It was designed in a collaboration with Procter & Gamble for use as an alkyd coating alternative to reduce the need for petroleum-based solvents in high-performance coating applications, such as architectural finishes and industrial metal coating.

Jean Baptiste Jolly discovered that petroleum-based solvents can be used for dry-cleaning in the mid-19th century.

Early dry cleaners used petroleum-based solvents, such as gasoline and kerosene.

These petroleum-based solvents are less aggressive than perc and require a longer cleaning cycle.

Because its volatile petroleum-based solvents can contribute to the chemical reactions that produce smog, its use is prohibited in many areas during "ozone season," typically from spring to fall.

In 1998, Nike introduced a program to replace its petroleum-based solvents with less dangerous water-based solvents.

Even though turpentine is less toxic than petroleum-based solvents, it can still cause an allergic reaction.

It is crucial to the integrity of such roofs to avoid using harsh abrasive materials and petroleum-based solvents for their maintenance.

By then the energy crisis had receded from memory and it had become abundantly clear that, given the expensive equipment needed to pressurize supercritical fluids, petroleum-based solvents were still the cheapest way to go.

That is because the finish is probably milk paint and it is unaffected by petroleum-based solvents.