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Chinese drywall poses potential risks
ransley wrote:
On Apr 11, 9:40 pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
Molly Brown wrote:
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — At the height of the U.S. housing boom, when
building materials were in short supply, American construction
companies used millions of pounds of Chinese-made drywall because it
was abundant and cheap.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...xS6cypWMaQgq3I...
Chinese drywall presents no problem if properly installed (2 coats
oil-based KILZ or equivalent on all sides).
That would about double the cost of instalation, and remember an oil
base cant be the first coat on drywall, so you advocate 3 coats on
every side to seal out harmfull unscrubbed fly ash contaminents. This
issue may be be affecting 100,000 homes acording to AP. Copper and
other metals turn black in a few months from unscrubbed Fly Ash sulfer
based contaminents. No point to paint and "try" to seal in poison, it
should not have been sold. USG uses Fly Ash, but its scrubbed first.
Its just another instance of Chinese doing anything and selling
poison, for a buck
You're right. My mistake.
THREE coats of sealant would be appropriate.
Then you're good to go.
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