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Couldn’t not surface this gem from their primary plastic to plastic recommendation: > If you live in the U.S. there is a different formula for Goop than in Can
by jakear 4y ago
Couldn’t not surface this gem from their primary plastic to plastic recommendation:
> If you live in the U.S. there is a different formula for Goop than in Canada. The Canadian formula contains perchloroethylene which is a known carcinogenic. The U.S. Goop formula contains toluene, which although is a dangerous solvent, it is not carcinogenic. It is however more flammable. Because the Canadian standards are quite rigid regarding flammables and explosive, Eclectic manufactures a formula for Canada, replacing the toluene with perchloroethylene. Apparently, the people who set these standards in Canada are more concerned with the dangers of fires than cancer!
https://www.thistothat.com/glue/hgoop.shtml https://www.thistothat.com/glue/hgoop.shtml
For what it’s worth, my experience has proven “Lexel” solid. Strong enough to keep the top window panel on my roof top tent locked down across countless thousands of miles, and it sticks to wet surfaces. Meaning when you’re caught lacking in a PNW rainstorm getting soaked in the middle of the night, you can apply the glue then and there to resolve the issue immediately.
Of course you and your stuff will still be soaked. For that I recommend Mexico.
- akiselev 4y agoPerchloroethylene is used by almost every dry cleaner in the United States.
- justinator 4y agoGood thing we don't use toluene in dry cleaning then!
- LeifCarrotson 4y agoWho still uses a dry cleaner?
- thaneross 4y agoI dry clean my suits. I thought that was the only way to clean them... am I missing something?
- luckman212 4y agoWhat are you supposed to do with clothes that say "dry clean only"? Why are there still like 2 dry cleaners per every square city block in NYC? Are these just money laundering operations?
- optymizer 4y agoI'm not spending time to wash, dry and iron 30 shirts. I'd rather pay $70 at the dry cleaners, once in a while. Now that cancerogenic substance is an interesting topic. I'll have to ask about it the next time I go there.
- ipaddr 4y agoI'm sure they will be up on the science. Washing - drying 1 or 30 shirts is only one load. The time to pull out a board and iron 30 shirts is less than the time to load them up drive to a place and repeat when you pick them up.
- gberger 4y agoIt would take me longer to properly iron just one shirt than to drop them all off at the cleaner.
- noduerme 4y agoSome people love ironing. My brother irons while he watches baseball. He says it's Zen for him. I myself hate ironing. I used to stop by his place with my shirts and he'd iron them for me. The best are those hanging steamer/dryer closets. Fancy stuff though.
- TheSpiceIsLife 4y agoShould I do this before or after mowing the lawn, general home maintenance, vacuuming, cleaning, shopping, cooking, showering. Mending work clothes (metal fabrication workshop is hard on work clothes). What am I complaining about, I don't even have children. Or do you mind if I outsource some of these things occasionally?
- ipaddr 4y agoNo you can't do any of those things because you spent your time/energy at the drycleaner. Outsource only if it saves you time.
- pubby 4y ago
- simmonmt 4y agoWent to Mexico. Tent is dry but I'm still soaked, now with a combination of rain and sweat. Please advise.
- jakear 4y agoI should have been more specific! For each time PNW isn’t lovely, Baja is.
- Xeoncross 4y agoReminds me of the infant mattresses and car seats covered in carcinogenic flame retardants.
- jszymborski 4y agoLets not pretend that Toluene is without health concerns. It's a volatile organic solvent with health concerns. Toluene has a NFPA Hazard ID of: Health: 2 Flammability: 3 Reactivity: 0 Perchloroethylene has a NFPA Hazard ID of: HEALTH=3 FIRE=0 REACTIVITY=0 Either way these are nasty substances.