MEK is indeed pretty nasty stuff. One of the operations clerks on my
first squadron (No 20, flying Jaguars from RAF Bruggen in Germany in
the early 80s) found that it was effective in cleaning perspex map
boards. He nearly fainted once when he used for more than a few
minutes. He had found it in the engineers' store cupboard and had
taken it without permission...
Someone discovered that the Cow Gum we used was also toxic. We used it
for sticking maps together as it was quick and strong. After that we
had to use Pritt sticks (whatever that is) and it took much longer and
we had to use sellotape to reinforce the join for the hostile
environment of the cockpit (maps get manipulated quite roughly when you
are flying fast and low and need to know the next heading or fix point).
Chris
On Friday, Jun 6, 2003, at 21:45 Europe/London, Brian Swale wrote:
fibre-glass etc, and from the labels I've seen is a serious poison.
Brian
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