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I got some Craftsman screwdrivers from a friend that had some white funk degradation. I soaked the handles in ammonia, used a nylon brush, then wiped them with a cloth.
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kaiser715 said:
Does that get rid of the vomit smell too? I couldn't stand opening the drawer.
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Only temporarily.
That smell is the butyric acid released from the breakdown of cellulose additive in the acetate handles.
You can clean it, but more is gonna leach out and the small will return.
Unfortunately the best way to remediate it (aside form the throwing them away) is to not store them in a closed space, AKA leave the drawer open or hang on a wall. They still leach but you won't notice it bc of immediately distilling into the air.
AKA "the solution to pollution is dilution"
 
RatLabGuy said:
Only temporarily.
That smell is the butyric acid released from the breakdown of cellulose additive in the acetate handles.
You can clean it, but more is gonna leach out and the small will return.
Unfortunately the best way to remediate it (aside form the throwing them away) is to not store them in a closed space, AKA leave the drawer open or hang on a wall. They still leach but you won't notice it bc of immediately distilling into the air.
AKA "the solution to pollution is dilution"
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RatLabGuy said:
Only temporarily.
That smell is the butyric acid released from the breakdown of cellulose additive in the acetate handles.
You can clean it, but more is gonna leach out and the small will return.
Unfortunately the best way to remediate it (aside form the throwing them away) is to not store them in a closed space, AKA leave the drawer open or hang on a wall. They still leach but you won't notice it bc of immediately distilling into the air.
AKA "the solution to pollution is dilution"
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What he said. One part of the plant I work in makes those cellulose esters. We call that area “Cat Shit Alley”. If you work in that area much your sweat will smell like it for days after. Anything leather just soaks it up and the smell never goes away.
 
RatLabGuy said:
Only temporarily.
That smell is the butyric acid released from the breakdown of cellulose additive in the acetate handles.
You can clean it, but more is gonna leach out and the small will return.
Unfortunately the best way to remediate it (aside form the throwing them away) is to not store them in a closed space, AKA leave the drawer open or hang on a wall. They still leach but you won't notice it bc of immediately distilling into the air.
AKA "the solution to pollution is dilution"
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Is that stuff toxic? I have a 1953 Epiphone Century Spanish and the pick guard is cellulose and warping and degrading. Some dude was like "get that shit out of your house, it'll make you sick."
 
Blaze said:
Is that stuff toxic? I have a 1953 Epiphone Century Spanish and the pick guard is cellulose and warping and degrading. Some dude was like "get that shit out of your house, it'll make you sick."
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Can't really answer that, there's a ton of different things that could be mixed with it. Cellulose itself isn't toxic at all. Certain kinds (like carboxomethylcellulose) are used as an additive in milkshakes to make them thicker.... and is why a McD's shake never melts (think about that)
 
RatLabGuy said:
Can't really answer that, there's a ton of different things that could be mixed with it. Cellulose itself isn't toxic at all. Certain kinds (like carboxomethylcellulose) are used as an additive in milkshakes to make them thicker.... and is why a McD's shake never melts (think about that)
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It's from 1953. Probably mixed with DDT and Formaldehyde.
 
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