Posted by The Natural Philosopher on August 13, 2010, 8:37 pm
michael adams wrote:
> /
>>>> I thought Parker ball pens were not supposed to leak, mine has even though
>>>> it's not been stored upside down.
>>>>
>>>> It's very sticky inside. Is there any good way to clean it out? Thanks for
>>>> advice.
>>> Isopropyl alcohol, obtainable from a store chemist but quite expensive.
>> About £5/litre
>
>
> The last time I bought any it cost £6.99 for 500ml, well over twice
> that. The label is still on the bottle. With store chemists who
> actually stock it being thin on the ground, you have to take what
> you can find.
>
> While it may be cheaper in bulk, isopropyl alcohol is highly
> inflammable. And so buying a litre or more for occasional use
> in cleaning tape heads and the like, is not only hazardous
> but probably a false economy as well. Unless that is, additional
> uses can be found for it.
>
Its the main constituent in windscreen antifreeze IIRC.
Its not that inflammable, and there are dozens of DIY uses for it.
Cleaning computer keyboards is one. :-)
>
Posted by Ericp on August 13, 2010, 8:51 pm
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:50:16 +0100, "michael adams"
>/
>> >
>> >> I thought Parker ball pens were not supposed to leak, mine has even though
>> >> it's not been stored upside down.
>> >>
>> >> It's very sticky inside. Is there any good way to clean it out? Thanks for
>> >> advice.
>> >
>> >Isopropyl alcohol, obtainable from a store chemist but quite expensive.
>>
>> About £5/litre
>The last time I bought any it cost £6.99 for 500ml, well over twice
>that. The label is still on the bottle. With store chemists who
>actually stock it being thin on the ground, you have to take what
>you can find.
>While it may be cheaper in bulk, isopropyl alcohol is highly
>inflammable. And so buying a litre or more for occasional use
>in cleaning tape heads and the like, is not only hazardous
>but probably a false economy as well. Unless that is, additional
>uses can be found for it.
buy from ebay. The postage is more than the cost of 5L of IPA. 99%
stuff.
We use it for cleaning and it is good for killing flies at the moment.
Posted by mm on August 13, 2010, 11:15 pm
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:50:16 +0100, "michael adams"
>/
>> >
>> >> I thought Parker ball pens were not supposed to leak, mine has even though
>> >> it's not been stored upside down.
>> >>
>> >> It's very sticky inside. Is there any good way to clean it out? Thanks for
>> >> advice.
>> >
>> >Isopropyl alcohol, obtainable from a store chemist but quite expensive.
>>
>> About £5/litre
>The last time I bought any it cost £6.99 for 500ml, well over twice
>that. The label is still on the bottle. With store chemists who
That's amazing. The last time I bought some it was 70% isopropyl
alcohol and it was about 2 dollars for a pint, 473 ml.
That was about 2 months ago. I thought I would need to get the oil
soot out of my computer, but the stuff turned out to not be sticky,
and will blow right off what ever it is sitting on, or be sucked off
with a vacuum cleaner.
>actually stock it being thin on the ground, you have to take what
>you can find.
>While it may be cheaper in bulk, isopropyl alcohol is highly
>inflammable. And so buying a litre or more for occasional use
>in cleaning tape heads and the like, is not only hazardous
>but probably a false economy as well. Unless that is, additional
>uses can be found for it.
>michael adams
Don't they make little stoves or lamps that run on this stuff?
Posted by Rod Speed on August 15, 2010, 12:52 am
mm wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:50:16 +0100, "michael adams"
>> /
>>>>
>>>>> I thought Parker ball pens were not supposed to leak, mine has
>>>>> even though it's not been stored upside down.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's very sticky inside. Is there any good way to clean it out?
>>>>> Thanks for advice.
>>>>
>>>> Isopropyl alcohol, obtainable from a store chemist but quite
>>>> expensive.
>>>
>>> About £5/litre
>>
>>
>> The last time I bought any it cost £6.99 for 500ml, well over twice
>> that. The label is still on the bottle. With store chemists who
> That's amazing. The last time I bought some it was 70% isopropyl
> alcohol and it was about 2 dollars for a pint, 473 ml.
> That was about 2 months ago. I thought I would need to get the oil
> soot out of my computer, but the stuff turned out to not be sticky,
> and will blow right off what ever it is sitting on, or be sucked off
> with a vacuum cleaner.
>> actually stock it being thin on the ground, you have to take what
>> you can find.
>>
>> While it may be cheaper in bulk, isopropyl alcohol is highly
>> inflammable. And so buying a litre or more for occasional use
>> in cleaning tape heads and the like, is not only hazardous
>> but probably a false economy as well. Unless that is, additional
>> uses can be found for it.
>> michael adams
> Don't they make little stoves or lamps that run on this stuff?
Nope, thats metho.
Posted by Smitty Two on August 13, 2010, 9:06 pm
> Isopropyl alcohol, obtainable from a store chemist but quite expensive.
IPA is a dollar a pint in the U.S. IOW, about the same as bottled water.
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>>>> I thought Parker ball pens were not supposed to leak, mine has even though
>>>> it's not been stored upside down.
>>>>
>>>> It's very sticky inside. Is there any good way to clean it out? Thanks for
>>>> advice.
>>> Isopropyl alcohol, obtainable from a store chemist but quite expensive.
>> About £5/litre
>
>
> The last time I bought any it cost £6.99 for 500ml, well over twice
> that. The label is still on the bottle. With store chemists who
> actually stock it being thin on the ground, you have to take what
> you can find.
>
> While it may be cheaper in bulk, isopropyl alcohol is highly
> inflammable. And so buying a litre or more for occasional use
> in cleaning tape heads and the like, is not only hazardous
> but probably a false economy as well. Unless that is, additional
> uses can be found for it.
>