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    Bright green liquid!?!?!

    I have a soda bottle half full of a fluorescent green fluid. I didn't label it and have no idea what it might be, except it almost certainly is automotive?
    It seems pretty watery, but I have a half empty bottle of antifreeze, so it probably isn't that. I also found brake fluid and PS fluid, so those aren't likely.
    I don't find any windshield wiper fluid; could that be bright green? How could I tell? Mix some with water and see if they separate?

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    A/C refrigerant?

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    dye for finding a leak in your A/C?
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    Prestone antifreeze

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    Something you should probably throw out.

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    Nothing to do with A/C; I am not that capable.
    It is hard to throw stuff out these days; it will pollute something.
    Maybe Prestone, but I have a half jug of antifreeze; I should have put it in there.
    But of course I should have labeled it, so I guess not doing something doesn't prove anything.
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    It mixes immediately with water and doesn't separate.
    It is more viscous than windshield wiper fluid.
    It looks much like my Peak antifreeze, but is brighter and greener.

    maybe I will learn to label stuff...
    Last edited by Wade Lippman; 07-27-2018 at 7:59 PM.

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    Slime tire sealer? put some on a piece of scrap it will not dry all the way. it will stay rubbery.
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    Ectoplasm?

    (I agree with the suggestion of discarding it given the unknown of both what and when)
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    Most likely antifreeze. I would send it to waste .disposal.

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    Old Mountain Dew.
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    It is hard to throw stuff out these days; it will pollute something.
    Actually - - - it's easier than it ever was. Just haul it to the nearest hazardous waste disposal site.
    Don't know where that is?

    https://www.dec.ny.gov/index.html

    Call them - cell phones make it quick and easy these days. Email them if you don't feel like talking to anyone.

    I'd take the anti freeze and give that to em also.
    Anti freeze can cause some poor pooch or puddy tat hours of intense agony, until they finally succumb to the poison, if it gets into it somehow.
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    Take it to your local auto parts guy, they can probably ID it and possibly also dispose of it. Rub it between your fingers and compare it to your Prestone antifreeze. Not oily, but slippery. Do a smell test too.
    NOW you tell me...

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    Hi. if you have a hydrometer you could test it, give you a better idea on if it is antifreeze.



    Mark

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    What does the ol' nose say?

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