Xylene Content...

[tooloudalex]

Ok, before i start this i know that Denatured Alcohol is the msot recomended for string cleaning, however i dont have any, but i do have Xylene Paint thinner (my dad/poppy own a sandblasting company) and we have a TON of this stuff layin around the shed, has anyone used it for cleaning strings?

[Ben Clarke]

Nope, but it's great for getting cancer.

[tooloudalex]

ha ha i could see that, it also is pretty good at burning the crap out of your hands

[Phalex]

It'll add some octane to your fuel.....

[J. Montgomery]

I've never been one to clean strings, but I am a chemist.

Chemically speaking, xylene is not a denatured alcohol (all alcohol's end in an -ol, like methanol, ethanol, isopropanol (rubbing alcohol), etc...) its an aromatic hydrocarbon. Though, both groups can be used as solvents.

So, yeah, it could probably work for cleaning strings but I wouldn't personally do it.