[modeleng] Nitrile Balls

has your boiler recently had a hydraulic test ? I've seen this a few  
times where a nitrile ball from a clack valve has ended up in feedpipe  
following a 1.5 x  hydraulic test !
NormanC


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> modeleng Digest       Sun, 15 Mar 2009        Volume: 06  Issue: 047
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> In This Issue:
>               [modeleng] The ban on paint stripper
>               [modeleng] Paint stripper
>               [modeleng] Re: Paint stripper
>               [modeleng] Re: The ban on paint stripper
>               [modeleng] Re: The ban on paint stripper
>               [modeleng] Re: The ban on paint stripper
>               [modeleng] Re: The ban on paint stripper
>               [modeleng] Nitrile Balls
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> From: "Alan Stepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [modeleng] The ban on paint stripper
> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:20:40 -0000
>
> Probably the most popular paint stripper (in the UK) is Nitromors.
> This and most other present paint strippers are soon to be banned.
>
> See:  http://tinyurl.com/btlek5
>
> I shall build up a nice stock to keep me going for a long time!
>
> Alan
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:45:35 +0000
> From: John Walford <wheelwrites@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [modeleng] Paint stripper
>
> There's a nice bit of logic in this decision! Ban consumer use, allow
> industrial use, but only ONE consumer death in 18 years, (and I would
> guess that he probably drank it!
> Tedwn
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> From: "Jesse Livingston" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Paint stripper
> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:25:25 -0500
>
> Gee, ban a useful product which has resulted in one consumer death..  
> What
> about the various spirits, liquors and malt beverages?  Might as  
> well ban
> them first as they along with cigarettes kill far more people than  
> this
> paint stripper.  We have an excellent paint stripper called  
> "Stripeze" so I
> guess I had better look and see what the ingredients are because our  
> new
> excuse for a president will probably want what is fast becoming the  
> United
> Socialist States of America to follow the lead of the enlightened  
> Brussels
> kingdom of Europe.
>
> Jesse in Troy, TN USSA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Walford" <wheelwrites@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 6:45 AM
> Subject: [modeleng] Paint stripper
>
>
>> There's a nice bit of logic in this decision! Ban consumer use, allow
>> industrial use, but only ONE consumer death in 18 years, (and I would
>> guess that he probably drank it!
>> Tedwn
>>
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> ------------------------------
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> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:38:18 +0100
> From: Patrick Coppens <develop@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: The ban on paint stripper
>
> Alan Stepney wrote:
>> Probably the most popular paint stripper (in the UK) is Nitromors.
>> This and most other present paint strippers are soon to be banned.
>>
>> See:  http://tinyurl.com/btlek5
>>
>> I shall build up a nice stock to keep me going for a long time!
>>
>> Alan
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> I see that this ban not only affects UK strippers! Paint strippers  
> that
> is....
> So we continentals will have to talk to our banned substances  
> suppliers
> as well!
> It is not only the paint strippers that will be banned, but the active
> ingredient :
> Dichloromethane.
> So it would pay to liberate some illegal stock of this too!
>
> Patrick
> Flanders
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> From: "Barrie Purslow" <bpduo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: The ban on paint stripper
> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:25:43 -0000
>
> Alan,
>
> Thanks for this. I'll get stocked up and store the cans alongside my  
> stash
> of 100 watt filament bulbs!
>
> Regards,
>
> Barrie
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Stepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 9:20 AM
> Subject: [modeleng] The ban on paint stripper
>
>
>> Probably the most popular paint stripper (in the UK) is Nitromors.
>> This and most other present paint strippers are soon to be banned.
>>
>> See:  http://tinyurl.com/btlek5
>>
>> I shall build up a nice stock to keep me going for a long time!
>>
>> Alan
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:14:48 +1100
> From: TEL <tel47@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: The ban on paint stripper
>
> Rubber knives and forks next?
>
> Alan Stepney wrote:
>> Probably the most popular paint stripper (in the UK) is Nitromors.
>> This and most other present paint strippers are soon to be banned.
>>
>> See:  http://tinyurl.com/btlek5
>>
>> I shall build up a nice stock to keep me going for a long time!
>>
>> Alan
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> ------------------------------
>
> From: "Jesse Livingston" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: The ban on paint stripper
> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:27:44 -0500
>
> Tel,
>
> That sounds a lot like what sort of weapons rule our Emperor Hussein  
> Obama
> will have enacted.  Won't Vodka work as a paint remover??
>
> NECK
>
>> Rubber knives and forks next?
>>
>> Alan Stepney wrote:
>>> Probably the most popular paint stripper (in the UK) is Nitromors.
>>> This and most other present paint strippers are soon to be banned.
>>>
>>> See:  http://tinyurl.com/btlek5
>>>
>>> I shall build up a nice stock to keep me going for a long time!
>>>
>>> Alan
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:52:40 +0000
> From: The Sheppard Residence <psbr20252@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [modeleng] Nitrile Balls
>
> All,
>
> On a couple of occasions recently I have had injectors fail, only to
> find that when I dismantle the clack the nitrile ball is firmly wedged
> in the seat.
>
> Now this size of nitrile ball has worked successfully for years
> previously, so size isn't an issue!
>
> Has anyone else had this problem?  Should nitrile balls be changed  
> on a
> regular basis?
>
> Cheers
>
> Peter
> Tinkerbell
> Bagnall x 2
>
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Norman Clasper
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