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Xylene=Hazardous Air Pollutant
By:Mark
Date: 3/22/2002, 1:28 pm
In Response To: Epoxy: Thinning with Acetone / Xylene (Shawn Baker)

Shawn,

Xylene is listed as a Hazardous Air Pollutant by the EPA. What this means is that it has been shown to cause health problems in some people at some exposure level. All I recommend is that when you do a large surface area with the epoxy thinned with xylene have pleanty of fresh air.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Thinning with Acetone / Xylene
Shawn Baker -- 3/22/2002, 12:21 pm
Re: Epoxy: Thinning with Acetone / Xylene
Grant G -- 3/22/2002, 3:07 pm
Re: Epoxy: Thinning with Xylene
Shawn Baker -- 3/22/2002, 4:43 pm
Xylene=Hazardous Air Pollutant
Mark -- 3/22/2002, 1:28 pm
Re: Xylene=Hazardous Air Pollutant
John Monfoe -- 3/23/2002, 5:52 am