Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 21:07:29 -0400
To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Celastic


Celastic is/was made of cellulose nitrate, the same material as the old
movie film that is now disintegrating and spurring film restoration. As the
stuff gets old it decomposes and becomes dangerous.


On 5/22/06 11:59 AM, "Stephen Kaplin" <skactw-AT-tiac.net> wrote:

> 
> On May 21, 2006, at 11:36 PM, mjm wrote:
> 
>> I was under the impression that celastic was no longer available.
>> I used it for masks and puppets for a number of years.
>> I usually was working outdoors or had good ventilation, but I sometimes
>> did not wear gloves when doing very detailed work. I loved the light
>> weight and so durable results, but hated the toxicity and as well as
>> the high flammability of the acetone.
>> After we stopped using it I thought I also read somewhere that storing
>> it was very dangerous too, due to a gun powder like explosive quality
>> of the celastic itself.
> 
> Yeah, that's what I heard, too. They stopped manufacturing it, not
> because it was toxic to the users, but because it was unsafe to store,
> and their warehouses were in danger of blowing up.
> There you go!
> 
> Stephen
> 
>> We had stored indoor rolls of three different weights that we purchased
>> at a great price one summer. Scary.
>> 
>> mjm
>> 
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