teflon sheet fumes?

I've been doing some fusing between 2 teflon sheets ... it stinks! I have
read warnings about fumes from teflon pans, and so this is making me
nervous. Anyone know if I really need be? Do I have my iron too hot? TIA.
Lobo
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I've been doing some fusing between 2 teflon sheets ... it stinks!
I have read warnings about fumes from teflon pans, and so this is
making me nervous. Anyone know if I really need be? Do I have my
iron too hot? TIA.

Those fumes will kill a parrot stone dead in hours so I doubt they're
entirely safe for people either.

Can you do it outdoors?

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On Feb 16, 5:25*pm, "Lobo" wrote:
I've been doing some fusing between 2 teflon sheets ... it stinks! *I have
read warnings about fumes from teflon pans, and so this is making me
nervous. *Anyone know if I really need be? *Do I have my iron too hot? *TIA.
Lobo
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There was a lot of posting on this subject. It probably wouldn't be a
good idea to use teflon sheets if you are doing anything that would
produce fumes/gasses as they can be unhealthy, when inhaled. As
stated, pet birds have reportedly been known to die from exposure to
them. As in canary in the coal mine type of thing.

John

What about using parchment paper instead? The fusible stuff won't stick
and you won't get asphyxiated.

Allison in Montreal

John wrote:
On Feb 16, 5:25 pm, "Lobo" wrote:
I've been doing some fusing between 2 teflon sheets ... it stinks! I have
read warnings about fumes from teflon pans, and so this is making me
nervous. Anyone know if I really need be? Do I have my iron too hot? TIA.
Lobo
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There was a lot of posting on this subject. It probably wouldn't be a
good idea to use teflon sheets if you are doing anything that would
produce fumes/gasses as they can be unhealthy, when inhaled. As
stated, pet birds have reportedly been known to die from exposure to
them. As in canary in the coal mine type of thing.

John

I tried that and the fusible stuff did stick to it. I think I need a gas
mask. Will those white nose masks keep out the Teflon particles?
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"allisonh" wrote in message
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What about using parchment paper instead? The fusible stuff won't stick
and you won't get asphyxiated.

Allison in Montreal

John wrote:
On Feb 16, 5:25 pm, "Lobo" wrote:
I've been doing some fusing between 2 teflon sheets ... it stinks! I
have
read warnings about fumes from teflon pans, and so this is making me
nervous. Anyone know if I really need be? Do I have my iron too hot?
TIA.
Lobo
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Delete the obvious to reply to me personally.
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There was a lot of posting on this subject. It probably wouldn't be a
good idea to use teflon sheets if you are doing anything that would
produce fumes/gasses as they can be unhealthy, when inhaled. As
stated, pet birds have reportedly been known to die from exposure to
them. As in canary in the coal mine type of thing.

John

I've been doing some fusing between 2 teflon sheets ... it stinks!
I have read warnings about fumes from teflon pans, and so this is
making me nervous. Anyone know if I really need be? Do I have my
iron too hot?
I think I need a gas mask. Will those white nose masks keep out the
Teflon particles?

The problem isn't particles, it's gaseous fluorine compounds. Nothing
short of a closed respirator will protect you, and even that won't work
for long unless it's specially designed.

I wouldn't do this except outdoors in a breeze with the fabric left to
air for quite a while to disperse the toxic stuff.

Look up the Laki eruption of 1783-4 in Iceland for what fluorine in
the air can do to you. (ok, that was rather a lot more of the stuff
than your iron is going to liberate...) Arguably the US War of
Independence would have been a much easier fight if the colonists had
waited until 1784 when the food production of the whole of northern
Europe was blighted with frost, dust and poison gas.

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