Hi Guys
Please take this warning seriously, this stuff does exist. It is derived
from the synthetic materials now used in the manufacture of certain rubber
like components. The acid is a by-product of this stuff when it is exposed
to extreme heat, such as that found in a car fire. I first became aware of
it via a bulletin from the English fire service.
Take care guys
Regards
John J Black
Waterloo Drivetrain Systems
www.waterloo-dtr.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Barry Schwartz
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 6:31 AM
To: Graham Stretch
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: sidelamp rubber
Graham,
Sounds like bunkum to me, as I have handled MANY a rubber part from all
kinds of vehicles over some twenty seven years of tinkering. I have cut,
shaped, ground, melted, etc. many of them and, while my mind is going, I
still have all my fingers. I may not always know what to do with them, but
they're still there - If there was even a shred of truth to this, I would
have lost them a long time ago -
Maybe it migrates into the brain, that would explain my condition :-)
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>A word of warning, I do not know all the details on this or how accurately
I
>have remembered it.
>I have been told that most rubber / plastic bits on cars produce some kind
>of really nasty acid, (Hydrofluoric Acid?), which once in contact with the
>skin can be neither neutralised nor washed off. It will continue to eat
into
>the tissue and bone, and the only cure is amputation.
>Sounds really scary to me, perhaps someone out there on this wonderful
>resource can either clarify or quash this as bunkum!
>I seem to recall it was taught as part of a MVT course I was on.
Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
72 PI, V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
70 Spitfire (long term project)
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