"Icebound" wrote in message
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"tscottme" wrote in message
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Some A&Ps also use low-lead as a parts cleaner. I've had my hands
soaked
in it
pretty often and the cuts on your hands notice but it's not then end of
the
world to get fuel on you. ...

That doesn't sound too safe.
Are they (and you) not concerned with the fire hazard, and the lead health
hazard? While children are more susceptible than adults, I still don't
think I would want to put my hands in it every day as part of my job.....


Can't think of a parts cleaner that isn't flammable, certainly not one as
cheap as just a couple bucks per gallon, and available in each aircraft.
After the part is thoroughly dry, it's no more flammable than fresh out of
the box. Besides, you'd have ready access to 100LL from draining tanks or
from sump samples. We didn't bathe in it, we might splash a bit dropping a
part in a pail and get our hand wet picking the part out of a pail. Shops
bigger than my previous one-man-band operation would have Safety-Kleen
basins.


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Scott