I have only caught a part of this chain. I am a fire Captain for a large
city fire department. A few years back we recieved a fire marshals advisory
regarding "Viton" type rubber materials. I cannot remember all of the
particulars but the jist of it was that in a car fire situation, with
extreme heat, the viton type rubber materials do decompose into a dangerous
acid type product. My personal belief is that in the day to day aspect of
working on our LBC's we will not encounter sufficient heat to allow this
product to decompose, however having the above knowledge, just don't stay in
your car if its on fire !!!. Hope this helps.
J. Kossup
75 TR6
----Original Message Follows----
From: "John J. Black" <transmancat@bbnow.net>
To: "Barry Schwartz" <bschwart@pacbell.net>, "Graham Stretch"
<technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
CC: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: That rubber acid stuff!
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 09:28:37 -0700
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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