Homebrew PCBs

So is gasoline, the moral of the story is know what you're handling, evaluate the risk against the benefits and take the proper precautions.

Kevin
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: mikezcnc 
  To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 2:15 PM
  Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: TT experiment


  Phil,

  acetone scares me. It aromatic, carcinogenic and scary stuff. If I 
  may suggest-stay away from it. Mike

  --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Alan King <alan@n...> wrote:
  > Stefan Trethan wrote:
  > > On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 17:23:47 -0000, Phil <phil1960us@y...> wrote:
  > > 
  > > 
  > >>I get a quart of acetone for like $2.50 from home depot
  > > 
  > > 
  > > Well then i REALLY have to change my supplier ;-)
  > > 
  > > it was more like 10eur / 500ml
  > > 
  > > 
  > > How is cour can? sheet metal with a plastic snap lid?
  > > I was really upset when this bottle was suddenly empty.
  > > (i had kept a small glass bottle with a rubber lid in a drawer
  > > in close reach, which was also dried out....)
  > > 
  > > ST
  > 
  >    Well it's what's in most nail polish, so it isn't that 
  immediately deadly, 
  > and they are also usually plastic bottles but it's high density 
  plastic, other 
  > plastics may not hold it as well.  Most hardware shop types are in 
  a metal can 
  > with metal lid, and thin paper or plastic for the seal.  Note that 
  the smaller 
  > cans are often nearly the cost of a larger can, and your 500ml 
  bottle may well 
  > have been marketed for special use etc and been extra expensive.  
  Or could be 
  > extra taxes etc for Europe, no telling but check your hardware with 
  the paint 
  > thinners etc.  It's usually a bit cheaper even than other thinners 
  in the US if 
  > you find the right places.
  > 
  >    I just use it, it seems to be a bit easier than laq thinner and 
  I just 
  > minimize the exposure and contact.  Doesn't matter to me much if it 
  stains the 
  > board a bit, and it's not there long enough to really be soaking 
  deep into the 
  > epoxy etc so hard to see any possible real harm from it, the traces 
  cover the 
  > adhesives for the most part etc.  Haven't had any problems that 
  would drive me 
  > to something else at all.
  > 
  > Alan



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