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Date: July 09, 2014 at 14:20:36
From: marc / berkeley, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Does Earthquake Resistant Paint sound intriguing? |
URL: Mythbuster LINK |
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Hi All-
I happened to catch an episode of the dsicovery
Channel's "Mythbusters" show in which they demonstrated
an explosive resistant coating.
It's a very cool clip and I included it so that you
could see for yourselves! (See the Link that I have
attached to this post.)
I thought that this could protect one's domicile, if
one used it as an undercoat in many places.
Crawlspace, exterior, etc.
The EQ waves that do the most damage are the P-waves,
because they are fast and powerful. This would be one
way to mitigate the jolt.
Of course it would only protect within reason, a house
on a fault line would be out of luck.
That said, it just might be worth a few cans of paint
more the next time you are considering paing the house.
I wonder if it would be easy to get it onto the
foundation.....
o well, enjoy!
--M
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Date: July 20, 2014 at 12:14:53
From: jeffersonzuma, [DNS_Address]
Subject: I don't want to breathe that.. where's the chemistry? |
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i can sort of figure it out which is why they're not forthcoming with need to know.. free adult consent, or child rape/abuse if we're too stupid to be informed accurately and completely what the chemicals are and how it works (through our mucous membranes, lungs, hormonal glands etc). This is the problem with the better death through secret chemistry sell.. you have to reinforce your support structure not just the walls.. there are non-toxic formulas w/ cobb housing combinations with arch structure geometrically embedded that will withstand quakes more efficiently.. types of non-toxic flexible 'cements' that aren't of the toluene/zylene/benzene 'class' of chemistry..
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Date: July 29, 2014 at 15:28:53
From: marc / berkeley, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: I don't want to breathe that.. where's the chemistry? |
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Hi Jeffersonzuma!
You are of course correct about the potential toxicity
and the sensitive receptor. People who are
environmentally sensitive might not be able to use this
tool.
On the positive, it's low VOC, look up an MSDS and see
for yourself. I don't think benzene would be in there,
but one never really kows. I guess it depends on the
formulation one might apply.
As in all things reading the label helps, check the
MSDS.
Good Luck!
--M
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Date: July 20, 2014 at 15:02:21
From: El Uno es Neo, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: You sniffing paint would explain a lot(NT) |
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Date: July 13, 2014 at 11:51:42
From: Phil in Los Angeles , [DNS_Address]
Subject: Au contraire mon ami. |
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The waves that do the most damage are the shear waves is S waves
followed by the surface waves, Rayleigh and Love.
I guess if you're right near the earthquake a first jolt from the P wave
could throw your house off it's foundation, however before Northridge
we had an earthquake fireman guy on TV warning about earthquake
preparation etc.
Well it seems his house was ironically right at the epicenter bot all he
had was a narrow crack running down his garage floor while farther
away in Los Angeles freeways fell and office buildings were red
tagged. All from the shear and surface waves.
I was awake living in Venice when the the P waves hit first. Didn't
seem like much if anything until the other waves arrived.
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Date: July 15, 2014 at 14:50:57
From: marc / berkeley, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: waves |
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Phil,
I agree that the S waves do more damage to buildings.
The paint could help somewhat against S waves too.
It is limited protection, but better than none.
What did you think of the paint?
--M
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Date: July 17, 2014 at 22:19:24
From: Phil in Los Angeles , [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: waves |
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Sorry I took so long, I rarely get over here. I think the paint is a good
idea if it works like they say it does.
I didn't see the video. It took too long to load on an iPad.
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Date: August 11, 2014 at 18:58:08
From: Anne Redwood City, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: waves |
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All the interiors here were demolished and rebuilt about
16 months ago and then re-painted. This may be an
unrelated question, but I was wondering why there are so
many cracks from near the outside tops of the door jambs
that curve up to the ceiling. Building settling? Impact
of doors closing? Normal for new paint? but why near
the tops of the doors and why do the cracks curve up to
the ceiling? Thanks.
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Date: August 16, 2014 at 10:29:31
From: Phil in Los Angeles , [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: waves |
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Corners and joints are obviously subject to more stress. The stress
will find the weakest part.
I imagine the cracks going up to the ceiling is the trail of the stress.
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Date: August 18, 2014 at 17:27:00
From: Anne Redwood City, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: waves |
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Thanks, Phil. The stress of the building settling, ie
normal, or abnormal stress eg earth movement?
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