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12-21-2012, 12:51 PM
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Meet Coordinator
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For you welders and a general warning
Never hurts to freshen up the brain on what can kill you
http://www.brewracingframes.com/id75.htm
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12-21-2012, 01:05 PM
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Power Member/NJFBOA Bookie/Moderator
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Wow. Good read. You'll find that combination in anyone's garage. Definitely something I didn't know...
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Good. He microwaved my phone 6 years ago, i hope his intake erupts.
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12-21-2012, 01:06 PM
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Wow! That's insane. Thanks for posting this up man
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12-21-2012, 01:08 PM
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Brew Dude looks like UBG.
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12-21-2012, 03:07 PM
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Learned of this years ago, good post! I do alot of paint work both large and small. In the winter months its very hard to paint due to the cold so I used to clean the smaller items with either cholrinated or non-chlorinated brake cleaner if I ran out of reducer, followed heating the piece with a propane torch after the part was cleaned and dry just to promote better adhesion and the fumes from that were so potent it was like breathing fire and I would have a killer headache for hours. Finally figured out it was the film left on the metal from the brake clean.
Photokeratitis - welders flash is another NO NO in the garage...
Be safe guys
http://stickweld.com/safety/welding-flash/
Last edited by donnj; 12-21-2012 at 03:14 PM.
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12-21-2012, 05:13 PM
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thanks for posting... will deff keep that in back of mind from now on... amazing how a puff of smoke can do all that damage
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12-21-2012, 09:04 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Thanks for the warning. It's amazing how complacent we get when we work with this stuff every day!
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12-21-2012, 10:27 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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Wow, that's something to remember.
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Originally Posted by Blackbirdws6
I can appreciate a dream but this person needed some real friends.
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12-22-2012, 12:55 AM
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I've burned brake clean tons of times? Didn't know it was dangerous.
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12-22-2012, 02:56 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
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Brake clean is usually what i use to clean ma stuff. Cant be worse than welding galvanized stuff haha.
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12-22-2012, 06:46 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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Brake clean, combined with the high temps of the welding arc, and argon from the shielding gas.
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1998 Z-28 - SLP lid - Ported TB - LS6 Intake - Dynatech SS headers/Catted Y - Magnaflow Exh - 3.42 - Yank SS3600 - UMI weld-in subframe connectors, Adj LCA, Adj PHB, Q1A TA - Bolt-in Relocation Brackets - Strano springs - Koni shocks - 17" C6Z06 wheels - 326HP/335ft-lbs - 12.35 @ 110.41
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Originally Posted by Blackbirdws6
I can appreciate a dream but this person needed some real friends.
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12-22-2012, 08:31 AM
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Great post here!!! I never even thought about this. I cant even remember how many times Ive done this. Must be really lucky. Read up guys!
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12-22-2012, 08:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dudbird113
Brake clean is usually what i use to clean ma stuff. Cant be worse than welding galvanized stuff haha.
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I think it can!
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12-22-2012, 09:14 AM
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I once used a bunch of (chlorinated) brake cleaner with a propane heater on in the garage. The fumes must have made it to the flame and started burning because for a full half hour after that I experienced nonstop uncontrollable coughing. Never again.
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12-22-2012, 12:08 PM
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very good read, i'll keep that in the back of my head.
the guy honestly should have checked himself into the hospital after he regained control after the seizure though and not waited days...
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12-22-2012, 01:35 PM
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Location: Millstone, NJ
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Theres only non chlorenated brake cleaner know so wouldnt that be less toxic if burnt?
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12-23-2012, 05:34 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dudbird113
Theres only non chlorenated brake cleaner know so wouldnt that be less toxic if burnt?
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You can get either...
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12-23-2012, 08:09 PM
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Location: Hackettstown, NJ
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I wouldn't want to inhale either one, personally.
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1998 Z-28 - SLP lid - Ported TB - LS6 Intake - Dynatech SS headers/Catted Y - Magnaflow Exh - 3.42 - Yank SS3600 - UMI weld-in subframe connectors, Adj LCA, Adj PHB, Q1A TA - Bolt-in Relocation Brackets - Strano springs - Koni shocks - 17" C6Z06 wheels - 326HP/335ft-lbs - 12.35 @ 110.41
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Originally Posted by Blackbirdws6
I can appreciate a dream but this person needed some real friends.
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12-23-2012, 11:50 PM
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I read that article a few years back... after talking to a few VERY experienced welders, I found out that alot of them didn't know about this. Very good info and good looking out for us bud.
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I never pulled into the staging beams at the track and saw a dyno in the other lane.
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12-24-2012, 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by NJ Torque
You can get either...
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Please tell me where, I have only found the non-chlorinated crap now and it doesn't work at all as far as I am concerned.
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12-24-2012, 10:31 AM
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Join Date: May 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PolarBear
Please tell me where, I have only found the non-chlorinated crap now and it doesn't work at all as far as I am concerned.
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Agreed
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12-24-2012, 11:32 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PolarBear
Please tell me where, I have only found the non-chlorinated crap now and it doesn't work at all as far as I am concerned.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul Huryk
Agreed
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I get it here...
http://www.tractorsupply.com/automot...asedPricingCmd
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12-24-2012, 10:19 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
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I know u cant buy it in nj at a store. Pretty sure u can in PA. Ive burnt the brake cleaner when welding and hasnt really done anything. Most the time i hit my surface with a 120 grit grinder. Wat i weld doesnt have to look showlike because its bowling machine parts. Besides it wouldnt really make a difference and lit a puddle of that stuff up with a lighter no?
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12-24-2012, 11:12 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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Just because you've gotten lucky and haven't hit the 'jackpot' yet doesn't mean it's harmless or smart. You could end up with long term illnesses and/or lung damage from cumulative exposure.
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1998 Z-28 - SLP lid - Ported TB - LS6 Intake - Dynatech SS headers/Catted Y - Magnaflow Exh - 3.42 - Yank SS3600 - UMI weld-in subframe connectors, Adj LCA, Adj PHB, Q1A TA - Bolt-in Relocation Brackets - Strano springs - Koni shocks - 17" C6Z06 wheels - 326HP/335ft-lbs - 12.35 @ 110.41
Quote:
Originally Posted by Blackbirdws6
I can appreciate a dream but this person needed some real friends.
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12-25-2012, 10:06 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Millstone, NJ
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Im pretty sure the smoke thats generated from welding in general isnt good for u. Besides im gonna die someday, not gonna live in a bubble my whole life.
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