Bakelite Asbestos

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By some accounts the original bakelite was up to half asbestos (which kind?
WHite or blue?). I saw online some electrical outlets made of bakelite, and I
was wondering if it really is bakelite, and if so if there is a new bakelite
without asbestos? ANy clues?


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Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist
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[Phil Allison]

By some accounts the original bakelite was up to half asbestos (which
kind?
WHite or blue?). I saw online some electrical outlets made of bakelite,
and I
was wondering if it really is bakelite, and if so if there is a new
bakelite
without asbestos?

** Ever heard of Google and Wiki ?

ANy clues?

** Not likely from you.



..... Phil

 

[PeterD]

** Ever heard of Google and Wiki ?



** Not likely from you.



.... Phil

Damn, took the words out of my mouth...

 

[Smitty Two]

Unless you are grinding the Bakelite product into a powder and snorting
it I'd not worry about it...

John :-#)#

The wikipedia article should answer the OPs questions, but I can tell
you that machining phenolics is an easy way to produce snortable powder.
Covers the every square inch of the entire shop with a very fine dust.

 

[LSMFT]

By some accounts the original bakelite was up to half asbestos (which kind?
WHite or blue?). I saw online some electrical outlets made of bakelite, and I
was wondering if it really is bakelite, and if so if there is a new bakelite
without asbestos? ANy clues?


- = -
Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist
http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm
---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}---
[Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards]
[Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos]

Only worry if it's fluffy bakelite.

 

[Smitty Two]

Granted but the original question was actually about old bakelite
outlets - I do not think he was going to be machining them - rather it
sounded like he wasn't sure if he should be concerned about them
containing asbestos. Hence my somewhat flippant answer.

John :-#)#

You played the thread drift card, I was just following suit ...

 

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Google *IS* the problem, don't trust it. Look online and all you see is
trial lawyers saying all bakelite has asbestos. It doesn't. Bakelite can be
made into a composite by mixing it with glass, slate or asbestos.

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Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist
http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm
---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}---
[Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards]
[Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos]