Green Stuff, Friend or foe?

[UncleHex]

Originally posted by waxfive
uncle hex has as far as i know never been \"normal\" so maybe the effects of green just dont show as much as the other t0xic stuff he plays with

Originally posted by Chrispy
Um, I just forgot the \"s\"?.. Sheesh, I look like Harbinger Magizine now!

 

[Chrispy]

Sorry for taking a cheap shot, Uncle but Inge\'s one of my Headblasting friends and fellow Mid Nor dwarf in arms! :innocent:

 

[waxfive]

i\'m not sorry, he knows that he\'s weird too

awwwwbless \'im

 

[finn17]

Just to confuse the issue still further...

It was my understanding that concern was expressed about some of the chemicals in milliput being easily absorbed through the skin and potentially causing medical difficulties if you spent 3-4 hours a day rolling the stuff between your palms or eating it. I have never heard any concern expressed about GS.

I love Lurch\'s idea for fillingslol As it is impossible to get National Health dentists in the UK and I object to paying twice. Perhaps we could get some feedback about the success of this little experiment? I think green teeth could look quite cool, and it is nearly Halloween:bouncy:

 

[Lurch]

Actually I used white stuff... and its on the inside of a tooth, not on the front. Stuff takes forever to dry but seems to hold pretty good.
Ohh, I went back and read the warnings and there was nothing in there about causing cancer or being harmful if ingested, so I\'m a little skeptical on this whole issue.

 

[UncleHex]

Originally posted by finn17
concern was expressed about some of the chemicals in milliput being easily absorbed through the skin

In an ideal world we would all use a Barrier-cream when mixing any putties. You can get it from most good harware shops/stores, just rub a pea-sized amount into your fingertips and there you go. If you have any small cuts or wounds on your fingers you really ought to consider it essencial.

Err...and Lurch, if you really have done a bit of DIY dentistry I seriously recommend you get that stuff out of there. You may believe it to be safe \'cos it\'s not labelled \'toxic\' but that doesn\'t mean your body will not adsorb a material it is not meant to cope with, possibly making you very ill. When you swallow something you\'re not supposed to, you only absorb a limited amount before it passes out of your body but if it is always present in your body (or mouth) you will continually be building up the levels of toxins until they are sufficient to make you ill (or, at the very least, delay healing and cause infections). Sorry about the rant, but I couldn\'t forgive myself if you died of mouth-cancer and I\'d kept quiet.

 

[Dedwrekka]

In an ideal world we would all use a Barrier-cream when mixing any putties. You can get it from most good harware shops/stores, just rub a pea-sized amount into your fingertips and there you go. If you have any small cuts or wounds on your fingers you really ought to consider it essencial.

Dedwrekka no understand big wordy word thingies.

Unless it says do not swallow, or do not take internally, or do not use as a filling because your a cheaparse, I think he\'s in the clear. Because, you may absorb some chemicals, Its not gonna be as bad as those reports say they are. If all of those reports where true then we\'d all be giant walking tumors by now because of telephone wires and cell phones.

 

[UncleHex]

Originally posted by Dedwrekka
Unless it says do not swallow, or do not take internally, or do not use as a filling because your a cheaparse, I think he\'s in the clear. Because, you may absorb some chemicals, Its not gonna be as bad as those reports say they are.

As far as I\'m aware there have been no clinical trials but, if there were, I\'m willing to bet they would find greenstuff unsuitable as a chewing gum substitute and impose warnings on it to that fact.
As gs is not marketed as a \'Rival to Wrigleys\' it is unlikely to recieve such restriction. This happens all the time, for example; on a pot of common enamel paint there are rarely any warnings at all but if you guzzle down a mouthful you could easily die. The effect is much worse when substances are absorbed gradually over time when toxin build up can cause organ failure years later, withot warning.

Please, do not put your faith in the system. It does not work. Some of us remember thalidamide, asbestos and the days when cigarettes were actually good for you! Use your common sense and any precautions you think are needed. Your hobby shouldn\'t harm your health .

 

[PF]

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Originally posted by Mengu[/i]
??? The US would be the first place it would be banned if it was dangerous.

God Bless America!

I still don\'t know if ti is truly dangerous but
maybe I should stop chewing this putty now I read all these posts:idea::]

 

[farseerlum]

but then again the dentists put this amalgumn stuff in my teeth.

and i guarentee they are the cause of all the rest of my dental problems.
not to mention other ones

 

[DennisMech]

Originally posted by PF
Originally posted by Mengu[/i]
??? The US would be the first place it would be banned if it was dangerous.

God Bless America!

I still don\'t know if ti is truly dangerous but
maybe I should stop chewing this putty now I read all these posts:idea::]

We\'re lucky we have so many idiots killing themselves. lol leave it to an american to spill coffee on themselves and get burned and sue Mcdonalds and win! I think it\'s because we have so many f****** lawyers too.

Then there\'s the bad side, like that guy who murdered that person because he was gay, but got away with it because he claimed the twinkies he had eaten affected his judgement...urgh!

Oh well, at least I\'m english born and bred, so can claim to be above this

 

[finn17]

Uncle hex is right I\'m afraid...

It\'s not about a substance being \'deadly\' in itself, it is about the bodies ability to tolerate it over prolonged periods....

I knew a photographer who spent years developing his own photos, fingers constantly in the various solutions because there is no need to wear gloves is there? Besides, gloves get in the way...
One day however, he developed a violent reaction to the chemicals as his tolerance had dropped to zero. His whole body turned into one suppurating sore, even the wearing of clothes was agony. Of course he couldn\'t even go near a darkroom without his condition deteriorating so he couldn\'t earn a living. He killed himself.

 

[U4-Welcome]

On a lighter note, standard fillings (i.e. those made by people who have never heard of GS, like dentists) contain mercury, and that is highly toxic. Why do we still use it then ? Because it\'s convenient, cheap, and because after decades of using this, no-one has ever died of filling-induced poisoning. :duh:
Now if you were to take a spoonful of mercury every morning, then you might be in trouble.

 

[alexgrunt]

Message original : frenchkid
And to my great suprise I found that green stuff is illegal in france, It\'s supose to be a dangerous material that causes cancer. The store owner told me that rackham even thought they imported it, only used it with gloves and heavy hand washing after.

Strangely, I too live in France and have heard lots of stories about GS...

If it\'s illegal, why do so much shops sell it? I regularly buy GS in shops ans never had any problems to get some (except some delays in the deliveries)...

Furthermore, Rackham doesn\'t use GS for sculpting but Fimo...

 

[Dedwrekka]

The thing that ticks me off is that nobody ever reads labels anymore. First time I bought GS I looked on the label. Clearly written ,and I beleive it\'s even underlined, is the warning that you should wash hands thuroughly after use.

 

[finn17]

Mr Wrekka....

There are lots of people out there who make a living because people don\'t read instructions/labels..:flip:

I have even done it myself. Every single person who works in a maintenance capacity will be familiar with the acronym, RTFM. It is often put down as the \'fault\' on a piece of equipment but actually stands for, \"Read the f***ing manual\". ie some deadhead has reported a fault that is simply ignorance on their own part in that they couldn\'t be arsed to read the instructions

 

[UncleHex]

Originally posted by Dedwrekka
The thing that ticks me off is that nobody ever reads labels anymore. First time I bought GS I looked on the label. Clearly written ,and I beleive it\'s even underlined, is the warning that you should wash hands thuroughly after use.

No such warning exists on any GS packaging I have, to be honest I don\'t ever remember seeing one either...

 

[alexgrunt]

Message original : UncleHex

Originally posted by Dedwrekka
The thing that ticks me off is that nobody ever reads labels anymore. First time I bought GS I looked on the label. Clearly written ,and I beleive it\'s even underlined, is the warning that you should wash hands thuroughly after use.

No such warning exists on any GS packaging I have, to be honest I don\'t ever remember seeing one either...

Anyway, washing hands after any job is part of the basic hygiene... At least, I think so... Same with toilets... and before eating...

 

[Flashman14]

Originally posted by Lurch
Actually I used white stuff... and its on the inside of a tooth, not on the front. Stuff takes forever to dry but seems to hold pretty good.
Ohh, I went back and read the warnings and there was nothing in there about causing cancer or being harmful if ingested, so I\'m a little skeptical on this whole issue.

Heh - That\'s so \"marine\"!! Just tough it up soldier! lol

Many of you know that superglue was originally a by-product of wound closing/suture research. Has anyone, in a pinch, used superglue to close a cut?

 

[Trevor]

I did use it once to hold a cut together, but it didn\'t work very well, and stung.

If you\'re wondering why:

1) Read superglue was product of wound closing research.
2) Slice fingers whilst modelling.
3) Wish to continue modelling without bleeding all over models.
4) Superglue sitting there going: \"Go on, its what I was designed for, you know you want to\"

Soemtimes I\'m just too curious... lol