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Originally Posted by MNBoxster
Hi,
I agree that the RaggTop is the best stuff to use. Keeps the top in, well, top shape!
BTW, Paraffinic, Napthenic solvent is not Napalm. The term Napalm was initially used only to describe the thickening agent (polystyrene) which was added to Gasoline. Of course, later, the whole mixture took on that name.
Napalm is actually a mixture of 46 parts polystyrene, 33 parts gasoline (usually AvGas) and 21 parts benzene. Had some experience with it when I was in my 20's- Nasty stuff!
Happy Motoring!...Jim'99
PS BTW, Parafinic Napthenic Solvent is the stuff we used to use when I was in the Boy Scouts in the early 60's to waterproof the Canvas Tents we used. It is essentially Wax suspended in Naptha. You Paint it on the Canvas and the Naptha carried the wax deep into the Canvas fibres. Then the Naptha would flash-off leaving the wax behind. Smelled very strong, and made you dizzy if you breathed it for too long! Hadn't smelled it in years until I treated my Top.
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Ah yes you are absolutely right. Good thing I am not a chemist. Never the less I think they mean business when they say keep the sparks and open flames away when applying. Paraffin suspended in naphtha sounds pretty darn flammable to me as well.