There are lots of organic solvents beyond water- Methyl Ethyl Ketone being my personal favorite- although I probably wouldn't want to clean my clothes with it. If I rememebr correctly the stuff they use for dry cleaning is an ethyline derivitave that is far less toxic and volatile.
Conversely there ar emany household and industrial inorganic solvents; amonia for example, so I'm not sure what people might have "fell for".
I used to work in a PC fab and we used lots of inorganic solvents- my personal favorites were high-concentration oxidizing solvents.
I, like you, don't get the "snicker factor" but I'm sure it's yet another example of hyper-prdantic mental masturbation on the part of self-proclaimed internet rocket scientists.
"but I'm sure it's yet another example of hyper-prdantic mental masturbation on the part of self-proclaimed internet rocket scientists."
and that statement wasn't? oi!
not mental masturbation as much as laughing at poking fun at the masses who have no idea that "organic" could have multiple terms. The sign literally means nothing. Of course one can work with inorganic solvents, but the dry cleaner is clearly misrepresenting it's product in a funny way.
So, they're saying they use organic (carbon-based) solvents, not, say plant-derived?
It's somewhere between unclear and highly-misleading for sure.
I expect they're probably not using orange oil. Having worked with both TCE and methylene chloride in the past, I stay as far as I can away from all of them nowdays.
And the people at work wonder why I bring in my own dishwashing deterg to use in place of "anti-microbial" agents. That makes an interesting internet search!
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Conversely there ar emany household and industrial inorganic solvents; amonia for example, so I'm not sure what people might have "fell for".
I used to work in a PC fab and we used lots of inorganic solvents- my personal favorites were high-concentration oxidizing solvents.
I, like you, don't get the "snicker factor" but I'm sure it's yet another example of hyper-prdantic mental masturbation on the part of self-proclaimed internet rocket scientists.
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and that statement wasn't?
oi!
not mental masturbation as much as laughing at poking fun at the masses who have no idea that "organic" could have multiple terms. The sign literally means nothing. Of course one can work with inorganic solvents, but the dry cleaner is clearly misrepresenting it's product in a funny way.
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It's somewhere between unclear and highly-misleading for sure.
I expect they're probably not using orange oil. Having worked with both TCE and methylene chloride in the past, I stay as far as I can away from all of them nowdays.
And the people at work wonder why I bring in my own dishwashing deterg to use in place of "anti-microbial" agents. That makes an interesting internet search!
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