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| Created: | Tue Jan 13 1987 |
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I recently used some fuelproofer manufactured by a company called Ripmax. It's a two part liquid, and the instructions on the bottle say "mix in a glass or plastic container NOT metal". Well, I mixed the gunk in a plastic container, applied what I needed, and had quite a bit left. I left that in the container on the board, and wandered in the general direction of a beer. When I came back the fuel proofer had dissolved the container, and was happily spreading itself across the board! Luckily I got to it (just) before it spread itself onto my carpet. Moral: The instructions are wrong! Don't use a plastic container, or if you do don't leave the stuff in the container. Moral 2: I contacted the manufacturer. Since we're not supposed to say bad things about people on the board I can't detail their eventual response...... Cheers Nigel.
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| 1457.1 | Just a thought | STOHUB::JETRGR::EATON | Dan Eaton St.Louis,MO,USA, 445-6522 | Tue Sep 29 1992 11:39 | 8 |
Nigel, just out of curiousity, did the plastic container dissolve or did it melt? Reason I ask is it sounds like the the fuelproofer is some sort of epoxy mix. Depending on the mix, sometimes these can kick off with a surprizing amount of heat especially in large quantities. I've made profile crossections from by sawing off sections of plastic models filled with resin. I have to fill them in layers because the heat of the reaction will melt/distort the plastic otherwise. | |||||
| 1457.2 | Dissolved (I think!) | BAHTAT::EATON_N | Nigel Eaton | Wed Sep 30 1992 09:36 | 18 |
Dan,
I think it dissolved, the edges of the plastic were still sticky when I got to
it. Of course this could have been a plastic which is permanently affected by
heat, I don't know much about chemistry ("don't know much biology, but I do know
that I...... Sorry, wrong song).
The total amount I mixed wasn't that large, and there wasn't that much left
(sorry for the vagueness, I wouldn't know a millilitre if it bit me). I've heard
of epoxies heating up when curing, but I don't think there was enough here to be
a problem.
Either way up the damage was done!
Cheers
Nigel
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