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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 42619, member: 111"]Why would Catalin smell like rotten milk? It's basically a colored version of Bakelite, they're both phenolics, and should have the same chemical scent (a friend checks by taste, I just walk away when she sticks a piece in her mouth...) Casein is a milk-based plastic, the reason they smell 'rotten' - some celluloid can smell like vinegar rather than camphor, especially if they're starting to deteriorate...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 42619, member: 111"]Why would Catalin smell like rotten milk? It's basically a colored version of Bakelite, they're both phenolics, and should have the same chemical scent (a friend checks by taste, I just walk away when she sticks a piece in her mouth...) Casein is a milk-based plastic, the reason they smell 'rotten' - some celluloid can smell like vinegar rather than camphor, especially if they're starting to deteriorate... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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