Re: aluminum dye question [TANKS]

["flier" <FLIER-at-sbcglobal.net>]

Tom,

Any VOC solvent is dangerous without proper 
protection.  Lacquer thinner is particularly nasty.  
Look at the MSDS here http://tinyurl.com/ysp4jb

MEK is no worse.
http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/m4628.htm

20 yrs ago many commercial factories as well as the 
military used MEK like water and needless to say 
there were issues due to overexposure.  No, you don't 
want to breath it or wash your hands in it but other 
than water there's no solvent that you should be 
handling without protection.

I'm not pumping MEK, simply providing the facts.  

Regards,

Ted


--- Original Message ---
From: burn995-at-aol.com
To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
Subject: Re: aluminum dye question  [TANKS]

>I work with sheet metal all day, along with 
composites and other materials.  
>I use lacquer thinner to clean of the mfg. data from 
the sheet metal before 
>sending it off to the paint dept. There its washed 
in an acid bath before it 
>gets chem. treated, primed and painted. I used mek 
in the military, then, in the 
>80's they removed from its inventory because of its 
ill effects on the body. 
>Personally, I would avoid it at all costs and use it 
only as a last resort. Its 
>an "oil displacement agent," then evaporates. When 
it gets in your skin 
>that's what it does to the natural oils in there. 
After a while the skin will crack 
>and have a long rough time healing. So please always 
use rubber gloves. I've 
>seen this with some of the veteran sheet metal 
workers.Tom in Tenn.
>
>
>
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