Mickey2

QuiltsRfun, major clean up project there, always a bit worrying before the work is complete. We know asbestos is one of the silent killers still in action today, it can be hard to detect it. Used various places in buildings like in the ventilation shafts and fire retardent materials up until around 1970 I think. There are still those roof and exterior wall plates around, not many left though. These days I think it's banned everwhere, asbestos gloves were use by firemen up until 1990s. I still don't think they have found a fire retardent material equally as good. From the days when asbestos were used almost like a new from of plastic, we know there are some left lurking around. I don't know about industrial machines, but I think we should be able replace what ever parts that were made of it. I think I would identify the typical grey ash colored substance, but where could it be lurking, it what types of material? I'm not afraid of handling old sewing machines. Thank's for the warning though, I would like to be aware of it to be able to identify and replace it with something better. The worst is, I think we have new silent killers around, it takes us a few decades to identify them and do something about it. Traffic fumes, smog and tobacco kill people daily, it's a sort of silent killer we know are there but hard to do something about.