I am not suggesting a product, I am advising of some of the potential risks, with the benefit of expertise in this area. If you wish a suggestion, I would suggest you use a product designed for the purpose in question - DIY solutions are generally best avoided without expertise.
I believe you may be mistaken with regards to the content of WD40. In any case, it is not the carrier oil which worries me, it is the additions which are non-volatile and `sticky`. The danger is not so much damage to the clear, it is the potential that you simple cannot effectively remove these persistent additives with a quick wipe.
You misunderstood in the opposite sense to the above. I realise a rinse is always necessary. The risk with some of the more raw solvent `blend` (e.g. kerosene) is not the residue, it is the fact that they are not free from nastier hydrocarbons. The smell that you get from kerosene is not the basic kerosene solvent you actually want, it is the smell of higher aromatic contaminants. For starters, you don`t actually know what they are. Take something like toluene, one such aromatic. This is a common component in paint thinners and paint strippers. Each to their own but it seems like an un-necessary risk to potentially be applying it to my pride and joy.
Dedicated products will simply not use these raw grades. From a safety perspective, it is unthinkable really. We will use much more tightly specified fractions of the base solvent and we will ensure that those nasty aromatics are not present. I do appreciate that some kero you buy will be the de-aromatised version but this is important, base kerosene (which is normally a bit yellow, not water white) should be avoided. I suspect it is asking a lot for a normal user to accurately identify if they are using the right form so I would suggest it better that users do not risk it.
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