On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:04:01 -0800, Bob F wrote:
If there is, let me know 'cuz I have enough urushiol sap to contaminate
everyone on earth very many times over!
You aren't a mad scientist, are you?
Heh heh. Not yet!
I _am_ formulating my own inexpensive toxic-chemical cleaning fluid
though. At the moment, I'm concentrating on the glycol ether because that
seems to be a CRITICAL component of the detoxifying solution.
For example, there are a bunch of patent litigation cases which mention
spermicides as the key surfactant for disrupting the urushiol oil at the
molecular level under the skin.
Apparently your basic "Mean Green" degreaser contains this, at least
according to this MSDS I'm reading right now:
http://www.meangreendegreaser.com/msds-information
The glycol either it contains isn't nonoxyl-9, but it's similar in that
Mean Green contains 2-butoxyethanol & Tetrasodium EDTA (another
surfactant).
Interestingly, the MSDS says to avoid strong oxidizing agents
(e.g., bleach), so I need to find out why as I plan on
adding an oxidizing agent to my home-made camera cleansing solution.
To be continued ...