On Dec 10, 2008, at 3:53 PM, David Ilvedson wrote: > Actually that sounds like a good idea if you knew what the mixture > was...this stuff is toxic and we all need to think about what we do > with it... > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA 94044 Agreed. Frankly, I think it would probably be fine to add to lacquer for hardening hammers. I would feel nearly positive that the ingredients would amount to solids from lacquer, lacquer sanding sealer and/or keytop/acrylic. And at that dilution, I wouldn't really worry about it. But what I actually do is save the stuff in an empty thinner can (labeled) and re-use it for various cleaning purposes: soaking CA tips, getting paint off cabinet hardware, soaking the grime off my bicycle chain, softening an old paintbrush, etc. Things that don't need pristine material. I don't think Don Mannino's use as weed killer is a bad idea either. The stuff is essentially going to evaporate into the atmosphere eventually. I don't think it would leave any toxic residue in the soil. Other, less volatile solvents maybe (I wouldn't pour mineral spirits or paint remover into the soil). Bottom line, we use some nasty chemicals from time to time. My attitude is that I want to use as little as I can. Hence my soak method for getting lacquer out of hammers: I think it uses less solvent, and I can re-use it. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico fssturm at unm.edu
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