Autozone Carb Cleaner = Berryman's B-12 Chemtool?

[Shaman]

A friend who recently worked at Autozone had customers tell him that they were the same product. Can anyone tell me if this is right or wrong

 

[kc8adu]

not sure but i do know the walmart supertech smells and works the same as b12.

 

[seotaji]

all i know is that advance auto brand carb cleaner is junk. won't remove anything at all. only good for killing weeds aparrently.

 

[TomH]

AFAIK, Berryman doesn't make any of the Autozone branded chemicals. When I worked for AZ many moons ago, the carb cleaner was made by a company in Florida called Petro Chemical. Petro was purchased by a company called Amrep a few years back.

http://www.amrep.com/misty/about.htm

You could try sending Amrep an e-mail asking if they still make any of AZs aerosol chemicals.

 

[burnout]

The advance auto brand carb cleaner that I have doesn't do crap.

It doesn't evaporate, just leaves a film on everything.

 

[NovaMan]

IIRC, Autozone carb cleaner is methanol, toluene, and acetone. I believe Berryman B-12 Chemtool (carb cleaner aerosol) has more stuff in it: http://www.berrymanproducts.com/Portals/0/BPI MSDS/0113, 0152, 0117C, 0120C.pdf

It looks like the B-9 ChemDip is even stronger: http://www.berrymanproducts.com/Portals/0/BPI MSDS/0901, 0905, 0996.pdf

AZ's carb cleaner is decent, IMO. I used a can to spray off an engine after I had degreased and rinsed it. The methanol got the water into solution with the acetone and toluene, and made it evaporate so that no rust formed. I painted it shortly thereafter with good results.