Date:         Sun, 23 Mar 2003 08:00:43 -0800
Reply-To:     Richard Brassaw <sendmeanemail@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Richard Brassaw <sendmeanemail@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: how do you get super glue off velour?
Comments: To: Larry Alofs <lalofs@RCN.COM>
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Larry,

The quality that you used acetone was significant and definitely calls
for protective measures.  The quantity and frequency that will be used
in a clean up situation will be minuscule in comparison.

The mercury in thermometers was probably more a legal decision than
actual toxic hazard.  I remember in grade school someone bringing in a
small handful of the stuff that we then passed around the class.

As for water, I assume you're referring to drinking water specs.  What
amuses me is that many people buy bottled water for its perceived purity
when in fact tap water holds a higher standard.  Here in California
there is one popular bottled water brand that several times has exceeded
tap water standards in that it couldn't be delivered into the home
through the tap!



-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Larry Alofs
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 7:20 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: how do you get super glue off velour?

Note that the health hazard rating given on this site is a "1", on this
scale:

General Rating Summary

Health (Blue)

 4
   Danger
          May be fatal on short exposure. Specialized protective
equipment required
 3
   Warning
          Corrosive or toxic. Avoid skin contact or inhalation
 2
   Warning
          May be harmful if inhaled or absorbed
 1
   Caution
          May be irritating
 0
          No unusual hazard


I suppose "familiarity breeds contempt".
  While I was in college in the late 60's, I used to work in the
fiberglas hull division at a Cris-Craft boat factory during vacations,
etc.  At the start of a shift, we would each go to the gas pump behind
the building and get half of a 5 gallon bucket full of acetone. We would
use it to continually clean the resin off our hands and tools. If you
tried to clean your safety glasses, the plastic frames would dissolve.
  After 30 years, practices may have changed as public concern
(justified or not) has grown.  *Some* of it is overblown hysteria.
  The Chicago Board of Education recently sent someone around to
confiscate all the mercury thermometers from the schools.

Larry A.
  Have you ever read the MSDS sheet for water?
   Do you know how many people die each year from exposure to too much
   dihydrogen oxide?


Richard Brassaw wrote:
>
> Used cautiously acetone isn't likely to cause problems, but it isn't
> risk free in high doses.  For more information you might want to check
> out this web site.
>
> http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts21.html
>
> Richard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf
> Of Larry Alofs
> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 8:17 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: how do you get super glue off velour?
>
> john Runberg wrote:
> >
> > Oooo. The active ingredient in there is acetone and it'll do nasty
> things to
> > you and maybe your seats as well. I know it'll go right through your
> skin
> > and into the blood. Nasty.
> > > Try finger nail polish remover.
>
> Acetone is not very toxic when used sensibly.
>   It's good for getting fiberglas resin off your skin.
>
> Larry A.