At 03:51 PM 12/7/06 -0700, Al Feng wrote:
>A few years ago, someone who should have known better (IMO) who was just
>beginning to think about doing some of his own bike maintenance asked me
>about using gasoline to soak/clean his chain.
>
>Ignoring the fact that he had never removed/installed a chain before, I
>told him:
>
>"If you don't mind blowing up your house, then go ahead."
Rest assured that whenever I did this, it was outside in the fresh air. One should never use flammable solvents like that indoors, especially in the basement in the winter, when the furnace is running. Gasoline vapour is heavier than air and will find its way to an open flame.
John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada