Braking news! Brake cleaner will eat through a red solo cup. Why isn't that on the label??? Get it, braking news??? 
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Remember like dissolves like... Most plastics are polyethylene, and brake cleaner is tetrachloroethylene...

It's the chemist in me..
Both are alkenes, double bonded carbon atoms. In the case of ethylene, the remaining 4 atoms of the molecule are hydrogens. In tetrachloroethylene, the 4 (tetra) atoms are chlorine (chloro) with the ethylene backbone. Ethylene could also be called tetrahydroethylene if you wanted to keep the same naming convention... Polyethlylene is yes, multiple ethylene molecules linked together...
Same with brake fluid and paint. Brake fluid is glycol-ether based along with most paints used so it's why you need to wipe off the brake fluid from paint, because... like dissolves like...
It's the chemist in me..
Both are alkenes, double bonded carbon atoms. In the case of ethylene, the remaining 4 atoms of the molecule are hydrogens. In tetrachloroethylene, the 4 (tetra) atoms are chlorine (chloro) with the ethylene backbone. Ethylene could also be called tetrahydroethylene if you wanted to keep the same naming convention... Polyethlylene is yes, multiple ethylene molecules linked together...
Same with brake fluid and paint. Brake fluid is glycol-ether based along with most paints used so it's why you need to wipe off the brake fluid from paint, because... like dissolves like...

Red phosphorus, ummm Damn that's all I remember from breaking bad. Aka best show to ever at on any television in any part of any universe. I suggest watching it.
Red phosphorus, ummm Damn that's all I remember from breaking bad. Aka best show to ever at on any television in any part of any universe. I suggest watching it.
RUmmm, somebody forgot about the Sopranos.
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What's the chemical compound of meth again??![]()