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Just a little safety note on some paint stripper!

Builderguy

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I wanted to get the paint off my fender tag and did not want to scuff it up doing so. I grabbed some aircraft stripper and sprayed that little tag with a couple of coats and put in on a block about 6 feet from where I was working in the garage. The garage doors and windows were closed but a couple of circulation fans were running. The garage is 28 x 26 with an 11.5 foot ceiling so I thought I had plenty of air considering the tag is what, 2" x 4" give or take. WAS I WRONG, haven't had a trip like that since the late 70's. Got extremely lucky as I left the garage because I felt like tossing my lunch. When I got in the house the wife got a wif of the garage air and knew what was going on and took me outside. About an hour later things started to get clear again. Foggy for the next day but things have finally cleared up. Only lost a couple thousand brain cells. I work with chemicals all the time but didn't give this small amount of spray (maybe two, three second blasts) a second thought. The warning is on the can so I can't fault them. This was all me. So PLEASE, don't let this happen to you.
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Interesting.... been doing entire airplanes and surfaces for 25 years and have never dawned the fresh air hood. Sikaflex sealer and their isocynites are another story.
 
Yeah, I don't know what it was about this spray, I have used their liquid and never had a problem, but his spay was a whole new ball game.
 
dadsbee said:
Interesting.... been doing entire airplanes and surfaces for 25 years and have never dawned the fresh air hood. Sikaflex sealer and their isocynites are another story.
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Just like you. Ive used the Turco stripper. On airplanes. And sprayed with a airless pump sprayer. Its strong smelling and feels like hot pins and needles when hits the skin. Thats where the rainsuits come in. I just used a respirator. Made sure fans were on and door was cracked open for ventilation. :) btw. Tastes aweful.
 
Curious, any xylene in that stuff?
 
Nope, just Tetrahydrofuran, Acetone, Ammonia , Diglycolamine, an hydrocarbon propellant.
 
Been there, done that!! We had stuff at work you could spray on anything covered in grease, wait a few minutes and hit with a water hose and it was GONE to the bare metal. It took many of my brain cells with it. It's a wonder I'm still alive.
 
Heres a tip for stripping parts. Do it outside . Then put a wax paper around it to keep it from evaporating. Then put in your garage to do its thing. Stripper is toxic. The ammonia vapors will rip your lungs right out if you spray in a concealed area. Clean your. Parts with a bq brush. And make sure you have goggles on and good rubber gloves. Not latex . Spraybomb or not that **** is nasty.
 
Builderguy said:
Nope, just Tetrahydrofuran, Acetone, Ammonia , Diglycolamine, an hydrocarbon propellant.
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That acetone used is so when the can is preasured up. Your product comes out. The acetone is about 75% of the can .
 
I use that spray on a fairly regular basis.
As a matter of fact, i used it last week, in the garage.
Never noticed a problem, with me using it.
But next time i do, guess i will read the label in full, and take necessary precaution.

But I'm in Commiefornia, and i will bet the contents in the container are nowhere like anything back in the day before the EPA got their hands in everything that you use.
 
Well Hopefully I am lucky . In the early 70`s we we used MEK and acetone in making custom orthopaedic shoes and partial feet prothesis
Back in 1970 we would skive our leather put glue on it,light up a smoke and do other stuff until the glue was set. This staid the same until 1989 when we moved to have a dedicated room for bar
 
440 4 speed said:
Well Hopefully I am lucky . In the early 70`s we we used MEK and acetone in making custom orthopaedic shoes and partial feet prothesis
Back in 1970 we would skive our leather put glue on it,light up a smoke and do other stuff until the glue was set. This staid the same until 1989 when we moved to have a dedicated room for bar
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Nowadays MEK is still used with thinner to clean residue from around aircraft Rivits and to removed the Slime from the stripper , MEK will kill you if you do not use it properly and dont dress for it properly.. .. fresh air is your best friend . also, that crap will get into your skin pores like no ones business . alodine and acid etch are no different.. deadly stuff..
 
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