M1008 Brake Light Problem

[HeisenBob]

Try some turpentine, or isopropyl alcohol, if you can find any. The same idiots that bought up all the toilet paper also went bonkers on that stuff. Tried to find some for a brake system flush the other day and found out the mindless wonders had cleaned it out.

(And yes, to any reader who is wondering, if you are one of those people who went out and bought all you could, I am calling you an idiot.)


Here's a good discussion on solvents and plastics.

Which solvents can be stored in which plastics? -- is there an organic chemist in the house?

Now that coffee cans, and even larger glass bottles, are becoming hard to find, my workshop's pile of containers is mostly plastic. This has me wondering/worrying about which plastics might be diss...

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I’ve been looking for alcohol for 3 months. My wife uses it to get stains out and clean stuff around the house. Blows my mind that 1. people bought every bottle known to man and 2. We can ramp up production of toilet paper to meet demand but not rubbing alcohol. Very aggravating.