What brand of Naphtha do you use

[jps]

FWIW, I picked up a 5oz container of Ronsonol yesterday. Plan on doing some work to my 4001 today and will give the body and fingerboard a good cleaning. I’m assuming I should take a microfiber type cloth, squirt a bit into it and scrub away? Does it evaporate real quickly or will the rag stay damp for a bit? I am secretly hoping that my 40 year old aged bindings go from creamish-yellow to white.

I use a clean cotton rag. Naphtha will evaporate pretty quickly from the bass but will take a while for the rag to dry. Not so sure about using a MFC for this sort of application.

Don't expect miracles as to de-yellowing the binding; that won't happen.

This is what I have been using for many years; I put the rag on the spout and turn the can over for a second to get it wet.

For our application, ignore the thins part on the can's description, it won't harm anything.

[doctorwho]

Ronsonal is “Light Hydrotreated Distillate (70%)" together with "Hydrotreated Light Naphtha (30%)"”

So, Ronsonal is not 100% naphtha? What comprises this “Light Hydrotreated Distillate (70%)" and what do they mean by "Hydrotreated Light Naphtha (30%)? Sounds like what ever it is, it's watered-down.

Sorry, the chemist must chime in ... technically, there isn't a "100% naphtha" per se, as naphtha is a mixture of straight-chain and branched hydrocarbons (and the different brand probably have slightly different proportions of the components). Although I am not familiar with the term "hydrotreated", it likely means that the mixture is treated with hydrogen in one form or another (e.g., either as hydrogen gas with a catalyst, or in the form of a strong hydride (reducing) agent) to convert aromatics and alkenes to saturated hydrocarbons.

FWIW, I have used just Turtle Wax to remove "gunk", as it, being lipophilic like naphtha, will dissolve/lift oily/greasy residues from surfaces.

[ram]

because I looked it up -
Hydrotreating is the reaction of organic compounds in the presence of high pressure hydrogen to remove oxygen (deoxygenation) along with other heteroatoms (nitrogen, sulfur, and chlorine).

Hydrotreatment of Naphtha - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP6ZJ5-fBwo