Klarinet Archive - Posting 000378.txt from 2000/02

From: Dave Sandusky <daves@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: alcohol swabs
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 19:45:23 -0500

My Chemist side wants to know what type of plastic mouthpieces are made
of (most alcohol bottles are made of polyethylene, which mouthpieces are
not made of) before I chime in on what the different alcohols may or may
not do to one.

"Kevin Fay (LCA)" wrote:
>
> John Dablin noted:
>
> <<<Isopropyl alcohol is widely used to clean tape heads, floppy disk heads
> and
> the like. I've used it in the past to clean vinyl LPs, an idea I got from a
> hi-fi magazine. It's excellent at dissolving greasy dirt, but it's always
> seemed pretty inert in contact with plastics. I've never tried it on a
> mouthpiece, though.>>>
>
> I have always purchased my isopropyl alcohol in plastic bottles. Methinks
> it unlikely that there is any chemical interaction between the alcohol &
> plastic -- otherwise they certainly wouldn't package that way.
>
> kjf
>
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