after a visit to the store today, looking at the tremendous variety, i'm a bit puzzled. i looked up the msds for all the items i found. first off, if it says that it contains only naphtha in quantities >75 - 100% - what does that mean? it can contain other stuff i possibly don't want to have? where are the remaining 25%?

also i wondered what the best one would be for extracting. i could get dcm, probably ipa too, i have acetone, but none of these are suitable for extracting if i remember correctly. i can't get xylene or limo.

solvent 1:
naphtha, hydrotreated, light 75-100%
n-hexan 2.5-5%

solvent 2 (primus powerfuel):
naphtha, hydrotreated, light 25-100%
n-pentane 25-100%
naphtha, hydrotreated, light 10-25%

this one really puzzles me, as if it is just a random mix of everything. i've used it before and i wasn't impressed.

solvent 3:
solvent naphtha, light aromatic 75-100%

solvent 4:
naphtha, hydrodesulfurized, heavy, 75-100%
Fatty alcohol polyglycol ether (?) 1-5%

probably not..

solvent 5 (zippo lighter fluid):
aliphatic petroleum distallates (vm&p naphtha) 19%
toluene <7%
cyclohexane <3.5%
xylene <8%
aliphatic petroleum distallates (vm&p naphtha) >81%
ethyl-benzene 2%

that sounds pretty ugly to me, but it has worked fine before. it is too expensive however.

solvent 6
"test fuel" (washbenzin - afaik it's naphtha) 50-75%
naphtha, light aromatic 15-25%

sorry, my bad, i just now saw the stickied "check your solvent thread" :/