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Re: Plastic Tackle Boxes (Was Re: I'm sorting by color now!)
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Date: 
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>...

Allan Bedford wrote in message <01bf28b3$1a3e22c0$5f1aefd1@apotome>...

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.

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.



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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  Re: Plastic Tackle Boxes (Was Re: I'm sorting by color now!)
 
Allan Bedford wrote in message <01bf28b3$1a3e22c0$5...potome>... (...) 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. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)

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