Chemistry Sets (was RE: Rubber Restorer...)

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblakeman_at_kih.net>
Date: Tue Nov 6 14:36:27 2001

You're right in that respect but the local drycleaners used benzine for
removing certain spots before full cleaning. I had the carbon tetrachloride
and pheno mixed up, good thing the makers of Ex-Lax don't have them
backwards huh?

-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Feldman, Robert
-> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 8:45 AM
-> To: 'classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org'
-> Subject: OT: Chemistry Sets (was RE: Rubber Restorer...)
->
->
-> Yeah, chem sets are pretty tame now :( -- can't do many real
-> reactions other
-> than make C02 from bicarb. My father was a chemist and added
-> many chemicals
-> to the Gilbert set we had (more than 10 years old, so somewhat
-> on topic). I
-> do shudder a bit to think of some of things we did, though, like playing
-> with big globs of mercury in our hands.
->
-> BTW, water glass is Sodium Silicate, not phenothalien. And
-> carbon tet, not
-> benzene, was dry cleaning fluid. As kids, my brothers and I used
-> carbon tet
-> in killing jars to gas butterflys for our collection. It is
-> banned in most
-> places now, and benzene use is severely restricted, as it too is a strong
-> carcinogen and bad for your internal organs.
->
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Russ Blakeman [mailto:rhblakeman_at_kih.net]
-> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 8:14 AM
-> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> Subject: RE: Rubber Restorer...
->
->
-> And many of the classic sets have replacements for the original
-> chemicals. A
-> friend bought a 1965 chemistry set and in place of phenothalien (water
-> glass) it was just plain water, as had the sulfur been filled with dry
-> mustard and confectioner's sugar mixed. No telling what else...
->
-> -> -----Original Message-----
-> -> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> -> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Douglas Quebbeman
-> -> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 7:37 AM
-> -> To: 'classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org'
-> -> Subject: RE: Rubber Restorer...
-> ->
-> ->
-> -> > I wonder if children's chemistry sets still come with all the
-> -> > interesting chemicals?
-> ->
-> -> For the most part, no... you have to buy the old chemistry
-> -> sets if you want those (many vintage chemistry sets trade
-> -> on E-Bay).
-> ->
-> -> -dq
-> ->
->
Received on Tue Nov 06 2001 - 14:36:27 GMT