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UER Forum > Archived UE Tutorials, Lessons, and Useful Info > Roofing tar (Viewed 2949 times)
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Re: Roofing tar
<Reply # 20 on 7/12/2011 10:18 PM >
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Posted by TheVicariousVadder
turpentine


Or similar petrol solvent. MEK too.

It's worse when it's a 25 pound chunk of roofing tar lying on the road at night.

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Re: Roofing tar
<Reply # 21 on 7/15/2011 10:29 PM >
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any non polar solvent or oil will work to varying degrees. A lot of them are toxic and irritating. But not too bad if you don't wallow in a bathtub full of toluene for 20 minutes...just be fast about it. (things that are/dissolve oils well also dissolve lipids in your tissue hence the irritation)

Gasoline and Diesel work well and are easy to get and cheap.

I'm guessing the least toxic and irritating would be the halogenated hydrocarbon's used as inhalation surgical anaesthetics (halothane, methoxyflurane etc)...probably also the most expensive and difficult to get thought.

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Re: Roofing tar
<Reply # 22 on 7/17/2011 2:05 AM >
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Posted by etchleon
any non polar solvent or oil will work to varying degrees. A lot of them are toxic and irritating. But not too bad if you don't wallow in a bathtub full of toluene for 20 minutes...just be fast about it. (things that are/dissolve oils well also dissolve lipids in your tissue hence the irritation)

Gasoline and Diesel work well and are easy to get and cheap.

I'm guessing the least toxic and irritating would be the halogenated hydrocarbon's used as inhalation surgical anaesthetics (halothane, methoxyflurane etc)...probably also the most expensive and difficult to get thought.


Toluene is far more toxic than acetone, MEK, or turpentine.
Diesel and especially gasoline (up to 20% by volume) contain the notorious carcinogen benzene, and gasoline may contain other toxic additives.
Gasoline is a real fire/explosion hazard as well, never use gasoline to clean. A small static spark is all it takes.


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Re: Roofing tar
<Reply # 23 on 7/22/2011 7:31 PM >
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I picked toluene as an example precisely due to its toxicity.

Yeah, gasoline and diesel will probably have carcinogens. So does roofing tar that one is trying to remove.

Gasoline indoors is a big no no, but if you pour a few drops of it out of a petrol can outside, I doubt you will be immolated. Diesel of course, is safe in that regard, IIRC, flashpoint is >700deg.

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Re: Roofing tar
<Reply # 24 on 7/22/2011 10:49 PM >
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WD-40

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Re: Roofing tar
<Reply # 25 on 11/23/2011 11:54 AM >
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Fast orange, or something similar would probably work, if you don't want to rub solvents all over your arm.

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