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Ban on consumer use of chemical found in paint strippers goes into effect

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Ban on consumer use of chemical found in paint strippers goes into effect | TheHill

Starting on Saturday, consumers will no longer be able to handle or purchase products containing the chemical methylene chloride, found often in paint strippers.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in March announced it would be banning all consumer sales of the chemical, which has been linked to a number of child and worker deaths.
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Good solvent but nasty, toxic stuff.
 
Duh anything that actually works well gets banned eventually.
 
Drawdown said:
Duh anything that actually works well gets banned eventually.
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Duh, stuff has to be banned when idiots ignore the proper use instructions. The general public has to be treated like children- if there's any way they can hurt themselves with something it has to be taken away from everyone.
 
Drawdown said:
Duh anything that actually works well gets banned eventually.
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Things get banned because of misuse and irresponsibility. All it takes is a few bad apples to ruin it for the whole bunch.
 
Grand Mal said:
Duh, stuff has to be banned when idiots ignore the proper use instructions. The general public has to be treated like children- if there's any way they can hurt themselves with something it has to be taken away from everyone.
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People use it because it works well ergo aything that actually works well gets banned.
 
Mango will probably reverse the ban by mid next week and coat derpwall with it.
 
JacksinPA said:
Ban on consumer use of chemical found in paint strippers goes into effect | TheHill

Starting on Saturday, consumers will no longer be able to handle or purchase products containing the chemical methylene chloride, found often in paint strippers.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in March announced it would be banning all consumer sales of the chemical, which has been linked to a number of child and worker deaths.
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Good solvent but nasty, toxic stuff.
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That stuff is absolutely nasty; good riddance.

Living in an old house with ancient wood work and fine detail carving that the previous owners had covered with paint, I found that sand blasting with baking soda is non toxic, and will not damage the underlying surface of more delicate mediums like wood, and did not harm the antique leaded glass panels.

It removed decades of paint and old shellac without the toxic residue or leaving the house smelling like a petrochemical refinery.
 
Drawdown said:
People use it because it works well ergo aything that actually works well gets banned.
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No that's not an ergo. It got banned because people use it wrong.
What kind of an idiotic thing is that to say? It's banned because it works well. Stupid. it's banned because it's dangerous if you use it wrong and idiots use it wrong. Idiots who can't follow simple instructions
I get frustrated by the stupidity in the population that leads to ordinary people having to be treated like the idiots standing behind us in the checkout line.
 
Bum said:
That stuff is absolutely nasty; good riddance.

Living in an old house with ancient wood work and fine detail carving that the previous owners had covered with paint, I found that sand blasting with baking soda is non toxic, and will not damage the underlying surface of more delicate mediums like wood, and did not harm the antique leaded glass panels.

It removed decades of paint and old shellac without the toxic residue or leaving the house smelling like a petrochemical refinery.
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I’m guessing y’all baked a cake when it was all over?...........:mrgreen:
 
JacksinPA said:
Ban on consumer use of chemical found in paint strippers goes into effect | TheHill

Starting on Saturday, consumers will no longer be able to handle or purchase products containing the chemical methylene chloride, found often in paint strippers.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in March announced it would be banning all consumer sales of the chemical, which has been linked to a number of child and worker deaths.
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Good solvent but nasty, toxic stuff.
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I used 3 gallons of paint stripper over last 2 weeks in a somewhat enclosed space over a huge relative surface (entire boat hull - repeatedly). But for fiberglass, which is milder.
 
Drawdown said:
Duh anything that actually works well gets banned eventually.
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Starting in the 60s, the government started banning benefiting for technological advances and seriously got into the business of protecting us from ourselves as they decide. Over a million people - each you dictate what you may and may not do - with prison if that is what it takes to protect you from yourself.
 
Helix said:
Mango will probably reverse the ban by mid next week and coat derpwall with it.
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As long as they are his supporters. Like with his reversal on flavored vapes he doesn't care about safety just votes. He wants alive to cast a vote on Nov.3, 2020. After that he could give a damn.
 
Grand Mal said:
Duh, stuff has to be banned when idiots ignore the proper use instructions. The general public has to be treated like children- if there's any way they can hurt themselves with something it has to be taken away from everyone.
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Well said. I work with epoxy and LOTS of people I worked with wouldn't wear respirators, especially when sanding, they wouldn't wear gloves, they washed the epoxy off their bare skin with Acetone. I'm 70 years old and have NEVER worked with ANY harsh chemicals without taking all the precautions. That includes when I handle Roundup. You can't fix stupid.
 
Bum said:
That stuff is absolutely nasty; good riddance.

Living in an old house with ancient wood work and fine detail carving that the previous owners had covered with paint, I found that sand blasting with baking soda is non toxic, and will not damage the underlying surface of more delicate mediums like wood, and did not harm the antique leaded glass panels.

It removed decades of paint and old shellac without the toxic residue or leaving the house smelling like a petrochemical refinery.
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If the paint predates 1978 there's a good chance there's lead in it, and I would think sandblasting leaded paint with anything is probably not a good idea, or am I missing something?
 
Ahlevah said:
If the paint predates 1978 there's a good chance there's lead in it, and I would think sandblasting leaded paint with anything is probably not a good idea, or am I missing something?
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Nope....you are dead on target; the company had to use filtration/ventilation systems extensively for the pieces that could not be removed and placed into a sand blasting booth....we had the same company perform the asbestos remediation as well.
 
Too bad because it works great. So just add to the long list of stuff that I have to scramble to find.

Whenever there is an estate sale where some old guy passed away I always ask to see what chemicals he had in the garage and can usually find great stuff like Decon rat poison (the good forumula), Diazanon, Vapam, and sometimes even Chlordane.

What was the old Dupont ad slogan--- "Better Living Through Chemistry"?
 
Bum said:
Nope....you are dead on target; the company had to use filtration/ventilation systems extensively for the pieces that could not be removed and placed into a sand blasting booth....we had the same company perform the asbestos remediation as well.
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I'm guessing that wasn't cheap.
 
Ahlevah said:
I'm guessing that wasn't cheap.
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No, but the family that bought the house from us will not have to worry about it though.
 
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