Re: number glue, acetone, rigging, new executive secretary

[James Cruickshank <jcruick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For a short job with acetone when gloves are not available, holding the rag 
with your hand inside a Ziiplock freezer bag seems to work OK.

Jim


At 01:24 PM 10/15/2004 -0700, Carlos Albar-Diaz wrote:
>Note that nitrile gloves will let acetone go through after some time (a 
>couple of minutes!). If you keep the gloves in contact with a rag that is 
>continuously wetted with acetone for that time you will get burns in your 
>hands. You will not find out until the following day but it wil hurt. .. I 
>learned this the hard way a few months ago. I work for a chemical company 
>and the experts here said that butile gloves (the ones that fell like real 
>rubber) are the way to go with acetone if you want to be safe..
>
>
>Good luck.
>
>Carlos
>
>
>Keeldude@AOL.COM wrote:
>1. removing numbers: This subject has been thoroughly covered on this list
>before. Those of you who know how should probably browse the archives.
>a. Who cares how poisonous acetone, MEK, or lacquer thinner might be? Only
>a damn fool, or somebody who wants to destroy brain cells would unnecessarily
>touch or inhale any chemicals.
>b. removing numbers my way? I use lots of acetone and many terrycloth
>towells. The surface under your sail is a concern. I like nice clean and 
>preferably
>brand new plywood. Anything with paint is a risky surface to use as a 
>bench as
>the colvent that removes the glue may melt the paint and cause your sail to
>be discolored. I soak place a sopping wet acetone towell under one number.
>Place the sail and number over the acetone...sail is between number and the
>acetone rag. Rub the number with your GLOVED hand until the acetone soaks 
>through.
>Peel the number. Soak a second acetone rag and wipe away the gooey. let the
>sail dry and test for sticky. repeat with fresh rags until the ares to be
>cleaned is perfect.
>I have never seen any damage to any sail cuased by using this method.
>I have not damaged my brain cells or hands becuase I would NEVER do this
>process unless I were wearing a suitable respirator ( 3M makes one which 
>costs
>about $30 at Home Depot or any paint supply)
>I have not ruined my skin or soaked acetone into my blood stream becuase I
>know where to buy those green nitrile gloves and I would not do the job
>barehanded.
>And... can you say ...outside?
>
>2. Rigging.
>I have posted the old "Fred's rigging" in a place where you can look at it.
>If you cannot find all the rigging info you need on www.drlaser.org send me
>an email and I will tell you where to find my double secret webpage.
>
>3. The www.laser.org site has a semi understabdable job description posted
>for a new Executive secretary position. From my perspective as a guy who once
>held the Exec Sec position, it raises more questions than it answers. Just a
>couple. I MAY write at length later:
>a. No mention of compensation is made.
>b. Exactly what role is the Executive secretary supposed to play when he is
>the liason between the builder and the class?
>
>I have many more but I need to go load boats and head off to the dalls
>Dinghyfest.
>
>Fred
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