Originally Posted by
Stitchit123
Did you know that transmission fluid can eat a hole in a blacktop driveway and if it splashes on your clothing it will eat a hole in it - like battery acid the holes don't show up til after its been laundered. So I would never try putting this any where's near my sewing machines.
Are you sure you're thinking of transmission fluid?
I can believe that it (or any petroleum based oil) could perhaps soften the bitumen in asphalt, but it definitely doesn't eat holes in fabric!
I have been using it on guns for years, and keep cloths saturated in it handy in tupperware containers. When they get too dirty, I throw them in the laundry and they get washed. Some of these cloths have been saturated for several years, and have been washed many times.
I have also spilled it on my clothes more times than I care to remember without any damage.
Could you perhaps be thinking of brake fluid or something?