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Re: Plastic Tackle Boxes (Was Re: I'm sorting by color now!)
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Sun, 7 Nov 1999 20:14:10 GMT
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Paul Baulch <paul@vic.bigpond.net.au> wrote in article
<FKtH4u.4wt@lugnet.com>...
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> Allan Bedford wrote in message <01bf28b3$1a3e22c0$5f1aefd1@apotome>...
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> > > > smell of solvent coming from inside. Presumably this is some sort of
> > solvent
> >
> > I notice the same smell coming not from my Plano boxes, but from large
> > quantities of basic bricks stored in LEGO buckets or tubs. I thought it
> > was the LEGO itself.
Hmmmmmm...... could it be the LEGO buckets and tubs themselves then?
> The smell is definitely not from the Lego, I made a point of checking the
> new containers for the smell when I'd opened them for the first time, • before
> I'd put any Lego inside.
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> > > I think that the smell is just normal soft plastic outgassing. The • plano
> > > boxes are made of a fairly soft plastic, so I don't think it's styrene
> > > or PVC.
> >
> > Does anybody manufacture with PVC anymore? I know that hard lessons • were
> > learned by coin and sports card collectors when their album pages were • made
> > from PVC. But I thought that there were newer plastics that had • eliminated
> > the need for PVC. Not sure, just putting the idea out.
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> Ewww!!! What happened to the sports cards stored in PVC pages?
To the best of my recollection (card collecters feel free to correct me) I
was under the impression that PVC album pages caused a chemical reaction
with things like coins and cards. I believe they are more acidic or
something, but definitely NOT good for your collectibles. That's why most
pages today are advertised on the box as being PVC-free.
Regards,
Allan
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