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- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!wingnut!stevenj
- From: stevenj@microsoft.com (Steven Johnson)
- Subject: Re: coloured stains for kids blocks
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.185004.7111@microsoft.com>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 18:50:04 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corp.
- References: <WOODWORK%92122922085003@IPFWVM.BITNET>
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- In article <WOODWORK%92122922085003@IPFWVM.BITNET>, T.DUNN@MAILBOX.UQ.OZ.AU writes:
- > >How about analine(sp?) dyes? Anyone every use them on pine? Safety?
- >
- > I just quit from the net (I've resigned!) but I thought I should let you
- > know about aniline dyes. I did my doctorate on bladder cancer, some of
- > the first substances officially recognised as "cancer causing" (c. 1900)
- > were the so called "coal-tar" dyes, to which the aniline dyes belong (this
- > is assuming that the stuff you buy is actually "aniline").
- >
- > I would highly recommend that you keep this stuff away from kid's toys! I
- > don't know of alternatives, but from a toxicology point of view, plastic
- > (or polyurethane) finishes are infinitely safer.
- >
-
- ALthough I won't claim to know anything about the absolute safety of
- any chemical, I think people interested in using analine dyes may
- want to check out the safety issue more carefully than via the net.
-
- In Micheal Dresden (Dredsner??)'s latest book (The Woodfinishing
- Book), there is a section on these dyes, and in a sidebar he states
- there is a large misperception about analine vs. analine dyes. He
- claims the analine is used in the manufacture of the dyes, but none
- remains in the finished product. He also claims analine is used in
- the manufacture of decafinenated coffee! SO the dyes may not be as
- toxic as you may think.
-
- P.S. Over the last two weeks, I have seen dozens of questions here
- on the net regarding finishing. My blanket advice is to buy this
- book -- it would have answered virtually all of them.
-
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