Resin Toxicity

Okay, I just read this thread and it made me paranoid ! Especially since I just pierced my girl's ears and there was a little bit of resin dust around and I did not wear a mask !!! Is piercing ears enough to have respiratory problems??? I'm a little paranoid indeed u_u

 

All right, let's put this all into perspective.

If you are severely allergic to plastics and plasticiser fumes you are likely to have reactions to a doll.

If you are asthmatic, you MIGHT have a reaction to the resin smell, depending on what you are sensitive to. If you think you are going to, then leave your doll in the box with the carbon filters used for fish tanks. Carbon absorbs chemical fumes.

If you are sanding, wet-sand and/or use a mask. A proper mask, not a scarf. Do it outside if possible. If your doll arrives full of dust, take it outside with one of those cans of compressed air for cleaning computers, wear a mask and blow out all the holes.

If you have done something that created a small amount of dust and you did not wear a mask, you have probably exposed your lungs to the equivalent of a day in Los Angeles, downtown, during a smog alert.

 

Hello. I tried searching for a thread similar to this, but came up with nothing. If there is one, please direct me too it.

I just received my first BJD today. When I unwrapped her, I looked for resin dust. I didn't see any, and as far as I can tell, she doesn't have any on her (maybe in her joints. I'm not sure..... However, something is bothering me (my throat is kind of swollen). I think it was the packing materials. The plastic, especially for her clothes smelled really strongly, and I think that is what has bothered me.

I'm extra sensitive, and after taking pictures and posing her and such, have put her in a different room.

I have a few questions:

-What does resin dust look like?
-If I can't see it, should I still try and clean her?
-Can I use a hairdryer set on low to try and get any remaining dust off (is this effective)
-Should I wipe her down with a wet cloth (obviously not her face)

I don't want to take her apart and soak her if I don't have too. I'm not sure I could put her together.

Thanks!

-Draba

 

I'm not sure a hair dryer would be effective, but damping a paper towel with water would probably best, It'll contain the dust rather then blow it all over your space. I think you can use the dry towel very gently (or maybe a clean puffy brush, like a make up brush that's never been used) for the face.

 

Resin dust looks just like resin but powdery by that I mean same color as the doll. I would just take a damp mr clean eraser and wipe your doll down NOT the face. I have never wiped a doll down that I just bought. I find most companies do not ship extra dusty dolls. Just do not ever blow into you dolls head because if you do get resin into your eyes or nose it will make you have a sore throat and itchy eyes.
I mention this last part because Minimee heads always seem to come with resin residue in their heads and I was an idiot and blew it out and a small amount went into my eye. Ouch!

 

Thanks for the advice. I don't see any resin dust. I just have major health issues, and have read about how bad resin dust is. I just want to be super duper careful. My body has enough issues at the moment.

From what I understand, most dolls aren't dusty. I don't know how much resin dust is required, to be an issue. Do you guys think I should stop worrying about it, since I don't see any (maybe some in her head though), or is it worth it to take her apart and soak her just to be safe?

And I don't have any Mr Clean erasers.
And thanks for helping.

 

I wouldn't worry about resin dust if you can't see any. Usually there'll only be dust if pieces were hastily drilled, and the dust is very visible.

It's possible that your throat is being irritated by the resin fumes - to reduce that, you can try placing your doll in a large, airy room or outside (overnight, to avoid sunlight-related yellowing). If you're patient, you can just keep her out of her box, and the fumes will reduce naturally over time.

It's also possible you're not reacting to the resin at all, but some form of mould-realease used to get her out of his moulds easily. That stuff isn't as dangerous to your body as resin dust, and you should be able to fix it by just sponging him down with a slightly-damp sponge.

Overall, I would try not to worry too much. Many people report minor throat irratation on removing a new doll straight from their box. It goes away, even without any special treatment. Resin dust is highly visible, and the least likely of the options.

 

I'd just wipe her down with a damp white cloth or paper towel and be done with it. A magic eraser is for removing marks and stains (and is a micro sander in itself, and produces shreds and dust of it's own) so you'd still need to wipe her down with a cloth or paper towel after using the magic eraser anyway. I doubt there's much dust, but a quick wipedown would take care of any that there is. Let her air for a couple days in case the fumes are bothering you.

 

I have also just wiped my dolls down with a wash towel when I am out of magic erasers. Just to clarify I very lightly wipe my doll with the magic eraser no scrubbing involved unless of course I am removing stains. The only doll I have ever had with lots of resin dust was my Minimee head and again do not blow the head out LOL

 

Might I suggest unstringing and washing the doll parts. Then spray a layer of MSC again. Just dont wash the face/head. Your reaction could be to the resin itself. Resin has a very strong smell on some dolls. Esp if they just came out of the box. At least for my doll when I keep her in her box for a week she will have a very strong resin smell to her when I take her out.

By washing I mean dish washer + water. Check forum for safe dishwashers to use.

 

I don't feel comfortable taking her apart yet. I wouldn't be able to get her back together. And I'm not going to coat her in MSC. Her face was coated by DOD, and where her tattoo is, but I'm going to leave the rest of her uncoated. I think. Does MSC help with the smell?

And I have been letting her air out in the living room, since it is raining outside. Would washing her help with the smell? If so, I might consider washing her, but that is only if it would really help.

Also, how hard is it to restring a doll? Does it require strong hands? I have major hand/arm problems, and can barely hold her (sometimes my hands are too weak to get the top off of an already opened water bottle).

Thanks

 

MSC is a solvent based sealer and if you have ehealth sensitive issues I'd avoid using it - I had resin dust in my lungs and its taken months to get over - using MSC actually irritated it as well so I wont use it again without my carbon filter mask.

Washing her would only be as effective as leaving her to air-out. The smell is from the resin being inside a confined area and increased and decreased in temperature during transporting and the resin was freshly manufactured when put into the box. Over a small period of time the "fumes" put out by the resin will decrease dramtically but will never go completely - out noses just get used to the smell.

As far as restinging goes if you have delicate hands I wouldnt try it at all untill you have someone you trust to help you - with the right tutorial in front of you and the right materials/equipment you could always direct someone safely how to do it without having to use brute force yourself

Like everyone else has said resin dust is visible and wont float around inconspicuosly in the air - and the doll if you leave her in the loungeroom overnight for a bit - the fumes will reduce a great deal.

Congratulations on your new doll and very best of luck

 

Sorry to post this here but I wasn't sure where else. Ok, this is where you're all going to think "what were you thinking you stupid, stupid girl!!" but I was just wondering if anyone has been as dumb and if they've had the same reaction:

Earlier tonight I was trying to sand the yellow off of a boy body I recently bought. I didn't have a mask so I wrapped a dishtowel around my face, and eventually just took that off because it was more of a hinderence than anything, so I suppose I probably inhaled some resin dust not to mention we were spraying msc inside without ventlation as the window was frozen shut. Before going to bed I still had a throbbing headache & sinus, funny taste in my mouth, the start of a small cough and what looked like a little blood in my spit but wasn't sure and thought it was my imagination. I woke up a few hours later with the shakes, a weird feeling in my chest, a huge nose bleed and was now definitely spitting blood.

Has anyone else had this happen before?

 

Sounds like you had a serious reaction to the resin dust.

Please don't do that again.

I am not allergic to resin dust at all but I still wear a mask coz I just don't want that stuff building up in my lungs. It's as bad as asbestos and coal dust...

Phil.

 

I can't believe you sprayed MSC inside in an unventilated room. I hope you're not spending any time in there until you've got it properly aired out. I'd actually be more concerned about that than dry-sanding resin without a mask, although that's also a really terrible idea. That kind of aerosol is nasty, and they tend to have warnings plastered all over them (though in MSC's case they're in Japanese) not to use them indoors or without sufficient ventilation and not to breathe the fumes. And if you can smell it, you're breathing the fumes.

I'm not surprised that didn't go well for you. I wouldn't even call it a "serious reaction to the resin dust" so much as a very predictable, if unpleasant, reaction to working with toxic chemicals and nasty aerosols with no protection in an unventilated room. Safety-wise I don't think there's anything you didn't do wrong.

And no, I've never had anything similar happen, because I either sand wet or wear a respirator or both, and on the rare occasion I spray MSC I do it outside AND wear a respirator.

 

One time I thought I could do one last quick coating of MSC and thought that if I was quick I wouldn’t need my respiratory mask. The wind turned and I got a face-full of MSC. It gave me severe headache, vertigo, and nausea and I had to lay down for the rest of the day. For six months after that incident I would get chest tightness and a sensation like my lungs were burning if I was exposed to irritants like, but not limited to cigarette smoke. This was before smoking in public buildings was banned, so basically I couldn’t go outside without being painfully reminded how incredibly stupid it is to expose yourself to MSC without proper respiratory protection.
So I'm not surprised you are coughing up blood. Please consult a doctor when it's not gone tomorrow.

In any case: Wear a decent respiratory mask that is meant to protect you from volatile components when spraying MSC and one that is meant to protect you from fine particles when you sand a doll. Those flimsy cloth masks you see people wearing during smog days won’t do and most decent respiratory masks have filters that protect you from one or the other, but only from both at the same time if you get the expensive filters. It's usually written on the filter or in the manual for what purpose they are made.

 

Ive searched andbrowsed the dying and finger repositioning threads and couldnt find a definitive answer. when dipping doll parts in boiling water (dying or repositioning) do you need to wear a respirator or does boiling not release any resin fumes?
thanks so much! sorry if this has been covered, i couldnt find anything.

 

It does indeed and it smells pretty hinky. But just don't hover over the pot. I've done it enough times and had no ill effects.

 

I had to boil my doll's torso (always remove any rings you might be wearing when you restring!) recently and it got quite fumy in my kitchen. I later regretted not grabbing my mask for the quick job as I had a killer headache for a few days... could have been a mild migraine as I sometimes get those or could have been resin fumes, but it did feel rather like the time I was paining with enamels for too long in a not vented kitchen.

Either way I would keep a window open, and the stove vent on at minimum if you plan on heating resin on your stove. I am not sure how much a mask would help as its fumes, and not dust like you would have in sanding, but it would not hurt to have one on.

 

I didn't notice any from when I dyed my guy, but then again I don't actually SMELL a lot of anything. Too many sinus infections have pretty much killed my sense of smell. XD I would think it WOULD, because resin is toxic, and heating it does release some of that into the air, but... I had no ill effects, no head aches or anything, my dog didn't seem to notice either, and she was hovering around my feet at the time, interested in "what sissy is doing with my new friend!" XD

She likes my dolls, thinks they're small people. Never bites or scratches at them.

 

It definitely does, I not only second making sure your kitchen is ventilated well, but NEVER use that pot for cooking anything again! Go get a thrift shop or charity store pot to use for any such purposes.

 

I bought a pot just for dying dolls. It is not for food, its my 'doll pot'. X3

 

Thanks so much for the input! I was repositioning some fingers and curing some sculpey mods. ( I know a lot of people dont like to use sculpey for BJD's but i love it for temporary mods) What i ended up doing since i didn't need to keep it on the stove, was boil water and then pour that into a pan i had with the parts outside. Worked great, and kept the fumes outta the kitchen.
thanks! No idea if that would work for dying but it did for my purposes!

 

That sounds like a pretty ingenious way to do it, Chewiemonster.

I just wanted to warn anyone that's reading this thread for the purposes of dying that dye produces fumes that are awful for you along with the resins. Always wear a mask, if you want to be safe. I am a costume design major and use all sorts of dyes on a regular basis, the same types that I've seen used on dolls... and I just don't want anyone inhaling that stuff on top of the resin's fumes. It can give you cancer!
Also, always use a special dying/doll boiling pot!

 

This is probably a dumb question but the dolls are safe to play with right? I don't have an allergy and my new dolls don't appear to have dust, but all this talk about toxic resin is making me paranoid. I won't get sick or have long term side effects from playing with my dolls right?

 

Lols, I dont think this will happen, if there were problems, people wouldnt be playing with these dolls anymore ;3

 

Would it be safe to let my hamsters go near a new doll if she didn't have noticeable smell or should I wait a few months? I am looking forward to photographing my hamsters with my coming LTF, maybe even let them take seeds from her hand. But if the resin would be toxic at all to my hamsters then I wouldn't want to do it.

 

Fully cured (finished, cast etc) dolls are only going to harm your hamsters if they try to eat the dolls, which I doubt they would. Unless you are sanding or burning (and why would you?) the dolls in the presence of pets, or you are mixing/using chemicals to make dolls (and without cleaning your hands and changing clothes after finishing those tasks and before handling pets), there should be no harm to animals or small children for that matter. Just be weary of pinching joints and dolls posed unstable which could fall on people and animals.

 

I'm aging my msd volks body by thinning out her joints and giving her a more grown up torso/hips/hands/legs etc. I'm using sand paper and a exacto knife to carve and shape, should I be wearing a mask or something with all that resin dust I'm shaving off?

 

Yes you should be wearing a paper mask at the very least.

 

Good question--I'm going to assume the answer is yes. A simple dust mask is extremely affordable and you can reuse it when you spray MSC etc. I have sensitive lungs so I use a dust mask whenever there is any airborne particulate matter--dust, hair, lint, even paper shavings. With the fine resin dust you're producing with your mod work, I would assume it would come close enough to being inhaled that I would think a dust mask would definitely be in order.

Someone in another thread mentioned that "new resin smell" is the chemicals seeping out of the resin and is toxic, much like "new car smell" so going off that (no idea if it's true tho) I would assume the resin itself would be toxic to inhale

 

Be safe, wear a mask. The stuff is terrible for you if inhaled. >_< Your body can't break it down. It's kind of like asbestos or coal dust in that respect, and if enough of it is inhaled over time, it can cause the same kind of problems.

 

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I've been shaving on this thing all day!!! *whispers and grabs throat freaking out* no wonder I can't breathe IM GONNA DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHIHIEHEIHEIHEIEHIEHEIEHIHEE


LoL jk, actually that does freak me out a bit, but i'll definitly be putting on a mask now

 

Um,.... yeah, check out the information on toxicity of resin and resin dust... You need a particulate filter mask, vapor grade ideally, NOT just a cute little surgeon mask, although any kind of mask is better than none.

 

This is not true.

Dust particles (i.e. resin dust) are enormously larger than molecules (i.e. volatile components of MSC) and a mask that filters out dust is not suited to filter out molecules and vice versa unless the mask is specifically made to offer protection to both types of harmful substances and those are usually more expensive than the one type of filter masks. A simple dust mask will not protect your lungs from the harmful, volatile components of MSC. A dust mask filters out large particles, but lets harmful molecules pass. A mask meant to protect you from volatile components binds harmful molecules to a filter, but lets large particles pass unhindered.

In short: Yes, you should wear the appropriate mask when working on your doll. A dust mask when you sand or carve a doll and a mask meant to protect you from volatile components when you spray your sealer. It's expensive to have two different types of masks, but your health is worth it. Be sure to use the right kind of mask when you sand resin or spray sealer. People rarely sand resin and spray their sealer at the same time, so you should be okay wearing a mask that protects you from either particles or molecules.

You won't drop dead, if you don't wear a mask, but if you exposure yourself repeatedly to harmful substances you are at risk of damaging your health and that damage may be permanent. If you plan to do mods or face-ups often, you may want to invest in the right materials to protect yourself.

 

I will defintly be investing in a good mask, I am an artist and so my dolls wouldn't be the only thing I'd be using it on.

BUT a word to those who are wondering what happens when you sand a BUNCH of resin and get dust, even if your wearing a bandana...this is what happens=============

I have been sneezing non-stop for two days
It's hard for me to breath
I've been cough like a deep cough
I don't have a cold
My throat felt swollen, again I am not sick and it isn't like a sore throat, its like an allergic reaction because it's itchy too
I can tell my body is trying to get rid of the toxins in my body.

LOL

SO YES INVEST IN A MASK!!

 

I'd just like to add, in addition to proper masks, make sure you work in a well ventilated area. Outside, or if you have access to a shop with an air filter that can handle resin dust, that's ideal. Also, invest in wet/dry sandpaper and wet sanding supplies. Sanding wet reduces the resin dust in the air.

 

I just sanded my doll's seems. I could barely see the dust at all. It seemed like there was very little dust, or the dust was too small to see or blew away immediately. I worked on many small pieces, outside, for about 2-3 hours. I used a $6 respirator found in the painting section of a department store. It was the only one they had in my area. Yes, it was for dust and not spray chemicals.

My throat started feeling soar, but I'm the kind of person that easily scares myself, and I really wanted to get the job done completely, so I told myself it was my imagination. I did however, put on two masks at once instead of just one, to help ease my paranoia.

I just got back in and read this thread and now I notice my throat feels itchy and puffy. I don't know if this is actually because I breathed in resin while sanding or if I'm just being paranoid...

Does anyone have any advice on what I should do? If I did breathe some in and my throat is irritated, should I wait for it to heal itself or do I need to consider medical treatment?

Sorry if this is an incredibly silly/paranoid post.

 

I think I should also add in here, that the best respirators are ones that say NIOSH approved, also try to get one that will work for gasses and vapours. This will also protect you from resin dust, since dust particles are so much larger.

Basically, if you can smell the MSC - your mask is not doing its job.

Every now and then you might need to buy replacement filters, but most of us won't use them often enough to need to replace the cartridges.
Wearing a respirator mask is a pain in the butt, but you'll thank yourself later that you wore it.

 

My respirator says Niosh. This makes me feel much better, even though my throat still hurts...

Thanks for your input

 

First of all, you do not have to be able to see something for it to harm you. People rely very heavily on their eyes, as we are visual animals, but unless you can see at the levels of a microscope, I wouldn't trust my eyes.

8I Hmm, if you feel like you have difficulty breathing because of swelling in your throat for prolonged periods, I would seek medical attention . Even if the doctor just prescribes something like an anti-histamine do put down the swelling, there's no harm in seeing your doctor. your health is of utmost importance. Without it, you are powerless to do anything else.

If you cannot afford to see a doctor right away or do not want to, and the swelling is still impairing your breathing, try taking the safely recommended dose of an anti-histamine allergy pill, like Benadryl. Not to be drastic, but swelling in the throat area can become a serious issue as that is your only passage for air intake. Do not take it lightly.

At this point, you have probably already done a little damage to your lungs, as resin/MSC particles do not unbind from your cilia very easily. Please please please use a NOISH approved respirator and goggles when doing any sort of customizing regarding sanding or spraying anything. Also please please please read all the safety stickies that have been generously posted here on DoA about sanding underwater to reduce the concentration of resin particles in the air.

Edit: To expand on Prysm's post about the smell of anything, really...
You smell because tiny particles of whatever you are smelling are binding themselves to receptors in your nose [in a nutshell]. These receptors send signals to your brain and your brain registers this smell. This is why 'if you smell MSC, your mask is not doing its job'. Follow the user manual when wearing your respirator and be sure that everything is tightly sealed and worn properly before beginning a project.

 

I did a lot more work than that, yours might just be allergies, as I am discovering mine is also allergies combined with the layer of resin dust I coated my self in, the ragweed is the highest it's ever been right now, but I'm sure the resin didn't help

Also I can't really take anti-histameans, but Mucinex has really helped

But ever since then I have been coughing and sneezing like non-stop, i sneeze alot normally but this is just crazy sneezing, and again I am not sick, I have not felt sick at any point, it's strictly a running nose, coughing and tight chest and one asthma attack (which I've never had before) . and no worries I have doctors lol


but I wouldn't worry about your sore throat I would just put away your modding unless you have the correct masks and venihilation


I'm not really worried about myself anymore, my body is doing it's job really well lol

 

Thanks for your concern Spshlfx. I'm happy to hear you're feeling better as well.

I'm totally fine now. The best thing I can advise for anyone whose throat feels a little soar and scratchy after sanding is tea and soup. They're both very cleansing for your body anyway, and I felt back to normal immediately. I was only doing a tiny bit of sanding on a tiny doll, and I had the niosh mask on, so I must just be very sensitive. I have a little more sanding to do still though =.=

 

It's a small piece of advice, but check if your respirator filters are suitable for both dust particles and gasses. There are different techniques to get rid of harmful components (filtration, absorption or neutralization) and different combinations of those techniques that will protect your for either one type of component or a combination of components. Why assume a respirator filters out anything regardless of particle size, if you can read the manual and be sure that you can use the respirator for the purpose you want to use it.

About the effects you may experience, there are two main types: Acute and long-term.
Acute effects may include irritation of eyes, skin, nose, and throat, headache, nausea, and vertigo. (The latter three are more common with sealer/MSC exposure.) Acute effects should go away, if you remove the exposure source and take some rest. Consult your doctor if they don't.
Repeated exposure may help you build up a tolerance against acute effects and may let you think it's not that bad, but you risk being exposed more. For example, if getting a headache makes you stop, you will work longer when takes longer to get a headache and thus you have a longer period of exposure.
Long-term effects are the ones are the ones you should really worry about. These are effects caused by a very high dose of a harmful substance or repeated exposure. Long-term effects are just what the name suggests: effects that last for a long term whether the harmful substance is present or not. Examples of long-term effects are permanent damage to your lungs (like asthma) or intolerance to certain substances.

I'd like to add that my knowledge about health effects caused by harmful substances comes from occupational related exposure. If you do a face-up or mod once or twice in your life without proper protection, I think the chances of harming your health permanently are small. It won't make you drop dead on the spot, but it isn't smart to play games with your health.
When you do face-ups or sand resin regularly, invest in getting a proper respirator. Week after week, month after month, year after year of exposure all adds up in the end and keep in mind that a person's lungs can get permanently damaged by something as mundane as flour if exposed long enough. Imagine what resin dust or volatile chemicals (that can reach deep into your lungs) can do.

 

Yeah... Heh, get a great mask. Resin is toxic, mate. ^____^

 

There is a fabulous thread somewhere in this subforum regarding which mask to buy for yourself.

I know someone who had to be hospitalized for doing extensive modding work on dolls without proper protection. Two-week stay. And apparently she could blow her nose and it would be Technicolor that rivaled Munchkinland. Yeah. She doesn't do that anymore. And neither should you, lol.

 

Yipes - resin also has lead in it / actually very toxic and whatever goes in your sinus absorbes through out your body, some people use the wetable sand paper and sand in water to be safe
always wear a mask disposable paper kind is o.k. but I bought one a little more heavy duty for spraying msc, sealers, furniture strippers etc.
I know from experiance now with lifetime sinus chemical burns.
be safe!!

 

I'm sorry, I really do have to jump in here. The disposable paper type of mask may NOT be enough. There are some types of mask that won't protect you any better than just sticking your face in there and taking a big sniff, and no matter how heavy duty, a paper disposable is never -ever- enough to protect you from the fumes from MSC, sealers and strippers. You are putting yourself at risk for diseases that can kill you.

Please, please, see my thread here for more information (and my qualifications):
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/s...you-need-to-know-about-respiratory-protection!

 

Yes. This doesn't even require a question. You should be wearing an approved mask that one purchases with filters from a home improvement store. You cannot dust off the inside of your lungs.

 

Well gee, would you like to have THIS in 20-30 years?

http://www.mesotheliomaweb.org/mesothelioma.htm?sckw=mesothelioma&scsrc=google&sccrtv=regular&scacct=26

http://www.mesothelioma-lung-cancer.org/mesothelioma-symptoms.html?type=search&keyword=mesothelioma&adid=4611287043&placement=&gclid=CIKv9-TLq6QCFdRU2goduzZQcw

No?

Then wear a mask.

You CAN get mesothelioma from resin dust.

 

I just ask the mods to please remove all sarcastic, and quite rude comments please. I don't wish for this thread to be a brawl. but I am very tired of the demeaning attitude some users are putting off.

Thanks


Actually can this post just be locked or shut down?

 

If you are allergic to polyurethane then you can go into anaphylaxis, which means that your throat swells and you can't breath. I am know that I am allergic to polyurethane and so I take extra steps to keep it out of my blood stream. It can enter through your eyes, nose or mouth, or any cuts you might have. Wear goggles, and a mask and work outside.

 

Hey, a while ago i came across this article, and i find it rather interesting and disturbing thinking about the large amount of dolls some of us owns...
Case of the toxic gingerbread man

There is very little information about the off-gassing we gets exposed to over time from resin, and when such a small gingerbread man offgasses beyond the health level, what about out dolls then? This really makes me worry!
I have had dolls for 8 years now, and they still smells. I think that only the smell indicate that the resin is still vaporing gasses.
I have to say i am a little freaked out, after reading the article and reading similar topics in this tread. From the article it seems that having them i a plastic container dosent help.
And now I am really thinking about selling away all my dolls >_< T_T

I am really curious to hear what you think about this issue after reading the article.

 

@bunnylungs Interesting find! I, too, would like to know if resin dolls can emit toxic breakdown byproducts. Anybody know if they do?

 

Iam giving this a little bump for the article that I shared above...

 

Does anyone know where to find the material safety data sheet for resin or msc?

 

@Sinezona

Each company has a slightly different recipe for resin, so you would probably need to ask each company for theirs.

For sealant, again, you'd need to look at each company - Mr.Hobby does Mr. Super Clear, but then there's Volks' Zoukeimura spray, Testor's Dullcote, and more. You can maybe find some links for their sites (or at least the company names) in the All About Sealants thread.

 

Thanks so much! I'm off to do some research. I might try to put up a thread with what I find.

 

Hi everyone, I did some research inspired by the article of a toxic gingerbread man above and wanted to share the results with you. The gingerbread man is made from a polymer called polyresin. A quick googling revealed that polyresin is a synonym for polyesther resin which (luckily) is not the same substance than polyurethane resin. The latter is used to cast our dollies. They have very similar names but their chemical formulas differ and so does the way they emit fumes. You can read more here. Although that article only talks about a curing phase, it is clear that polyesther resin (and the gingerbread man made from it) is the one to emit much more gasses. Here is a straight copy from the article: ”Though polyurethane costs a bit more to manufacture [than polyesther resin], they have significantly better mechanical properties (stronger and more tear resistant), more importantly the emissions are extremely low when curing, and thus far safer to be around.”

I cannot say whether our dollies off-gasses after curing and if they do, how much they do, but personally I find it comforting to know that at least they are not manufactured using the same material than that poor toxic guy.