This stuff has a wonderfully low boiling point of 103F and is used as a
paint stripper but I've been fallow.g around and nobody knows what I'm
talking about.

Names...
Dichloromethane, "di-clo", methylene chloride, DCM, CH2Cl2

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Matthieu Boardman

It is the major constituent in many paint strippers.  Read and believe
the warning labels there

On 7/13/2012 12:13 PM, Matthieu Boardman wrote:

Just exactly what do you intend to do with this stuff?  Presumably  
you're involved with some aspect of dipping birds if you care about  
the low boiling point.  Here's the vapor-pressure chart:

methylene chloride vapor pressure.png 2K Download

Keep in mind that this stuff is readily absorbed from the lungs, and  
most sources point out that toxic concentrations are below the 'smell  
threshold' - so be careful.  Carbon monoxide is a metabolite, and you  
can easily get delayed symptoms associated with elevated  
carboxyhemoglobin hours after exposure.  Do not get any on your skin;  
I find it quickly defats and causes irritation. I don't think this is  
quite as neurologically awful as something like methyl iodide, but I  
wouldn't care to find out!

Can be flammable, but within tight limits (about 14 to 24%)  Be VERY  
careful not to leave a closed container anywhere it's exposed to heat;  
you can easily build up to supercritical pressure and when you open  
the container (or it 'opens itself') a large proportion of the  
material will flash-vaporize in a manner similar to steam-boiler  
explosions... causing an instant health risk among other potential  
effects.

Not particularly difficult to come by as a chemical; it's a  
constituent in a number of plastic cements (such as Ambroid Pro-Weld)  
and, as noted, many paint strippers.  THEORETICALLY you could purify  
it from available chemical products by fractional distillation --  
don't do that unless you have ALL the right equipment and know the  
right procedures for using it.

Exactly....more along the line of bubbly Xmas lights.  I think I'm just
gonna go with some Weld-it 3 from canal plastics...hopefully that's pure
enough.