> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 2005/03/04 Fri PM 02:56:18 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Re: eclipse + pec pads for CCD cleaning > > Mike opined: > > > You need the Eclipse Fluid (which is extremely pure methanol) > > > > I hope it's not - because, used in the unventilated room you're going to > > want to > > clean your camera in, it will make you blind and then dead in quite a short > > time..... > > Only if you drink it. I worked with straight methanol and nitromethane race > car fuels for many years back in the seventies, frequently in a closed shop. > And I used to stick my nose in the neck of a bottle to see if it held > methanol or nitro. I'm still around, and I can see well enough to focus. (I > probably also swallowed a wee bit, because I sometimes had to start siphon on > a new 55 gallon drum.)
But the antidote is ethanol so _you_ were in no danger! 8-))) Seriously, methanol is toxic by skin absorbtion and inhalation as well as ingestion. The effects are irreversible and severe, to the point of fatal. My preference is for caution. mike ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
