Edward Ju (gundam@loop.com)
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 13:54:33 -0700
>For one thing, acrylic is ingestive. You have to drink a quart or more of
>acrylic paint to poison yourself.
I do realize that acrylic is the least poisonous paint available, that's
the reason I use it. But being the lesser evil does not mean it is good.
>I haven't heard of any long term affects
>caused by ingesting plastic based paint through normal daily wear, but I'll
>keep my ears open. The warning labels say do not ingest, but many painters
>reshape their brushes (which you have to do a lot when using acrylics) with
>their mouths.
Jeeesh, I hope they don't develop cancer.
>My bother swears by saliva as the best way to wet his brushes
>during use.
You learn something new everyday...
>I don't see the problem.
>
>BTW, the nail polish I use isn't going on my nails, its going on my lead-free
>white metal miniatures. Or one of my primed resin models.
>
>SJ
No one's made any accusation yet. ;)
Eddie
.-/ Email: gundam@loop.com .-.
_.-~ / _____ ______ __ _ _ _ ___ | ~-._
\:/ -~|| __||_ __// || | | | /| | / __/| .\:/
/ || __|:| |\:/ ' || |__| |_/:| || (:/:| \
/ /\/| ||____|:|_|:/_/|_||____|____||_|:\___\| |\ \
/ /:::|.:\::::\:\:\:|:||:||::::|:::://:/:/:::/:.|:\ \
/ /:::/ \::\::::\|\:\|:/|:||::::|::://:/\/:::/::/:::\ \
/ .::\ \-~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~-/\/:.. \
/..:::::\ http://www.loop.com/~gundam /:::::..\
/::::::::- -::::::::\
\:::::-~ I am an authorized EarthLink Agent. Ask ~-:::::/
\:-~ me how to switch from your ISP to EarthLink free! ~-:/
-
Gundam Mailing List Archives are available at http://gundam.aeug.org/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0b3 on Fri Aug 13 1999 - 05:54:50 JST