Edouard Bastarache on thu 19 jul 01
Hello RJS,
My on-line friend Smart tells me that you americans have been impressed t=
oo
much by the horror movie "The Mummy".
He said we should propose a script to Steven Spielberg about very nasty
viruses
that would have been inactive in raw clay materials for millons of years =
,
and now
active again, to endanger the life of potters, a sort of "Microbiological
Jurrassic Park"
(Hehehehe).
In all his carrer he has never seen or heard of any ill-health effect
related to
micro-organisms in raw materials.This guy deals with an enormous amount o=
f
raw
materials in a factory producing 125,000 pieces per month.
He says one company by the name Thor has a world wide distribution system
and
should have its products available on the american market:
1-Acticide BX for glaze slips containing glue(barbotines d'=E9maux encoll=
=E9s)
2-Acticide SPX for resin porous casting molds(moules poreux en r=E9sines)
He says plaster molds are rarely colonized by bacteriae(lime being a natu=
ral
bactericide),
only a few molds are seen after 50 years without being used, under certai=
n
moisture conditions.
When dry, plaster molds can be preserved for 125 years and he says he can
prove that.
SO, let us all but stay away from the panic button as Will Edwards said i=
n
the
first place
Later,
Edouard Bastarache
Irreductible Quebecois
Sorel-Tracy
Quebec
edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca
http://sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/
http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/e/edouardb/
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert and Mary Ann Sparacin
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: Moldy clay,,,correction
> Dear Edouard,
>
> Thank you for the help. For the moment, I do have a lot of clay scr=
aps
black
> with flour and corn starch on it. If they seems slimy, I will douse the=
m
with
> bleach (sterilization instructions are on the label) before I start to
process it.
> Since it will be used with paper, I will use some sort of inhibitor, an=
d
keep the
> batches small and refrigerated before use. I'm not really too worried
about it for
> myself...years of crawling around in fiberglass ducts, chromate rain in
cooling
> towers, and lagging steam pipes with asbestos by hand, has not killed m=
e
yet, not
> to mention exposure to thousands of gallons of raw sewage from ejector
pits and
> grease traps..... although some molds are pretty nasty to breath in...s=
ome
so bad
> your body will hardly let you breath them in...but its good to avoid a
potential
> problem when possible. Years ago we were asked to do a lot of stupid
things.
> Partly, we did not know any better, and partly, if you complained, you
would be
> blackballed. Management and the Union worked hand and glove, and neithe=
r
were your
> friend. Hopefully things have changed a bit, but some people I knew wer=
e
not as
> fortunate as I have been... a little caution and awareness might have
helped some
> of them. Thank you again, for your consideration
>
> RJS
>
> Edouard Bastarache wrote:
>
> > Hello RJS,
> >
> > there is no biocids mentionned on Smart's page,
> > just the names of companies specialized in
> > this field.
> > I just asked him to give me generic and tradenames
> > of some of those biocids so I could supply you
> > and the list with this information.
> >
> > Later,
> >
> > Edouard Bastarache
> > Irreductible Quebecois
> > Sorel-Tracy
> > Quebec
> > edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca
> > http://sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/
> > http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/e/edouardb/
> >
> >
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