04-09-2015, 05:15 PM
(04-09-2015, 04:49 PM)rleete Wrote: MEK (methyl ethyl ketone) is nasty stuff. I used it when I worked in automotive systems. It was used as a solvent for the glues that held carpeting/fabric to plastic interior panels. As far as I know, all the major car manufacturers have banned it's use.
In concentrated form, it will dissolve the fat in/under your skin. Leaves your hands looking ghostly white for a day or two. It is very toxic to the liver.
Yeah, back in HS I worked for an industrial coatings company. They had large pump dispensers sitting all over the place that were filled with MEK and used as a general cleaning solvent for EVERYTHING.
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My job was sandblasting all the steel coupons they used for spraying the coatings on to be tested. After they were blasted clean I had to stack them in 5 gallon buckets filled with MEK. That is how they stored the coupons to keep them from flash rusting before they were coated again. My hands were always in that stuff.
Willie