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Date:         Sun, 23 Mar 2003 09:20:20 -0600
Reply-To:     Larry Alofs <lalofs@RCN.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Larry Alofs <lalofs@RCN.COM>
Subject:      Re: how do you get super glue off velour?
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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.


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