Subject: Re: Spray Mister Coolant Machines

From: [email-masked] (Jonathan M. Elson)
Date: 23 Sep 1996 05:15:02 GMT

Andy Dingley ([email-masked]) wrote:
: The moving finger of [email-masked] (Jonathan M. Elson)
: having written:

: >It takes so much Ethyl Alcohol,
: >that they put you on a respirator for 2 days, because you're too drunk
: >to breathe!
: >

: So _that_ is what happened to my last weekend !

: What happens if you use propylene glycol, instead of ethylene glycol ?
: It's non toxic (cookie shops use it for that yucky "moist" texture),
: and it doesn't taste so sweet, so it's not so attractive to farm
: animals.  Since watching the cows make a bee-line for spilt ethylene
: glycol antifreeze, I've started to use propylene glycol in the car.
: Does it work as cutting fluid ?

Well, I've never tried it for machining.  It is apparently untouched by
any enzyme in mammals, so it just passes straight through your system.
It is a slight solvent, as well as affecting freezing and boiling points
of water.  Since you have some around, just try it and let us know!