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This is a bit terrifying for me as one of my favorite hobbies is putting together plastic Gundam model kits, which entails grinding the plastic down to a fine d
by snickerbockers 5y ago
This is a bit terrifying for me as one of my favorite hobbies is putting together plastic Gundam model kits, which entails grinding the plastic down to a fine dust with sandpaper and aerosolizing acryllic paints through an airbrush.
- memling 5y agoDo you use a NIOSH (or other regulatory) approved mask? And, editing here, how do you clean up afterward?
- throwawayboise 5y agoMicroplastics as being discussed are much smaller than what you get with sandpaper in model building. If you can see the dust, it's not micro sized.
- derkades 5y agoMaybe they should be called macroplastics because this is not true. First sentence on Wikipedia: > Microplastics are fragments of any type of plastic less than 5 mm (0.20 in) in length,