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Remember that special feeling you got as a kid when you got that shiny new trike? Well, even today adult cable splicers get the same feeling when presented with a solvent that effectively replaces their old “trike.” Countless solvents claim to replace 1,1,1-trichloroethane--known colloquially as “trike.” All miss the mark for one or more reasons. Why? Because until APC introduced Type TR™, trying to replace trichlor was a game of trade-offs. Trichlor was universally popular because it evaporated quickly with no residue, cleaned well with no flash point, contained no listed carcinogens, and was reasonably affordable (before availability plummeted and prices skyrocketed). Working with it was fast, effective, and perceived safe. It worked so well that its shortcomings--horrendous odor and relatively high toxicity--were overlooked until the big one finally brought it down: ozone depletion. Other replacement solvents offer to save the ozone, but always by surrendering at least one of the crucial advantages of trichlor. One solvent might be powerful but slow evaporating. Another may dry fast but is a flash hazard. Others are fast and strong but carcinogenic too ... or plastics incompatible, or exorbitantly high priced, or ... etc. Always a trade-off--but not with Type TR. TR has been on the market for some time now and sales have grown exponentially, but our message bears repeating since we haven't yet captured all the business. TR stands for trichlor replacement--the best one. It's available in wipes and competitively priced aerosols. It's a fast-evaporating, non-flammable, no-flash-point cleaner with excellent solvency properties. It contains no chlorinated solvents. It cleans semi-conducting cable shield, corrosion inhibiting compound, silicone greases, filling gels, transformer oils and many other contaminants found in electrical, industrial, and communications cleaning. With transient contact, it’s compatible with most materials. The key attributes are:
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