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Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 22:15:47 -0400
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Durability of Plastalina formulas/now MendAll


I was diagnosed with a peripheral neuropathy in 1991 (I am now over seventy,
but you don't have to wait till you're seventy to get it, I had fourteen or
fifteen years yet to go at the time.)  They tested me for everything from
Diabetes, heavy metal poisoning, to vitamin B 12 deficiency (all causes of
neuropathy) and never determined a cause, but I went home to the studio and
examined the cases of plastic wood, rolls of celastic and other
acetone/toluene/etc. activated stuff and my ever present aniline dyes, and
came to some of my own conclusions.  I still have a roll with about ten
yards of celastic on it.  I can't bring my self to use it, but I loved it
for so many purposes when I was young and could feel both my fingers and my
feet that I can't bring myself to throw it away. 

Richard B. Johnson, Husband, Father, Grandfather, Actor, Director,
Puppeteer, Playwright, Teacher,Writer, Thingmaker, Mormon, Person, Fool.  I
sometimes think that the last persona is the most important- and most
valuable.
Http://www.PuppenRich.com 
Http://three-score-and-ten-ormore.blogspot.com


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[mailto:puptcrit-bounces-AT-lists.driftline.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Chesse
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:54 PM
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Durability of Plastalina formulas/now MendAll


Yeh,

Anything with an acetone base is highly toxic. At seventy I have 
Peripheral Nueropothy, a deterioration of the nerves in my feet which 
results in balance problems.from working with Celastic, Contact and 
rubber Cement, It is absorbed by touch through the skin and in the 
lungs when a respirator is not used. Bad stuff and has been 
responsible for other disabilities such as Parkinson's and liver 
damage.

MANY PUPPETEERS WHO HAVE WORKED CARELESSLY WITH THIS STUFF ARE NOW 
SUFFERING THE CONSEQUENCES

BRUCE CHESSE






Robert  & Fred wrote"

>Hi Robert:
>
>MendAll...
>Just go online to http://www.mendallproducts.com/
>
>435-16 Brook Avenue
>Deer Park, New York 11729
>
>Phone: (631) 242-9100
>Fax: (631) 242-1734
>
>Email: sales-AT-mendallproducts.com
>
>This is their wood filler. It's about $11.95 per one pound can, but 
>it's cheaper if you buy a case. Very nice people.
>I used perhaps 3/4 of a can for this head, but if I took more care I
wouldn't
>have used so much.
>It casts beautifully in a plaster mold. I used Rufus Rose's string
technique
>to make the mold...  
>
>Just soak the mold before you put in the MendAll.... I let the head 
>'cure' underneath water for a couple of days but it really takes a week 
>or slightly less to completely dry.
>Still, I was able to work with it after only three days... That's it. Less
>shrinkage than Plastic Wood but the SMELL is the same. Acetone solvent.
>I love this stuff...
>Any questions, please ask....
>Best,
>Fred
>P.S.
>I'll send along pictures of the head privately... I'm very pleased.
>
>
>>  Fred,
>>
>>  Where would I find Mendall?  And it's used without a mold?
>>
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