Originally Posted by jonwvara

I don't like using gas as as solvent because it's so dangerous. But if I were going to use it--which I suppose I might in an isolated outdoor area--I'd use "white gas" (usually sold now as Coleman fuel), formulated for use with portable stoves. It doesn't have the detergents and other additives found in automotive gas. When it evaporates there's no gasoline smell left behind.