From Irene McC Sent Fri, Nov 7th 1997, 09:11
I believe this is a banned substance in the US since it is carcinogenic - but I've always whipped sticky gummy goo off in a flash with Benzene on a ball of cotton wool. I have even removed unknown substanced off the surface of a disc (CD) with it. NEVER use it with vinyl though. There's a difference between Benz*i*ne and Benz*e*ne. The one has more dangerous volative fumes than the other - dunno, go ask around. I *