As promised, here is the company's
response to my email:

++++++++++++++++

Good morning,

The definition for Kerosene is:

A thin oil distilled from petroleum or
shale oil, used as a fuel for
heating and cooking, in lamps, and as a
denaturant for alcohol. Also
called coal oil, lamp oil. The CAS# for
Kerosene is: 8008-20-6

The CAS# 64742-47-8 for our solvent in
WD-40 is classified as a
"distillates (petroleum) hydrotreated
light" material.

Regards,

Peter Fougner
Director of Global Quality Assurance
WD-40 Company
San Diego, CA 92110
Phone- 619-275-9359
Cell 619-981-3092
Fax- 619-275-5823

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Kind of like saying the US Army infantry
soldiers are never armed with guns.

Caveat emptor.

Chuck


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Charlie Morgan wrote:



If you use selective criteria, you can prove a dog is a cat.

CWM

Hey, I just did a Google search on "dog
cat" and got 61,500,000 hits!

Did a similar search on "kerosene
64742-47-8" and only got 723 hits.

I don't think anybody is claiming a dog
is a cat, but a lot of folks think that
64742-47-8 is "kerosene". ;-)

Chuck

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On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:47:56 -0400, Chuck
wrote:

Charlie Morgan wrote:



If you use selective criteria, you can prove a dog is a cat.

CWM

.... a lot of folks think that
64742-47-8 is "kerosene". ;-)

Chuck

International Chemical Safety Cards at

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcsneng/neng1379.html

gives these synonyms for 64742-47-8:

Low odor paraffinic solvent
Dearomatized kerosine
Deodorized kerosene

Brian Whatcott Altus OK

"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:39:16 GMT, Brian Whatcott
wrote:

On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:47:56 -0400, Chuck
wrote:

Charlie Morgan wrote:



If you use selective criteria, you can prove a dog is a cat.

CWM

.... a lot of folks think that
64742-47-8 is "kerosene". ;-)

Chuck

International Chemical Safety Cards at

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcsneng/neng1379.html

gives these synonyms for 64742-47-8:

Low odor paraffinic solvent
Dearomatized kerosine
Deodorized kerosene

Brian Whatcott Altus OK

Molecular formula: kerosene is specified as 15.9% aromatics, 52.8%
cycloparaffins, 30.8% paraffins, 0.5% alkenes
CAS No: 8008-20-6

Anything else is NOT Kerosene. It may be very similar, but it's NOT
kerosene.

Deodorized? A margarita without the tequila is not a margarita any
longer.

CWM

I think it's more like the difference between strawberry jam and strawberry
preserves.

Chuck wrote in news:1180975836_11111
@sp12lax.superfeed.net:

Kind of like saying the US Army infantry
soldiers are never armed with guns.

Caveat emptor.

Chuck


And.....the point of this exercise was?.......

Almost everything you buy in a bottle is diesel fuel....(c;

Larry
--
If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

Charlie Morgan wrote:
:On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:49:44 -0400, Chuck
:wrote:

:As promised, here is the company's
:response to my email:
:
:++++++++++++++++
:
:Good morning,
:
:The definition for Kerosene is:
:
:A thin oil distilled from petroleum or
:shale oil, used as a fuel for
:heating and cooking, in lamps, and as a
:denaturant for alcohol. Also
:called coal oil, lamp oil. The CAS# for
:Kerosene is: 8008-20-6
:
:The CAS# 64742-47-8 for our solvent in
:WD-40 is classified as a
:"distillates (petroleum) hydrotreated
:light" material.
:
:Regards,
:
:Peter Fougner
:Director of Global Quality Assurance
:WD-40 Company
:San Diego, CA 92110
:Phone- 619-275-9359
:Cell 619-981-3092
:Fax- 619-275-5823
:
:++++++++++++++++++
:
:Kind of like saying the US Army infantry
:soldiers are never armed with guns.
:
:Caveat emptor.
:
:Chuck
:

:If you use selective criteria, you can prove a dog is a cat.

Their claim is much more like "A poodle isn't a dog, because it's a
poodle."

....
:The CAS# 64742-47-8 for our solvent in
:WD-40 is classified as a
:"distillates (petroleum) hydrotreated
:light" material. ...

Well... This is getting a bit silly but the CCOHS (Canadian Centre
[sic] for Occupational Heath and Safety) Chemical Name for that CAS
number is Hydrotreated kerosene. It "is a fuel oil derived from
straight run kerosene..." So it isn't kero, but it is derived from
kerosene. In the remote case that anyone who cares hasn't already
looked it up: http://www.intox.org/databank/docume...ker/cie263.htm
is very useful.

-- Tom.

" wrote in
ps.com:

In the remote case that anyone who cares hasn't already
looked it up:
http://www.intox.org/databank/docume...ker/cie263.htm is
very useful.


And 4.8M Floridians, over 70, are SURE it is a cure for Arthritis and
Rhumatism, too!

Sales continue to climb, kerosene or no kerosene..(c;

Larry
--
If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?