Acetone container swelling; safe to keep? (was: Looking 4...)

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Sun Jan 5 22:33:00 2003

On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, John Lawson wrote:

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>
> On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
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> > > Speaking of Acetone, I noticed that an old metal container of it that
> > > I have keeps swelling up and creasing the metal a bit after it's
> > > reclosed, and vapors hiss out of it when it's opened. The container
> > > is slightly rusty, and probably only about six or seven years old. Is
> > > this anything to be concerned about?
> >
> > Never eat or drink anything from a container that has started to swell or
> > bulge at the seams.
> >
> >
> Oh, just great!! You mean that all this Trichloretehylene that I've
> been so carefully aging is now useless? And I was saving it for my
> birthday party....
>
>
> damn.

All is not lost. You can always use it to degrease the table top after
the festivities!
                                                - don

> John
>
Received on Sun Jan 05 2003 - 22:33:00 GMT