Weird tip for cleaning smoothies.

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I use Downy Fabric softener sheets to clean the bores of my smoothies. I get them after they have been used in the dryer, almost no smell left. The fabric is mildlly abrasive. I just fold in 4, dab with solvent of choice and ram it down the bore and scrub it back and forth to remove the fouling.
 
Thanks for the tip about used fabric softener sheets.
Tampax pads also make good pressure bandages when used in conjunction with duct tape.
 
Cold Lake.

my mom uses Tampax pads as bandages for our horses. went through a few boxes last year when our one horse ripped its leg open.
 
Fabric softener sheets are highly toxic -


Here is a list of just some of the chemicals found in fabric softeners and dryer sheets:

Benzyl acetate: Linked to pancreatic cancer

Benzyl Alcohol: Upper respiratory tract irritant

Ethanol: On the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Hazardous Waste list and can cause central nervous system disorders

Limonene: Known carcinogen

A-Terpineol: Can cause respiratory problems, including fatal edema, and central nervous system damage

Ethyl Acetate: A narcotic on the EPA's Hazardous Waste list

Camphor: Causes central nervous system disorders

Chloroform: Neurotoxic, anesthetic and carcinogenic

Linalool: A narcotic that causes central nervous system disorders

Pentane: A chemical known to be harmful if inhaled
 
fabric softeners, et al

Gee, whodathunkit?

Couple that with the constant use of aerosol air fresheners/conditioners, anti-bacterial hand soaps/cleaners, disinfectant sprays, etc. and we wonder why we have high incidence of respiratory problems like asthma, 'super bugs', cancers and God knows what else.

We live in a toxic soup of chemicals! Enough already! If you want your house to smell like the outdoors, open a $%#@!*& window!

At a CAS shoot, one of the shooters (a dentist) was cleaning his malfunctioning Marlin carbine wearing rubber gloves. I kidded him about not wanting to cut his hands and he said it was because he didn't want his skin to absorb what was in the brand name cleaner he was using. That kind of turned me off using some products, at least not saturating my fingers in them.

The machine shop types I used to work with had several hand coating cream dispensers in their washroom. I bugged them about it and they told me they had evidence of health concerns regarding the cutting oils, lubes, degreasers, etc. that they used daily. They were all for anything that prevented absorption, even if it made them smell pretty.

Todd
 
Yep i wonder about all the stuff like G96 ect getting on my skin.

I just wash my hands after everytime i use any of that stuff. even WD 40s probebly not so great spraying it all over your hands ect.
I figger im Screwed anyway with all the lead fumes and washing my hands in paint thiner to get paint and or grease off :(

We used to polish coins with murcury when we were kids and play with it to,:eek:
 
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Gee, whodathunkit?

Couple that with the constant use of aerosol air fresheners/conditioners, anti-bacterial hand soaps/cleaners, disinfectant sprays, etc. and we wonder why we have high incidence of respiratory problems like asthma, 'super bugs', cancers and God knows what else.

No no no....you got it all wrong!!! It's second hand smoke that's killing everyone! :D
 
Good that I'm not alone in being aware of the chemical soup we are increasingly being exposed to needlessly. I am in BC where very few of my relatives have allergies of any kind. My cousins in Alberta have many more allergies and their children have them worse , including asthma . It is time for us to smarten up .

Now if only Health Canada will start living up to their name rather than going on junkets with chemical lobbyists.
 
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Now if only Health Canada will start living up to their name rather than going on junkets with chemical lobbyists.


Yeah.
That'll happen sometime soon:runaway:
Maybe after Harper is able to flush out the Lieberal appointees that slithered in over the thirteen years they were in power.
Until then, it'll be "I'm untitled to my untitlements"
Remember that little mantra?
And someone asked me why I abandonded the Liberal Party of my youth.
 
on being "liberal"

Cold Lake Kid

Who was it said:

"Anyone who was not a liberal in his youth has no heart.
Anyone who continues to be a liberal in his adulthood has no brains."

Or words to that effect.

Todd
 
Camphor: Causes central nervous system disorders

And it's GREAT for black fly bites!

Ethanol: On the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Hazardous Waste list and can cause central nervous system disorders

like....... drunkenness?

Heck, I just remembered I ingested some with dinner.

(I'm just being a smartass. cheers :))
 
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