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    Default Scotchguard?

    Just had new cushions made for
    my kitchen Napoleon chairs.
    Looking good and want to keep it
    that way.

    Scotchguard still is around despite
    some controversy about it a few
    years back. Google also turned
    up a lot of alternative products.

    Does anyone have insight/experience/expertise
    on this topic?
    Thanks.

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    Scotchguard is still the best product ever made for that. If you decide to use it, just apply in a well ventilated place.

    What happened to Scotchguard was it was quietly pulled off the commercial market about a decade ago (voluntarily) by 3M. It seems it was rather carcinogenic (CFC) in industrial applications where workers where applying it to materials five days a week, Rather than have the Feds splash it and outlaw it, 3M saw the writing on the wall and ceased commercial applications and that's why you can no longer buy Scotchguarded fabrics from the mill or upholstery company. The industry has come up with several water-based products but they don't work as well.

    More recently, Scotchgard (PFC's) are showing up in mother's breast milk, read the latest here:

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0430203049.htm

    If you decide to use it, spray it carefully (a mask is not a bad idea) then re-apply when water no longer beads on the seating surface.
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    Default Thanks, Duane.

    The reference about product safety is
    a bit concerting. Following directions
    and taking some precautions is
    obviously a must.

    Thank you for your help.

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    Oops. Make that DISCONCERTING.

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    Quote Originally Posted by curiousM View Post
    The reference about product safety is
    a bit concerting. Following directions
    and taking some precautions is
    obviously a must.

    Thank you for your help.
    It's a tough call these days!

    I used to not pay too much attention to things like that and be macho about it, using chemicals without protection and breathing fumes, etc. Then I got cancer, and a bad one at that. No traceable origins of the cancer so who knows? Maybe it did come from some of the materials I used to handle with reckless abandon. I'm a bit more cautious and skeptical these days and tend to err on the side of caution.

    If I were to use Scotchguard, I'd probably take the pieces outside to spray and wear a $ 10 Respirator like this that you can pick up at any hardware store:

    http://www.envirosafetyproducts.com/...espirator.html
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    Duane,
    I am so sorry to hear that you have had to
    battle cancer. I hope that you are in recovery
    mode and I wish you well.

    You really provide a great service in
    this forum. Good works have a way
    of coming back to us.

    I appreciate your help.

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    I'm good!

    One of these days I'm going to write a book about my experiences with the disease, but I'm going on close to three years cancer-free thanks to Dr. Michael Choti of Johns Hopkins - the World's Greatest Cancer Surgeon. He saved my life when other surgeons said it could not be done.

    I love to brag on him.

    http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/surgery/faculty/Choti





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