On 05/15/2021 09:33 AM, Frank wrote:
> On 5/15/2021 11:07 AM, micky wrote:
>> In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 14 May 2021 10:34:40 -0400, Ralph Mowery
>> <
rmow...@charter.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A friend told me yesterday while he was getting gas a woman had a double
>>> layer of the plastic grocery bags and was filling it up with gas at a
>>> pump. She tied it up and put it in the trunk of her car. He could not
>>> see if she set it in a bucket or box. I hope she made it home safe.
>>
>> Your friend must not be alone. Just heard on the radio that some govt.
>> national safety agency warned a couple days ago against carrying
>> gasoline in plastic bags.
>>
>>
>> When I was in high school I was doing something to the lawn mower,
>> trying to clean small parts maybe, and I soaked them in gasoline in a
>> little plastic dish that frozen? food had come in, and after 30 or 60
>> minutes, the dish started to turn into a puddle. Not at all sure, but I
>> don't think they use that kind of plastic much anymore.
>>
>
> Most likely polystyrene. Most plastics are not soluble in gasoline but
> above its melting point, polyethylene is soluble.
Don't let him fool you. micky was a teenage terrorist.