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Quoted from jvivlemore:How come everyone says Naptha instead of Lighter Fluid if it's the same thing?
Because most lighter fluids (like Ronsonol) no longer contain Naphtha
I've read that 2017 was the cut off point, because Zippo bought Ronsonol a few years prior.
My old cans of Ronsonol still say "Contains Naphtha", but I've been refilling them for years...
Quoted from LTG:Did not know that. Thanks vid1900 !
I don't use it, so never kept track of it.
LTG : )
Everything sucks now.
Ronsonol - changed their formula
Simple Green - changed to weaker formula
Bix - is now the worst paint stripper, you used to scrape it all up and put it back in the can for reuse.
Maker's Mark - watered down their whiskey (although after much outcry, have restored it to 90 proof)
imkkkages (resized).jpgQuoted from TheLaw:Happened a decade ago, and the new stuff has been cleaning just as well the entire time.
Naphtha is not a "thing" anyway. They don;t mine naphtha out of the ground and put it in a bottle
Rabbit hole.
Hardly.
If I'm cleaning a $$$$ playfield, I'm not going to risk cleaning "just as well" with some mystery petroleum product.
Same thing happened when everyone was cleaning their CDs with ArmorAll and when they changed the AA formula, it caused them to become cloudy.
Or when everyone was cleaning their rubber tape rollers with Formula 409 (dating myself here). 409 secretly changed their formula and it pitted everyone's rollers (very expensive mistake on a 2" tape roller!).
Quoted from TheLaw:This "mystery formula" has been used by people for a long time and seems to be fine.
Just like the 409, they are not going to tell you when the formula changes (why not call it "Formula 410"?)
Someone might use it for a decade with good results, then suddenly, your Nakamichi Dragon needs a $400 service call.
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