File puptcrit/puptcrit.0701, message 309


From: mjm <mmoynihan-AT-wi.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:32:58 -0600
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Flour dough puppets deterioration


I loved the original Celastic.

But I would wear protective gloves and work outside or in the third  
floor of a condemned building with all windows open so the wind would  
blow thru.
Plus the rapidly evaporating nature of acetone fills any enclosed  
space with particulate matter than can set off an explosion almost  
equal to gasoline.

Of course women use it as nail polish remover all the time.
Ah the price of fashion.

Even more fun was to find out years later that the Celastic contained  
gunpowder.
Lucky to not have exploded.
We had rolls of it in various weights.

-m

On Jan 31, 2007, at 5:27 PM, Jimsan777-AT-aol.com wrote:

>
> In a message dated 1/31/07 2:42:15 PM, steve-AT-axtell.com writes:
>
>
>>
>> Could you substitute acetone for water when you
>> mix the flour to make the dough?  Might discourage them over the  
>> years.
>>
>
> Acetone evaporates so quickly, I'd hate to try it, but I've been wrong
> before...I used to wash my hands in acetone...When getting shots,  
> the doctors would
> clean my skin with aceton....... but after Bill Jones' experience  
> (needed a
> liver transplant) and Dorothy Rankin's (anybody remember that  
> wonderful lady who
> was an early experimenter with Celastic...who developed a debilitating
> desease from acetone absorption...?   I've been more careful.   Jim  
> Gamble
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