is it normal that over 50% of everything under my kitchen sink is either flammable or extremely flammable?? various aerosols, white spirit, methylated spirits, wd-40, some wood polish, linseed oil, that label gunk remover thats basically just petrol, acetone, isopropyl alcohol..... i mean. if i want to dissolve anything off of anything else im all set

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Yeah, this is pretty common.
Most things can be dissolved with either a polar or nonpolar solvent. Because nonpolar solvents don't stick to each other as much, they tend to be volatile carbon components that can be decomposed with heat(most have a carbon backbone and are fully hydrogenated).

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