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Old 20th Apr 2016, 17:55
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The Oberon
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
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Originally Posted by JW411
Danny42C:

We were still using neat CTC to clean the chinagraph off the ops (perspex) boards in the 1970s. We used gallons of it and nobody told us it was dangerous. I can also remember using neat toluene to get exhaust stains off cowlings. How I got to celebrate my 75th birthday is difficult to understand!
This is one I struggle with, around the same time, I was using CTC for cleaning and getting grease out of my hairy battle dress. I was soldering with pliers in my left hand, the iron in my right and the lead based solder in my mouth. A few years earlier, I had been covered in bleach burns due to HTP leaks. 3 score and 10 this year, I don't know how I made it.
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