Andrew, My advice is to take it seriously and wash very thoroughly and then
wash again. I think the release agent is just a water soluble thing which
will be there in small quantities and not necessarily visible. My reason for
saying this is that release agents contain a chemical known to be good at
enhancing or provoking the production of allergic reactions. I was a bit
casual about the washing as it looked reasonably clean, but I developed a
serious allergy, giving asthma and most unpleasant lung and nose symptoms
whilst dry sanding the wing and fuselage smooth surfaces to prepare for gel
coating, which like paint needs a matt surface without any trace of shine,
(and it is potentially lethal, since repeated exposure once sensitive can
give anaphylactic reactions) I am not sensitive to ordinary fibreglass or
filler dust but only the dust from those moulded surfaces which have been
coated with releasing agent.
Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Sarangan" <asarangan@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 5:23 PM
Subject: Europa-List: Removing PVA release agent
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> I am not sure what the PVA release agent looks like. My cockpit module
> has very thick glossy stuff all over the the underside. It looks more
> like excessive epoxy. But I am concerned if this might be the PVA
> release agent. If so, it's not going to come off with any amount of
> washing in soap and water. Some heavy duty sanding would be in order.
> Does anyone have some advice on this?
> Thanks!
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