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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aviator41" data-source="post: 2403914" data-attributes="member: 30309">i've heard of people using kerosine in their parts cleaners - as has been said, it's a great surfactant.I use mineral spirits in my parts cleaner. Not that 'green' crap you get from wal-mart, the real thing from Lowes. Works great and tends to not leave residue after it gets dirty. Since my parts washer is about a cheap as they come, the mineral spirits get pretty dark pretty quick. Using Kerosine left an oily film on everything I cleaned with it, so I switched. bingo, no more oily film. I supposed using a 55 gallon drum of it would make it last longer.Most likely the stuff used in Vietnam was JP5. now it could be JP5 or (if in theatre) JP-8 would be more likely.</blockquote>