Hey guys -

I'm on the way to install my CF Varis pillars and have a question. The instructions call for you to use "cleaning naptha" to wipe the area free of oil and dirt prior to install.

I've looked for this cleaning naptha but I cant locate it in any local stores (tried car places like pepboys and also homedepot). Is there a product equivilant to this or what have you guys used for your pillar installs?

thanks for the help!

 

Just use the rubbing alcohol form the medicine cabinet. You will have no problems with it, I use it all the time.

 

Go to any hardware store and look for it around the paint supplies. It will come in a tin. It's just called naptha.

It's a volatile solvent like rubbing alcohol.

 

so rubbing alchol would be just as good then?

 

Definitely.

 

Naptha is lighter fluid. You can pick it up anywhere.

 

Naptha can be a short-name for a hydrocarbon solution with Napthalene (two benzene rings joined together at one side). It's often used to thin oil-based paints for spraying. That's a bit extreme for cleaning a surface; I'd just use rubbing alcohol as 04 EVO suggested--it's not as strong a solvent, but it will serve the purpose to remove oil/organic residues from the surface.

They might have been referring to Fels-Naptha, which is a strong cleaning soap. As far as I know Naptha isn't a specific molecule, it's the lightest liquid fraction from crude oil (bigger alkanes than propane and butane)--can be used as lamp oil, lighter fluid, etc.

 

thanks alot for the help guys!