Furniture refinishing

Shusterman, D., Quinlan, P, Lowengart, R. Cone. J. (1990) Methylene chloride intoxication in a furniture refinisher. A comparison of exposure estimates utilizing workplace air sampling and blood carboxyhemoglobin measurements. J. occup. Med., 32, 451-454... 

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Methylene chloride is a common ingredient of paint strippers. On a house, an alternative is to heat with a heat gun, then scrape off the paint with a putty knife. Other solvents are needed for stripping finishes from furniture. Epidemiological work suggests that methylene chloride can cause cancer of the liver, bile duct, and brain.214 It is possible that a professional furniture refinisher could be hired to remove the finish by ultrasonic cleaning or bombardment with particles. Further work is needed. 

If you have not listed hobbies or household projects on the occupational history form, especially furniture refinishing, spray painting, or paint stripping, please do so. 

Methylene chloride is the active ingredient in many formulations of paint removers including industrial paint and commercial furniture strippers, home paint removers, and products used for aircraft maintenance. The chemical has a unique ability to penetrate, blister, and lift a wide variety of paint coatings. Formulations of the chemical are used extensively in both flow-over and immersion (dip) tanks in furniture refinishing operations. For the maintenance of military and commercial aircraft, a methylene chloride-based product is often required to inspect the surface for damage. 

Nitrocellulose based lacquers often contain short or medium oil alkyds to improve flexibiUty and adhesion. The most commonly used are short oil non drying alkyds. Amino resins or urethane resins with residual isocyanate functional groups may be added to cross-link the coating film for improved solvent and chemical resistance. The principal appHcations are furniture coatings, top lacquer for printed paper, and automotive refinishing primers. 

Higher butyryl esters, formulated with acryUc polymers, provide coatings with excellent weather resistance, good colorfastness and dispersibiUty, and good flow properties (154). Formulations for a typical automotive refinishing lacquer and a wood furniture lacquer are given in Tables 12 and 13, respectively. Low viscosity, high butyryl cellulose esters tolerate substantial amounts of alcohol solvent without appreciable increase in solution viscosity. 

In 1998 a Californian (MMWR, 2001) mother requested a blood lead level determination for her 18-month-old child. The result was a blood lead level (BLL) of 26 LLg/dl, which was well above the Center for Disease Control s (CDC) recommended criterion for clinical case management. It was subsequently found that the father had a BLL of 46 ( lg/dl, which was above the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirement that workers with BLLs greater than 40 lg/dl receive additional medical examinations. Further testing found that his 4-month-old daughter had a BLL of 24 Rg/dl. This worker was employed in a company that refinished antique furniture, some of which was covered with lead-based paint. Subsequent testing of co-workers found that two refinishers had BLLs of 29 and 54 Rg/dl and four carpenters had BLLs of 46, 46, 47, and 56 ( lg/dl. A child in another family had a BLL of 16 ( lg/dl. What will be the long-term effects on the intellectual abilities of these children ... 

Nitrocellulose-based lacquers often contain short or medium oil alkyds to improve flexibility and adhesion. The principal applications are furniture coalings, top lacquer for printed paper, and automotive refinishing primers. 

Other uses for alkyds are in general industrial coatings such as machinery and metal furniture. Alkyd resin-chlorinated rubber based coatings are used in traffic paints, but use is declining because of VOC concerns. Some alkyds are still used in refinish paints for automobiles. Uralkyds are used as a vehicle for urethane varnishes for the do-it-yourself market. 

Indoor finishing and/or refinishing of wood components (floors, cabinets, counters, furniture, etc.) often liberates dust particles that induce... 

Chem. Descrip. Proprietary org. compd. in xylene Uses Antisettling agent for solv.-based systems, acid-catalyzed systems, coatings (acrylic, alkyd, vinyl, epoxy, polyester, silicone alkyd), aerosol paints, antifouling paints, automotive OEM, refinish, and primers, zinc dust primers, anticorrosive primers, marine topcoats, wood furniture coatings... 

Uses Acrylic for wood coatings (furniture, kitchen cabinets, wood components), metal coatings (automotive OEM, refinishing, components, transportation), plastic coatings (general industrial, business machines) Features Exc. adhesion to ABS, PC, PPO good household stain, chem., and UV resist., exterior durability, gloss NeoCryl B-817 [NeoResins]... 

Uses Acrylic for plastic coatings, vehicle refinish primers/clear coats, wood furniture coatings... 

Chem. Deserp. Acryiic resin in n-butyi acetate Uses Acryiic for piastic coatings, vehicie refinish primers/basecoats, wood furniture coatings, metai protective coatings Features Exc. drying, compat., durabiiity, fiexibiiity, resist. zero FIAPs Properties Gardner 1 max. coior dens. 8.40 ib/gai vise. (Gardner-Floidt) Z2-Z4 acid no. 6-8 50% NV Setalux 17-2152 [Akzo Nobei Resins]... 

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