Storage Hazards

John Foust jfoust at threedee.com
Sat Oct 9 11:45:41 CDT 2004


At 02:39 PM 10/8/2004, Jules Richardson wrote:
>Be careful with laser-printed documentation in ring binders too; the
>text has a habit of sticking to the underside of the binder's cover for
>some reason - stick a blank sheet of paper in there to protect it.

The vinyl continues to out-gas for many years.  That "new car" smell
is still there, just at lower levels.  I think it melts the toner
plastic.  The toner also re-melts under pressure, so a pile of docs
does a different kind of sticking.

- John




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