Don't sniff Plastruct Bondene, Tenax 7R, or MicroMark SameStuff.
They are all Methylene Chloride, which is very nasty and corrosive to mucus membranes.
Really.

"Old School" Hoppes #9 was Nitrobenzene which smelled quite pleasant but was a nasty carcinogen. It has not contained Nitrobenzene for over 30 years. Currently the only common household product containing Nitrobenzene is paste-type shoe polish such as Kiwi brand.
The shoe-polish scent IS Nitrobenzene.

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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!!

Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !
Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, and HAVOC !

The most memorable gun cleaning experience of my life involved my Grandpa. I was around 9 or 10 years old and he was cleaning his 30-06 deer rifle. While he was looking down the barrel I popped a paper bag behind his head.

We whupped me until my butt looked like two Japanese flags.

Until the day he died he NEVER thought that was funny.

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Never trust an atom. They make up everything.

4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Chemically, alcohol IS a solution.

NAR# 94042
SAM# 0078

I guess (?) you can laugh about it now, but yeah, I could see where he did not see that as funny at the time.

One of my grandfathers also had a 30-06 deer rifle. If I had done that to him, I suspect I would have suffered a very similar fate, and after he was done with me, my Dad would have had his turn with me. Between the two, I highly suspect I simply would have not survived the ordeal.

Really.

Earl

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Earl L. Cagle, Jr.
NAR# 29523
TRA# 962
SAM# 73
Owner/Producer
Point 39 Productions

Rocket-Brained Since 1970

Which is why I loved helping my dad polish his Sunday shoes when I was little.

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I love sanding.

That "bag-poppin" deal during the gun cleaning is FREAKING HILARIOUS !

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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!!

Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !
Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, and HAVOC !

I thought so too. It was even worth the whupping.

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Never trust an atom. They make up everything.

4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Chemically, alcohol IS a solution.

NAR# 94042
SAM# 0078

I have to admit that I giggled pretty good when I read the anecdote…it was pretty funny and I can only imagine just how rattled your grandad was! The severity of the ‘whupin’ you received is probably directly proportional to the scare that it gave him! And…he may have even had a bit of a chuckle afterwards to himself of what you had done.

Earl

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Earl L. Cagle, Jr.
NAR# 29523
TRA# 962
SAM# 73
Owner/Producer
Point 39 Productions

Rocket-Brained Since 1970

I don’t recall him EVER laughing about it but I DO remember that I was rolling on the floor laughing so hard that he didn’t even have to chase me down to administer the whupping. Before he worked at the Quartermaster’s warehouse at Camp Grayling, MI he was a professional barber, so his “whupper” of choice was the good old razor strop.

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Never trust an atom. They make up everything.

4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Chemically, alcohol IS a solution.

NAR# 94042
SAM# 0078

There was nothing "good" about my dad's razor strop.


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I love sanding.

Actually cut fins last night. The title of this thread definitely applies. They came out fine, but I was a bundle of nerves the whole time I worked on them. This bird will be the approximate size of a Big Bertha, so the E engine mount I had planned might be a little much. It seems that it would function nicely as a D-powered bird, with an 18mm adapter for use at B6-4 Field, should the urge strike. Tonight I'll glue on fins for the first time in ten months. Should be messy.

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Centuri Mini Dactyl Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Xarconian Cruiser Semroc Cyber III

Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark