Use of Gasoline as a Solvent in Shops

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Also a favorite of old housepainters for cleaning brushes and 
hands....probably because it was cheaper than "mineral spirits" or 
turpentine and readily available.  Not recommended because of 
flammability and (real) lead.

Many of these guys also were known to drink alcohol to excess on the 
reasoning that a "nip took the taste of the paint out of your mouth at 
the end of the day."

 

Jim McDaniel, not an old painter,  in Delmarva, hoping there are no 
offended painters lurking out there...