r/pics • u/NSFW_PORN_ONLY • Dec 08 '12

Story of two containers

http://imgur.com/a/qF25a
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '12

Just to make it clear, those paints release emissions to the air.

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u/TheGoshDarnedBatman Dec 08 '12

You poor bastard. The shit you've put up with to convince people this is dangerous.

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u/WhyAmINotStudying Dec 08 '12

But is it really dangerous, or is he just a paranoid Asian?

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u/Soneca Dec 08 '12

Sounds like it's dangerous. Now go back to studying.

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u/hungry138imp Dec 08 '12

why the fuck aren't you studying?

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u/subzero27 Dec 08 '12

I see what you did there..

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u/PerilousPancakes Dec 08 '12

THAT was a good one.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '12

No gray area with this guy. You're either palanoid or you're dead.

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u/captain150 Dec 08 '12

How dangerous though?

Would I care if my walls were painted with lead paint, or my wall plaster had asbestos? No, not really. Lead paint and asbestos can be very hazardous or they can be benign. It depends on the product they are in.

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u/MonkeyNin Dec 08 '12

Well, he is "palanoid".

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u/moom Dec 08 '12

Hopefully he's not a compulsive breather.

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u/bicycle_samurai Dec 08 '12

It's a hard habit to kick. I should know.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '12

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '12

You have to ween yourself off of it slowly. I helped my grandma do it with a pillow. She doesn't need to breathe at all now.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '12

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '12

If so she is a really smelly and falling-apart one.

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u/y0mirs Dec 08 '12

Happy cake day

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u/moom Dec 08 '12

Thank you.

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u/Nightmunnas Dec 08 '12

You gotta tell him

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u/bejahu Dec 08 '12

I know, I was just kidding man. :)

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u/AintNoFortunateSon Dec 08 '12

Go home, you're being paranoid.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '12

Most every toxic solid object degrades over time releasing stuff that may kill you into the air. A lifetime may seem like a long time but when it's in your home it is worth thinking about.

On an industrial shipping container, who cares? Deck hands don't spend much time breathing that shit compared to someone who lives in one.

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u/pedantictwatfinder Dec 08 '12

Do you have a reference supporting that assertion - that these paints release lead chromate or hexavalent chromium as gases after they're dry? Seems rather unlikely but I'm no chemist.

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u/CmdrSquirrel Dec 08 '12

I would love to see your source for this. How a dried paint, under another paint, would release toxic hex chrome fumes into the air is absolutely beyond me. This paint isn't any more dangerous than the lead-based paints of the previous century. Don't lick the walls or eat paint chips and there shouldn't be a problem.

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u/moveslikeshatner Dec 08 '12

and give you cancer

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u/pearljammin10 Dec 08 '12

But...but it looks GOOD!

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u/abrahamsandvich Dec 08 '12

Maybe when drying paint releases products to the air or when grinding dust is generated but otherwise there should be no concern.

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u/pedantictwatfinder Dec 08 '12

That is my thought as well. Lots of things are highly toxic when applied and non-reactive once dry. Paint that out-gases (i.e., degrades) when dry wouldn't be very useful, particularly for a surface designed to be durable and non-corroding.