yup, when the hangar floors at Odius used to "sweat" a couple of 45 gallon drums of Trichloroethane were opened, tipped over to flood one end of the shed then a row of bods would use sweep the lot down the hangar with squeegees out the other end door and down the drain.... extra drums were added as needed.
The lad at Lynham was doing his bike wheels if memory serves me correctly, he survived in a comatose state for several months before sadly dying from his injuries, a shock wave went round the RAF and a lot of bad practices ceased..... Poor Guy.
HB
I still use
Trichloroethane/ethylyne
Metheylethylketone (MEK)
Toluene
PRC Sealing compounds
And lots of other nasty things
and add to that zinc chromate aerosol primer........