Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler that would be able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?

fred Wrote in message:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler that would be able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?


Car body filler?

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On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler that would be able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?

Rawlplastic.

Oops! Contains asbestos so not allowed! (Nanny State, Health & Safety
gone mad &c.)

--
Max Demian

On 16/03/17 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in
chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler
that would be able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?


I would glue in a piece of dowel with PVA to fill old screw holes.

In this case, choose an oversized dowel, perhaps 8-10mm?

On 16/03/17 11:19, Max Demian wrote:
On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in chioboard
panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler that would be
able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?

Rawlplastic.

Oops! Contains asbestos so not allowed! (Nanny State, Health & Safety
gone mad &c.)


Asbestos is hardly "nanny state".

Lot's of things are - but unless you actually like lung cancer, that's
not one of them...

On 16/03/2017 12:09, Tim Watts wrote:
On 16/03/17 11:19, Max Demian wrote:
On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in chioboard
panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler that would be
able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?

Rawlplastic.

Oops! Contains asbestos so not allowed! (Nanny State, Health & Safety
gone mad &c.)


Asbestos is hardly "nanny state".

Lot's of things are - but unless you actually like lung cancer, that's
not one of them...

I assumed there was some irony there, somewhere. He can't have been
serious. Can he? I mean ....

On 16/03/17 11:15, jim wrote:
fred Wrote in message:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler that would be able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?


Car body filler?

+10001

--
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the right place whilst your head is in the clouds and your hand is in
someone else's pocket.

In article ,
Max Demian wrote:
On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler that would be able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?

Rawlplastic.

Oops! Contains asbestos so not allowed! (Nanny State, Health & Safety
gone mad &c.)

since the instructions for used in are to hold it in your hands and use
your fingers to mound it, the resulting asbestos fibres cound be very close
to your nose/mouth. I had a friend who died last year from asbestos related
lung cancer. NOT GOOD

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England

On 16/03/17 12:16, GB wrote:
On 16/03/2017 12:09, Tim Watts wrote:
On 16/03/17 11:19, Max Demian wrote:
On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in chioboard
panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler that would be
able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?

Rawlplastic.

Oops! Contains asbestos so not allowed! (Nanny State, Health & Safety
gone mad &c.)


Asbestos is hardly "nanny state".

Lot's of things are - but unless you actually like lung cancer, that's
not one of them...

I assumed there was some irony there, somewhere. He can't have been
serious. Can he? I mean ....



As I've never heard of the chap before now, I can't tell...

On 3/16/2017 12:09 PM, Tim Watts wrote:
On 16/03/17 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in
chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler
that would be able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?


I would glue in a piece of dowel with PVA to fill old screw holes.

In this case, choose an oversized dowel, perhaps 8-10mm?

I'd say it depends on the size and type of screw, and whether it is
essentially in the middle of the dowel. Like others I would say car body
filler is an obvious option, but will it pull out of 10 mm sheet if
there is much outward pull?

I know Gripits are designed for plasterboard, but might they in fact
provide quite a secure fixing into chipboard (which is never the best
thing to put screws into anyway).

Or if there is space behind, then a hollow anchor type fitting?

On 16/03/2017 12:16, GB wrote:
On 16/03/2017 12:09, Tim Watts wrote:
On 16/03/17 11:19, Max Demian wrote:
On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in chioboard
panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler that would be
able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?

Rawlplastic.

Oops! Contains asbestos so not allowed! (Nanny State, Health & Safety
gone mad &c.)


Asbestos is hardly "nanny state".

Lot's of things are - but unless you actually like lung cancer, that's
not one of them...

I assumed there was some irony there, somewhere. He can't have been
serious. Can he? I mean ....

I rather doubt that 'research' has shown that Rawlplastic is a
'significant' health risk.

--
Max Demian

On 16/03/2017 13:27, charles wrote:
In article ,
Max Demian wrote:
On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler that would be able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?

Rawlplastic.

Oops! Contains asbestos so not allowed! (Nanny State, Health & Safety
gone mad &c.)

since the instructions for used in are to hold it in your hands and use
your fingers to mound it, the resulting asbestos fibres cound be very close
to your nose/mouth.

Why would you do it "close to your nose/mouth"? A most unusual posture.

I had a friend who died last year from asbestos related
lung cancer. NOT GOOD

Did he get it from using Rawlplastic?

--
Max Demian

On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler that would be able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?


Nothing made by Ronseal

Max Demian wrote:

On 16/03/2017 13:27, charles wrote:

since the instructions for used in are to hold it in your hands and use
your fingers to mound it, the resulting asbestos fibres cound be very close
to your nose/mouth.

Why would you do it "close to your nose/mouth"? A most unusual posture.

If you are not near a tap, then saliva would be the wetting agent
of choice.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Plant amazing Acers.

On 16/03/2017 12:09, Tim Watts wrote:
On 16/03/17 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in
chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler
that would be able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?


I would glue in a piece of dowel with PVA to fill old screw holes.

In this case, choose an oversized dowel, perhaps 8-10mm?

But that means the wood fibres are parellel to the screw so
not as strong as it could be.

I keep a way-out-of-date bag of Wickes fine surface filler
for jobs like this. Sets quickly but unlike gypsum plaster
it can be sanded smooth.

"Max Demian" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 16/03/2017 13:27, charles wrote:
In article ,
Max Demian wrote:
On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in chioboard panels.
Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler that would be able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?

Rawlplastic.

Oops! Contains asbestos so not allowed! (Nanny State, Health & Safety
gone mad &c.)

since the instructions for used in are to hold it in your hands and use
your fingers to mound it, the resulting asbestos fibres cound be very close
to your nose/mouth.

Why would you do it "close to your nose/mouth"? A most unusual posture.

Assuming it used to contain the dangerous type of asbestos, then
presumably any risk would have arisen from breathing in any dust
being generated when subsequently sanding or drilling the cured
rawlplastic.


michael adams

....



I had a friend who died last year from asbestos related
lung cancer. NOT GOOD

Did he get it from using Rawlplastic?

--
Max Demian

On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in
chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler
that would be able to take a screw.

Body filler or the wood coloured 2 part wood fillers would be one
option. There was a time you could get hot melt glue sticks designed for
plugging operations - either injected straight from a hot glue gun, or
melted over flame and wiped in.

Another alternative would be to get a tapered plug cutter in the
appropriate size, cut wood plugs and then glue and hammer them in. Pare
level once in.

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John.

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"Andrew" wrote in message
news
On 16/03/2017 12:09, Tim Watts wrote:
On 16/03/17 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in
chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler
that would be able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?


I would glue in a piece of dowel with PVA to fill old screw holes.

In this case, choose an oversized dowel, perhaps 8-10mm?

But that means the wood fibres are parellel to the screw so
not as strong as it could be.

The direction of the grain in the wood is immaterial.
Providing the right size drill and screw are used, the
screw when inserted forces the dowel against the
sides of the hole.

When Fred Dibnah was hammering his iron dogs
(big hooked nails) into his "dowels" (which to all intents and
purposes looked like bits of firewood) 100's of feet up the
side of a chimney, the fibres of his dowels were also
parallel to the dogs. And it was only ropes tied to
those dogs which kept all the ladders attached to the
chimney.

michael adams

....

On 16/03/2017 16:11, Max Demian wrote:

Rawlplastic.

Oops! Contains asbestos so not allowed! (Nanny State, Health & Safety
gone mad &c.)


Asbestos is hardly "nanny state".

Lot's of things are - but unless you actually like lung cancer, that's
not one of them...

I assumed there was some irony there, somewhere. He can't have been
serious. Can he? I mean ....

I rather doubt that 'research' has shown that Rawlplastic is a
'significant' health risk.


What do you want, exactly? Any product can go on the market, until it's
been proved that it's killed lots of people?

And at that point, the original product is withdrawn, but a slight
variant can be sold, because that one hasn't yet killed lots of people?

And let's bear in mind that, by the time people start dropping dead,
there may be vastly more who are incurably ill but still alive.



Do please explain what it is you are saying.

"GB" wrote in message news

On 16/03/2017 16:11, Max Demian wrote:

Rawlplastic.

Oops! Contains asbestos so not allowed! (Nanny State, Health & Safety
gone mad &c.)


Asbestos is hardly "nanny state".

Lot's of things are - but unless you actually like lung cancer, that's
not one of them...

I assumed there was some irony there, somewhere. He can't have been
serious. Can he? I mean ....

I rather doubt that 'research' has shown that Rawlplastic is a
'significant' health risk.


What do you want, exactly? Any product can go on the market, until it's
been proved that it's killed lots of people?

And at that point, the original product is withdrawn, but a slight variant
can be sold, because that one hasn't yet killed lots of people?

And let's bear in mind that, by the time people start dropping dead, there
may be vastly more who are incurably ill but still alive.



Do please explain what it is you are saying.

I think he's saying, "I rather doubt that 'research' has shown that
Rawlplastic is a 'significant' health risk."

Max Demian wrote:

On 16/03/2017 12:16, GB wrote:
On 16/03/2017 12:09, Tim Watts wrote:
On 16/03/17 11:19, Max Demian wrote:
On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in chioboard
panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler that would be
able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?

Rawlplastic.

Oops! Contains asbestos so not allowed! (Nanny State, Health & Safety
gone mad &c.)


Asbestos is hardly "nanny state".

Lot's of things are - but unless you actually like lung cancer, that's
not one of them...

I assumed there was some irony there, somewhere. He can't have been
serious. Can he? I mean ....

I rather doubt that 'research' has shown that Rawlplastic is a
'significant' health risk.

That would be true about a lot of small risks, but asbestos is one of
those things that has been shown to be very nasty, and often in tiny
quantities. Seeing it isn't irreplaceable for any use it is actually
sensible to forbid its use. There are a few other things like that.
Plutonium would be a good example, as is Beryllium (though I believe
that is still used as a component in sealed electronic things).

The rawlplastic is especially undesirable as drilling it and breathing
the dust is a SOP.



--

Roger Hayter

On 3/16/2017 4:54 PM, michael adams wrote:
"Andrew" wrote in message
news
On 16/03/2017 12:09, Tim Watts wrote:
On 16/03/17 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in
chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler
that would be able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?


I would glue in a piece of dowel with PVA to fill old screw holes.

In this case, choose an oversized dowel, perhaps 8-10mm?

But that means the wood fibres are parellel to the screw so
not as strong as it could be.

The direction of the grain in the wood is immaterial.
Providing the right size drill and screw are used, the
screw when inserted forces the dowel against the
sides of the hole.

When Fred Dibnah was hammering his iron dogs
(big hooked nails) into his "dowels" (which to all intents and
purposes looked like bits of firewood) 100's of feet up the
side of a chimney, the fibres of his dowels were also
parallel to the dogs. And it was only ropes tied to
those dogs which kept all the ladders attached to the
chimney.

michael adams

...



You are exactly right, but it is not quite a correct analogy. Screws
going across the grain of wood engage as the screw threads go between
the fibres of the wood. Screwing parallel to the grain, the threads
don't penetrate so deeply. Getting the drill and screw sizes right is
much more critical. Whereas the friction joint made by our Fred relies
only on having a good geometry (tapered dowel in tapered hole) and then
having the wedge-shaped dogs hammered in far enough. An expert can judge
the "tightness" (i.e. the expansion force) by how far the nail moves
with each blow. And the tightness determines the pull-out force. You
won't get quite the same feedback with a screw. It's one of the rare
cases where a traditional full-length tapered wood screw may well
perform better than a "modern" screw where only the tip is tapered.

On 16/03/2017 16:18, Andrew wrote:
On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in chioboard
panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler that would be
able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?


Nothing made by Ronseal

I find the Ronseal two part 'high performance' tins excellent. Although
mix in too much hardener and it goes off very quickly indeed.

--
Cheers, Rob

On Fri, 17 Mar 2017 00:19:34 +0000, RJH wrote:

On 16/03/2017 16:18, Andrew wrote:
On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in chioboard
panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler that would be
able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?


Nothing made by Ronseal

I find the Ronseal two part 'high performance' tins excellent. Although
mix in too much hardener and it goes off very quickly indeed.

If you use a hard filler on a softer substrate, especially for a small hole
(where the new hole is nearly the same diameter or near the edge of the
filler) there's a high probability of the hole 'wandering'.
The dowel of softwood wood be less likely to do this, I feel.
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

On 16/03/2017 16:44, John Rumm wrote:
On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in
chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler
that would be able to take a screw.

Body filler or the wood coloured 2 part wood fillers would be one
option. There was a time you could get hot melt glue sticks designed for
plugging operations - either injected straight from a hot glue gun, or
melted over flame and wiped in.

Another alternative would be to get a tapered plug cutter in the
appropriate size, cut wood plugs and then glue and hammer them in. Pare
level once in.


Toolstation Profil is a good 2 part filler

Stuart Noble wrote:

Toolstation Profil is a good 2 part filler

It is, but if you need to shape it, you don't get long to catch it at
the 'green' stage, before it goes rock hard.

On Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 4:44:25 PM UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in
chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler
that would be able to take a screw.

Body filler or the wood coloured 2 part wood fillers would be one
option. There was a time you could get hot melt glue sticks designed for
plugging operations - either injected straight from a hot glue gun, or
melted over flame and wiped in.

Another alternative would be to get a tapered plug cutter in the
appropriate size, cut wood plugs and then glue and hammer them in. Pare
level once in.

--
Cheers,

John.

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hmm I was wondering of hot melt would do the job. I'll give it a go

On 17/03/2017 12:00, fred wrote:
On Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 4:44:25 PM UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in
chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler
that would be able to take a screw.

Body filler or the wood coloured 2 part wood fillers would be one
option. There was a time you could get hot melt glue sticks designed for
plugging operations - either injected straight from a hot glue gun, or
melted over flame and wiped in.

Another alternative would be to get a tapered plug cutter in the
appropriate size, cut wood plugs and then glue and hammer them in. Pare
level once in.

hmm I was wondering of hot melt would do the job. I'll give it a go

Probably worth trying - its fairly tough. The one I used in the past was
a clear yellow stick that was actually marketed for this application. It
was perhaps a slightly harder plastic once set, but not that dissimilar.


--
Cheers,

John.

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On 17/03/2017 00:19, RJH wrote:
On 16/03/2017 16:18, Andrew wrote:
On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in chioboard
panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler that would be
able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?


Nothing made by Ronseal

I find the Ronseal two part 'high performance' tins excellent. Although
mix in too much hardener and it goes off very quickly indeed.


Tried that stuff on external woodwork. It shrinks and breaks the paint
film. useless product. Plastic padding type 'Hard' (which needs power
tools to smooth) was the most long-lived.

On 3/17/2017 4:30 PM, John Rumm wrote:
On 17/03/2017 12:00, fred wrote:
On Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 4:44:25 PM UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in
chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler
that would be able to take a screw.

Body filler or the wood coloured 2 part wood fillers would be one
option. There was a time you could get hot melt glue sticks designed for
plugging operations - either injected straight from a hot glue gun, or
melted over flame and wiped in.

Another alternative would be to get a tapered plug cutter in the
appropriate size, cut wood plugs and then glue and hammer them in. Pare
level once in.

hmm I was wondering of hot melt would do the job. I'll give it a go

Probably worth trying - its fairly tough. The one I used in the past was
a clear yellow stick that was actually marketed for this application. It
was perhaps a slightly harder plastic once set, but not that dissimilar.


I don't think hot melt, even the "wood glue" special, will stick very
well to chipboard. OK it might stick to the surface fibres, but I
suspect these will pull away.

I think the devil is in the detail, i.e. exactly what loads are going to
be applied to this screw.

On 18/03/2017 16:38, newshound wrote:
On 3/17/2017 4:30 PM, John Rumm wrote:
On 17/03/2017 12:00, fred wrote:
On Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 4:44:25 PM UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in
chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler
that would be able to take a screw.

Body filler or the wood coloured 2 part wood fillers would be one
option. There was a time you could get hot melt glue sticks designed
for
plugging operations - either injected straight from a hot glue gun, or
melted over flame and wiped in.

Another alternative would be to get a tapered plug cutter in the
appropriate size, cut wood plugs and then glue and hammer them in. Pare
level once in.

hmm I was wondering of hot melt would do the job. I'll give it a go

Probably worth trying - its fairly tough. The one I used in the past was
a clear yellow stick that was actually marketed for this application. It
was perhaps a slightly harder plastic once set, but not that dissimilar.


I don't think hot melt, even the "wood glue" special, will stick very
well to chipboard. OK it might stick to the surface fibres, but I
suspect these will pull away.

Onto chip it won't stick that well - it will pull the chips off the
surface. Used as a filling in a 7mm hole however I expect it would stay
put quite well.

I think the devil is in the detail, i.e. exactly what loads are going to
be applied to this screw.




--
Cheers,

John.

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On 18/03/17 16:28, Andrew wrote:
Plastic padding type 'Hard' (which needs power
tools to smooth) was the most long-lived.

If you needed power tools you are a wuss and I claim my £5.


--
Canada is all right really, though not for the whole weekend.

"Saki"

On Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 4:38:34 PM UTC, newshound wrote:
On 3/17/2017 4:30 PM, John Rumm wrote:
On 17/03/2017 12:00, fred wrote:
On Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 4:44:25 PM UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in
chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler
that would be able to take a screw.

Body filler or the wood coloured 2 part wood fillers would be one
option. There was a time you could get hot melt glue sticks designed for
plugging operations - either injected straight from a hot glue gun, or
melted over flame and wiped in.

Another alternative would be to get a tapered plug cutter in the
appropriate size, cut wood plugs and then glue and hammer them in. Pare
level once in.

hmm I was wondering of hot melt would do the job. I'll give it a go

Probably worth trying - its fairly tough. The one I used in the past was
a clear yellow stick that was actually marketed for this application. It
was perhaps a slightly harder plastic once set, but not that dissimilar..


I don't think hot melt, even the "wood glue" special, will stick very
well to chipboard. OK it might stick to the surface fibres, but I
suspect these will pull away.

I think the devil is in the detail, i.e. exactly what loads are going to
be applied to this screw.

We use Blum Knock In hinges which come with pre-installed plugs. If for any reason the hinge has to be removed the plug can't be removed also. As our machines are set up to drill the correct holes for these knock in hinges we have to fill in the pre-drilled holes to allow re-use of the original hinge. In the past 7mm plugs were used but they have to be cut down to the shorter length required. This is a lot of faffing about. A quick dryiong filler would be an ideal alternative.

I'm not sure how much of a strain there is on this screws

In article , Max Demian
wrote:
On 16/03/2017 13:27, charles wrote:
In article , Max
Demian wrote:
On 16/03/2017 10:53, fred wrote:
Occasionally I need to fill 7mm diameter x 10mm deep hles in
chioboard panels. Ideally I would like to use a fast curing filler
that would be able to take a screw.

Any suggestions ?

Rawlplastic.

Oops! Contains asbestos so not allowed! (Nanny State, Health & Safety
gone mad &c.)

since the instructions for used in are to hold it in your hands and use
your fingers to mound it, the resulting asbestos fibres cound be very
close to your nose/mouth.

Why would you do it "close to your nose/mouth"? A most unusual posture.

I had a friend who died last year from asbestos related
lung cancer. NOT GOOD

Did he get it from using Rawlplastic?

He didn't know how he got it.

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England