What is goo-gone?

[robinhung]

Is it a nail polisher?

 

[mechBgon]

BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WITH THAT STUFF. I recommend you don't use it at all, unless you know for sure that you are protected from what it contains. I would use it with my chemical respirator, goggles, face shield, and heavy neoprene chemical gloves... or else not at all.

 

[TonyG]

What is wrong with goo-gone that makes you so careful? I have found it too work really well to get pine tree sap off of my hands and other uses.

 

[mechBgon]

That type of product works great for what it's made for, but read the label. Those products typically contain one or more of the following: acetone, xylene, benzene, and toluene. These are carcinogenic/mutanogenic agents, and from what I recall from my Chemical Engineering studies a while back, the body has no mechanism for getting rid of them once they are in the body. I'd urge people to stay clear of those chemicals, for their own good... and the good of their future families. 'Nuf said.

 

[SilverThief]

Mechbon is right. Toluene, Xylene and Benzene are all known cancer causing chemicals...I know, I work with them everyday as a chemical inspector.
Though, in a store bought application such as Goo-Gone, I think surgical gloves would suffice.

 

[mechBgon]

Gloves of some type would be a great idea. I had a nasty shock using acetone on an engine head, however... it ate through my Edmont Solvex nitrile gloves, which have stood up to every other chemical I'd ever used up 'til that point... yikes! That was when I went and got the heavy neoprene ones.

 

[spencer]

I tried six different cleaners trying to get the TIM off my taisol heatsink and nothing worked then I tried some goo gone and it took about 3 seconds to get it off. I couldn't believe it worked that good.

 

[robinhung]

Me too, I bought it from Home Depot. Used in on my Taisol, worked like a charm. Quick and clean.
It is non-toxic. Not to eat it, of course. Just wash your hands after using it. Not really a dangerous stuff. BTW it says not to use it on rubber, maybe that's why it eats gloves.