Hey welders; did you know brake cleaner can kill?

[Speedwagon]

Apparently it can when you add heat and argon.

http://www.brewracingframes.com/id75.htm

[Brody]

Thanks for the repost of this. It is actually all over the internet and has been for quite awhile . It has also been posted on this forum a couple of times, too.

One of those things that can't really be posted too much either, as the lack of knowledge of phosgene gas , what produces it, and what it does, can kill you....

[Speedwagon]

I suspected it might have been posted before, but didn't search for it. I figured I'd go for the whole 3 times to remember thing... :D

[Brody]

Nothing wrong with that and there are certainly enough of us 'self taught' welders on this forum and others that reading this may save a life.

If you google "phosgene gas' or 'phosgene gas and welding' there are an incredible number of hits. This is actually a post that, if it gets posted 10 times during the year under various headings and saves one person's life, I won't be grumpy about...

[JeffX]

Apparently it can when you add heat and argon.

http://www.brewracingframes.com/id75.htm

Nice article. However, it doesn't require Argon. Argon is inert. Hopefully this (the brake cleaner issue) is common knowledge. Always good to post, though.