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> Dip shirt in liquid with boiling point lower than water. Re-wet as necessary. Can you recommend one suitable for regular use?
by slrz 8y ago
> Dip shirt in liquid with boiling point lower than water. Re-wet as necessary.
Can you recommend one suitable for regular use?
- dsr_ 8y agoEthyl alcohol is cheap, highly available; people are already familiar with its particular flammability and toxicity issues and are comfortable handling it.
- Johnny555 8y agoI'm comfortable pouring diluted alcohol in a glass and drinking it, not with soaking my clothes in it and covering large areas of my body in a continual bath of flammable liquid that also dries out my skin.
- scythe 8y agoYou would not only get very drunk from that, you could damage your skin and/or catch fire, if there is a source of ignition. There are a few liquids that would work. One example is the refrigerant HCFC-124. However, all of these liquids are chlorofluorocarbons, and cause much more damage to the atmosphere than any amount of A/C usage. Pretty much all volatile organic compounds fall into at least one of three categories: flammable, toxic, highly potent greenhouse gas.
- logfromblammo 8y agoDon't forget carcinogenic, teratogenic, corrosive, unbearably stinky, and insect pheromone. For instance, you wouldn't want to smell like a ton of bananas all the time, or drive honeybees into a frenzy every time you pass by.