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propylene glycol. antifreeze for clay

updated fri 26 jan 01

 

iandol on wed 24 jan 01


Dear Larry Phillips,

Right on the coin. Pleased you appreciated the rhetoric. ---oids is a =
suffix for many pharmacy items. eg Nigroids which were pellets of =
liquorice flavoured with menthol.

But since the flavour of some messages was aligned to Marshmallow I =
wondered what the connection was between Altoids and propylene glycol.

I recall somewhere, thought it was in Glen Nelsons book that someone had =
used Poly Ethylene Glycol as an additive to their throwing water. or =
actually used the raw liquid as a throwing lubricant.

Since PPG is an antifreeze, it might be a useful additive for those of =
you who live in cold places. It seems probable though, that water in =
plastic clay does not freeze.

Ivor Lewis. Redhill, South Australia.