[TheForge] Cleaner for mild steel/asbestos, etc YAK

Thu Jun 5 00:30:01 2003

Drain Bamage to the fore!yassah!
Thinking  about the large percentage of my friends who have turned up 
with major cancers in the last few years, and having done a vigorous 
cancer dance myself some years back....sure gives me pause about the 
 macho-i'm-near-immortal and it's just 
PCB-oil/carbon-tet/gasolene/asbestos,get-that-respirator-outa-here kinda 
attitude I used to have. Ooops...kinda late now.           Pete

The Millers wrote:

> Dan,
> No arguments here,
> That's a small sanity dig. I think it happened to us all.
> We used to use carbon tet, MEK, and all kinds of really great solvents 
> before.
> Kind of like the great old asbestos fire blankets and insulation we 
> used to use,
> now we watch fiberglass burn, gotta be worse for your lungs!!
>
> Ray
>
>
> On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 02:47 PM, Dan Tull wrote:
>
>> I remember 20 years ago, cleaning, degreasing, metal , not using any 
>> gloves.
>> Course, now we learn it soaks right into the blood stream, and causes 
>> drain
>> bamage .
>> Maybe that's why I'm into blacksmithing.
>>
>> dan tull
>> georgia
>> abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <[email protected]>
>> To: <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 1:45 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Cleaner for mild steel
>>
>>
>>> I LOVE THE SMELL OF MEK IN THE MORNING. Pulls all the fatty acids 
>>> out of
>>
>> your skin too, so be sure and wear appropriate gloves.
>>
>>>
>>> Ray Miller
>>
>>
>>
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