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Stan Castles (Buzfluhart)
Senior Member
Username: Buzfluhart
Post Number: 424
Registered: 06-2004
Posted From: 68.89.240.217
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 02:23 pm: | 
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Oh, great now you get some kind of worthless info out about nitrocellulose and guitars and the next thing you know class action lawyers will be running ads on TV asking if you've played a guitar recently you may be entitled to legal compensation. lol. |
paul wilczynski (Jingle_jangle)
Senior Member
Username: Jingle_jangle
Post Number: 1439
Registered: 12-2004
Posted From: 63.193.9.8
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 02:23 pm: |
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Nitrocellulose as a paint is a largely inert material once dried. The solvent and pigments would be the toxic components, but solvents evaporate and pigment is locked into the film. I do imagine that solids like old Fender custom colors have a certain amount of lead, zinc, cadmium, and other toxins in them, but tints like Fireglo should be minimally toxic, especially once dry, as they are locked under the conversion varnish film. |
John Barnes (Jbarnes)
Junior Member
Username: Jbarnes
Post Number: 33
Registered: 05-2003
Posted From: 131.79.19.92
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 03:15 pm: |
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If anyone wonders why furniture manufacturing left California......... Think air quality boards and the State Of>>>> in General........... |
Peter McCormack (Admin)
Board Administrator
Username: Admin
Post Number: 3259
Registered: 04-2003
Posted From: 142.166.105.220
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 03:32 pm: |
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As a general question, would it be true that the emission standards (in spite of the Kyoto agreement) are different in other countries or regions of the world outside of the United States?
That is, could one use more toxic substances in Indonesia instead of the United States, for example, allowing companies to retain the same manufacturing process that might not pass the test in North America? |
paul wilczynski (Jingle_jangle)
Senior Member
Username: Jingle_jangle
Post Number: 1440
Registered: 12-2004
Posted From: 63.193.9.8
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 03:47 pm: |
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Oh, yes. There are major differences between signing and local enforcement. There is a place near Sao Paulo, Brasil, which has earned the name "Valley of Death". It is a dumping ground for all sorts of toxins from the huge amount of industry operating in the area. On days of air inversion and high temperatures, an actual chemical fog can be seen hanging in the air. The water is undrinkable and incidences of all sorts of cancer and birth defects are many times the national average.
Over 100,000 people live in this valley in favelas (shantytowns).
This low compliance is one reason that China is able to manufacture nearly anything so competitively, although they are tightening up. Chinese labor in the Northeastern provinces, where so much manufacturing goes on, is paid $5.00/day, for a skilled craftsman. Still, better than on a farm, where it's $5.00 a week! |
Peter Levett (Leftyguitars)
Intermediate Member
Username: Leftyguitars
Post Number: 78
Registered: 02-2005
Posted From: 195.93.21.2
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 03:48 pm: |
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I realise now why my hands have turned black, I thought it was because I had been changing the oil in my car today, but I now see that it's because I played my jetglo 360 last night. Why can't I find a "no win - no fee" lawyer when I need one? |
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