[sdiy] uh-oh..etchant saftey???

[Dan Snazelle]

yes i feel stupid as the more i read about this stuff it seems unlikely this is the problem.
one problem with this 'shop" is that it is a tiny tiny room. with a giant radiator. so the room gets very very hot.

i just wonder if something in the room is reacting to the constant heat.

the only odd chemical was the etchant and the nail polish remover.
other than that there are just thousands of caps, resistors, pots, computers, my modular, empty tins and boxes for projects, bin after bin of stuff,etc.

i keep all food out.

so with this many items in a small , hot, room, when an all pervading plasticy scent comes to  town, what do you do? take out every last electronic component and see if the problem is solved?


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> From: subjectivity at hotmail.com
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:26:25 +0000
> Subject: [sdiy] uh-oh..etchant saftey???
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> Ok
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> first please dont make fun of me for being cautious. i have a toddler and a infant and i dont want anything dangerous in their home.
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> i hate to be paranoid but in the last few weeks there has been a very strange Plastic like scent in my shop. (which is next to our living room)
> a sort of burnt plastic smell. i have been searching for weeks for the source with no luck.
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> tonight i went to get out my etchant and something seemed wrong.....the top wouldnt open but was also strangely covered in goo and the bottle looked like something had made it suck in quite a bit
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> and then i noticed my hand had a chemical
>
> now i have no idea if the 2 are even connected. but i dont like to think that something gaseous could have been leaking out of this bottle.
> last time i used the bottle, i dumped the etchant back into the bottle, just like i do every time. maybe there is too much copper in there or something?
>
> i feel like an idiot (as usual)
>
> so
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> 1. could this be the cause of the plastic scent?
> 2. how dangerous is it that i have been working in this room for weeks?
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> thanks
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