Cleaning and Stain Removal - White gas a cleaning agent?

My husband has been using Coleman Fuel to clean off permanent pen ink, sticky labels, and pretty much anything you can think of. Recently he used it to clean a spot of white scum off the shower doors and the black scum on the shower tub to show me how well it cleans.

While I was impressed with the white gas cleaning abilities I am uncomfortable with the idea of using flammable white gas to clean the shower. I know wd-40 is an excellent cleaning agent but is also flammable.

Am I being overly paranoid with using white gas to clean my shower?

The thing about using ANY gas in a small area...is the health risks. If is flamable...a arc just from a light switch could set it off if its high enough concentration. What i always tell people is..if there was a miracle cleaner that would do anything....then everyone would have just that and nothing else. I would imagine its cleaning the soap scum off due to the pressure its coming out as.

Wd-40 is flammable..but its in a liquid state..and can be rinse with rubbing alcohol.

I would stick with OTC cleaners...not to mention say something happens while using this fuel to clean. Your insurance company finds out...there may be coverage gaps.

Dumb , dumb, Dumb idea

its extremely flammable , think about it its designed to burn , not clean , something sets the fumes off and watch out

okay, thank you. The white gas is in a liquid state but I know the fumes are flammable. I also looked online and there used to be a cleaning agent called Energine that had white gas as the main ingredient. They've since discontinued it but I know people still continue to use what they have so I was a bit confused as to whether or not this gas was as dangerous as I thought it to me. Thanks again

Ive been dumb enough to use it start campfires (in the open ) one time in particular it was foggy and even though we stepped back and threw a match , the fumes had settled near the ground and it flashed a 50 circle around the fire

nobody hurt but lesson learned

(and that was in the open , imagine what it could do indoors )

A product called 'the works' is great for cleaning fiberglass tubs/showers. I recently cleaned a 2 yr old tub/shower unit that didn't look like it had ever been cleaned :eek: While it took the entire bottle and a little elbow grease, the end result was a tub/shower that looked new again :thumbup:

I agree with the others that using white gas [or any solvent] indoors isn't a good idea.

hmm! maybe i'll try out 'the works' the toughest part for me is the shower doors, plus I live in southern california and the mineral deposits (or whatever it is) totally builds up! Thanks for all your help