works fine. Did you try that first?

 

[JamesG161]

Mineral spirits generally works fine.

Which is essentially Goo Gone without its Lemon Fresh scent.
Jim...

 

[rgranger]

That is good to know. Thanks

 

[kloudie1]

Wow.. must have been really good to know..

 

[rgranger]

Wow.. must have been really good to know..

Some sort of glitch....

 

[Will Gilmore]

But it is good to know.

I'll bet there are a lot of old standards like that, that get relabelled and marketed as new and improved, never before seen, latest technological advancement.

I can't wait for the video game generation to forget the Frisbee so it can be brought back as a new toy wonder. It flies, it floats, it circles back.
Never needs recharging. Works without an Internet connection. Just go outside with a friend and it is ready to go.

- Will (Dragonfly)

 

[njlarry]

And it never needs to be rebooted or shut down to load an upgrade before use.

 

[31seahorse]

Aaaahhhh....... Frisbee on the college campus! A sure sign of spring.

 

[JamesG161]

When you look on the contents of a cleaner and it says...

Petroleum Distillates

Here is what other names are for that type of cleaner...
1) Mineral Spirits
2) Naphtha
3) Kerosene
4) JP-4

And if you forget your "Reading Glasses" for the label, here are the products and %'s that contain it.
https://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/search?queryx=64742-47-8&tbl=TblChemicals&prodcat=all

Oh wow look Goo Gone is on that list at 60-100% mineral spirits.
Jim...

PS: My "Frisbee Dog" would wear me out and rarely missed my tosses, and sometimes 6' leap catches.

 

[Will Gilmore]

I believe Naptha is also "white gas" for Coleman camp stoves, used as a degreaser for surfaces in preparation for epoxy paint and is now a controlled substance because of its use in making methamphetamine.

-Will (Dragonfly)

 

[rgranger]

But it is good to know.

I'll bet there are a lot of old standards like that, that get relabelled and marketed as new and improved, never before seen, latest technological advancement.

I can't wait for the video game generation to forget the Frisbee so it can be brought back as a new toy wonder. It flies, it floats, it circles back.
Never needs recharging. Works without an Internet connection. Just go outside with a friend and it is ready to go.

- Will (Dragonfly)

Or the newest technology .... the Bio-Optic Organized Knowledge Source

We could use the acronym B.O.O.K.S

 

[Will Gilmore]

Or the newest technology .... the Bio-Optic Organized Knowledge Source

We could use the acronym B.O.O.K.S

It won't be long before people forget that BOOKS ever meant anything else.

-Will (Dragonfly)

 

[sailnoproblem]

I believe Naptha is also "white gas" for Coleman camp stoves, used as a degreaser for surfaces in preparation for epoxy paint and is now a controlled substance because of its use in making methamphetamine.

-Will (Dragonfly)

So that's the ingredient I've been missing.

 

[Meriachee]

Acetone can be your friend. Just don’t let it get near the vinyl striping.

 

[JamesG161]

I believe Naptha is also "white gas" for Coleman camp stoves

Nope!

White Gas is, no additive regular gasoline, that use to be Amoco non-Lead regular.

This YouTube has a series of American Oil Company commercials, now merged with BP oil in ≈2012.

Naphtha can ONLY be used in Coleman Kerosene lanterns and camp stoves!
Jim...

 

[JimInPB]

And it never needs to be rebooted or shut down to load an upgrade before use.

Speaking of which, my latest frustration with updates relates to Autocad 2009 & a forced Windows 10 update. Cad was working just fine until the latest 10 update, now it doesn't work at all & will not reinstall. I've gone back to using Autocad 2000 on an old XP machine temporarily. I'm thinking of investing in a pencil, triangle & T-square, just in case things get worse.

 

[JimInPB]

I believe Naptha is also "white gas" for Coleman camp stoves, used as a degreaser for surfaces in preparation for epoxy paint and is now a controlled substance because of its use in making methamphetamine.

-Will (Dragonfly)

My grandmother always used to say that white gas was nahptha, so I was surprised to see James say that it wasn't. That got me to do a little looking.

I do see Coleman fuel advertised for sale as "white gas". https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai...hUKEwiN276v64HbAhWjna0KHaPQDV8Q9aACCDo&adurl=

When I google Coleman Fuel, I see Wiki telling me that it is a "naphtha product" that has historically been known as white gas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman_fuel

I also see Wiki telling me that "Naphtha" is a mixture that has been produced from a number of different base products - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naphtha That page also tells us that Stoddard Solvent is really mineral spirits.

When I read the label on a container of Coleman Fuel that is out in my shed, I see that the label says it contains naphtha & it is for use in all Coleman liquid fueled appliances.

 

[JamesG161]

The Coleman lanterns that you used to have to pump up and had glow socks. Like your first link @JimInPB , is white gas.
They were the WWII lanterns and field stoves.
But...
Newer Coleman stoves are Kerosene and Naphtha. Please read the instructions. There is a difference.
Jim...

 

[JimInPB]

Again, James gets me curious & I test my google-foo.

I see that this internet source claims that there are 2 types of Coleman products still made that use two different types of fuel, kerosene or white/unleaded gas - https://www.trails.com/list_32122_types-fuel-coleman-lanterns.html. This conflicts with my memory of having 3 types of liquid fuel in the old days. Back then, I thought that some took K1, most took Coleman fuel & only a few were also rated for unleaded gas. When I was a kid, I was told that regular pump gas would plug up the generator & was dangerous if used in a lantern that was not specifically rated for it.

Looking at PDF copies of old manuals, I see that the manufacturer tells you to use Coleman fuel OR white gas in a 220 or 228. https://coleman.custhelp.com/ci/fattach/get/397232/0/filename/220f_228F.pdf This would indicate that back in the day, white gas was something different from Coleman fuel.

It appears that the presence of a "preheater cup" identifies the kerosene version as being different from the rest - http://coleman.custhelp.com/ci/fattach/get/74455/1308166068/redirect/1/filename/639B700.pdf

This guy claims that the term white gas sometimes refers to "pure gas" which I assume to mean pure gasoline that is fresh from the still & has not had any additives blended in yet - https://backpackerverse.com/coleman-fuel-substitute/ I hesitate to follow some of his suggestions though. More unsubstantiated claims about fuel substitutes can be found here - http://huntandlunch.com/useful-coleman-fuel-substitutes/

These guys claim that unleaded is OK in a Coleman product & also reference the older white gas that was availble from Amoco in the past - https://www.ar15.com/forums/outdoors/Unleaded_gas_in_an_older_Coleman_lantern_/17-628784/

Apparently the model 220 went out of production in 1983 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman_Lantern I didn't know that. I still have one that I keep for use during hurricanes. Those things throw a lot of light. I use mine as a replacement for an outdoor area light when the power is out. I have always used Coleman fuel. The only thing that I have ever replaced were mantels (glow socks). I was surprised the first time I bought mantels, because they look a lot different in the package than they do sitting in the lantern, after they have been burned off.