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Re: blank on block out tubing



EclectiKat@aol.com wrote:
> 
> >It may be that block-out paint has caused more harm than mercury.
> Before anyone jumps all over me for that statement, this is just
> based on what the stuff smells like both fresh (yum) and bombarded
> (double yum).  I have no technical data and certainly mercury is by far
> more dangerous. I just get a kick out of that word "non-flammable"
> on the label. It's like, oh okay, that's good.
> 
> If you bombard blockout paint, you will soon have a tremendous headache,
> perhaps a stroke sometime. Fills the entire shop, just one whiff and you
> bought it. It's obviously not a good idea to breathe anything that reliably
> gives you a killer headache. Works much better for me to put some standard
> Jasco Speedomatic Paint Remover on it and wipe off all blockout paint before
> working it, then redip it. Sounds like more work but that's what we have
> ended up doing on all jobs here rather than fighting with it. Better results
> and doesn't really take more time than sitting in a corner with your head in
> a bucket.

Hello Jeff,  Can you tell us more about Jasco Speedomatic Paint Remover. In the 
past, that block out paint is a bear to remove.  How is it used?  Brush on then 
wipe?  Water soluble?  
Thanks.
Howie Cohen

Where do you get the stuff?


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