[pure-silver] Re: phosphorescent paint
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:51:34 -0700
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From: "harry kalish" <hksvk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 11:26 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: phosphorescent paint
Thanks to all you responders. When breaking away the small
plastic jar the
substance had solidified in, I found the mass to have a
tough rubbery
consistency. It has no brittleness whatsoever, so the mortor
and pestle does
not break it up at all. I have several solvents in which I
will try to
dissolve small shavings. But I expect that xylene is what is
needed. I'll
report back to the list about this.
I wonder if my memory serves me correctly that xylene is the
solvent that is
sold as a thinner for the typewriter correction fluid
'White-Out'. But ones
who still use typewriters probably make no mistakes, hence
this stuff may be
NLA.
I don't know about correction fluid but Xylol/Xylene is
available at any hardware or paint store and probably any
art supply store. Art supply stores also have a variety of
laquer thinners, usually mixtures of Xylol and other similar
solvents.
You will want to use this stuff outdoors because it has
a strong odor. It is also inflamable but not terribly toxic.
For some reason chemists like to change the names of
chemicals from time to time. Xylol is the current "proper"
name for the stuff but it was known as xylene for decades.
--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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