Re: [MV] Vehicle Decontaminators

SBJohnston@aol.com
Thu, 3 Sep 1998 20:31:24 EDT

Eugene Pantano wrote:

>As you suspected--for chemical "washing" of the vehicle.
>You could get burned from touching steering wheel,
>shovel, seats..etc..

OK, I see now. I recall from my WWI reading, pooled mustard gas and similar
agents will do a real nasty burn on exposed skin.

Hal wrote:

>it was nothing more than a fire extinguisher type
>apparatus powered by a CO2 cartridge... I can't
>remember the chemical composition of the sprayed
>material...other than it itself posed a health hazard...

Lesser of chemical evils, I suppose.

Tim Glance wrote:

> the current ones spray a compound called DS2...
> DS2 will remove any paint except CARC.

Hmmm... that gives me an idea... we're always searching for the best paint
stripper, after all...

Thanks for the great info, guys!

Steve Johnston

sbjohnston@aol.com

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