Canned Air & Clear Plastic

[cartpix]

This weekend, I was trying to blow off a couple pieces of plastic dust, on the inside of a windshield of an assembled model. I had the can, at a bad angle & it sprayed some of the liquid propellant, on the glass. It fogged it but I thought it would evaporate, like it does, on everything else. It didn't. It was fogged worse than CA glue. I crossed my fingers, squirted some Future on a Q-Tip, & swabbed the inside of the glass. Luckily it worked but I'll never do that again.

Edited March 25, 2014 by cartpix

[Mizozuman2]

Liquid nitrogen is what it is I think. Not sure though. Might be CO2.

[JohnU]

Some of the older versions of "canned air" contained butane or some other hydrocarbons.

[Maindrian Pace]

Most gas dusters are Difluoroethane, which is produced by the mercury-catalyzed addition of hydrogen fluoride to acetylene. It is a refrigerant, called HFC-152a, and you can use this stuff to charge your auto A/C system instead of R-134a. Which are all good reasons to not spray it on clear plastic.

-MJS

[CJ1971]

Here's an idea... Next time try a hair-dryer... On cool of course ??