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Re: Lego in a Smoking Environment
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:15:09 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
> > I've read a lot about Lego from "smoke free" environments. Have a lot of AFOL's
> > had problems with "smoky" Lego?
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> I have. I seem to be very sensitive to cigarette smoke, it apparently irritates
> me into sneezing and coughing at a very light exposure level, and even a #3 (per
> Joachim's definition extension) household would produce LEGO that I would
> probably notice smokiness from.
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> I'm not convinced there is an easy and safe way to remove smoke smell without
> corresponding other sorts of damage (dryout of "rubber" parts due to loss of
> oil, water damage to stickers, and etc), but would love to hear about it.
Hi Lar,
Long time no hear.... :-) I'll send you a private EMAIL...
But back to the smoke topic....
OK, the process for removing smoke from ABS was told to my by my
brother-in-laws's brother-in-law, who is a chemical engineer. Since I probably
shouldn't just go by his word, maybe someone can test out the "smoke removal"
process that I'm gonna mention in my upcoming cd/book.
So here is the untested secret..... the Acetylnitrile (sp?) in ABS plastic is
the component that absorbs smoke. According to the chemist, if you put smoky
Lego into a vacuum chamber for 24 hours, it should be free of the smoke smell.
The problem is that one would probably need a laboratory in order to get such a
vacuum chamber to test it out. Anybody have smokey Lego and a vacuum chamber
out there????
Gary Istok
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