Chinese particleboard is bad stuff, boys

Guv Bob · 2007-09-02T16:04:50+00:00

Speeking of the Chinese.... yew no I just did some research on building =cabinets and see that most all std cabinets are at least partly made of =particleboard. =20Well, scents I know that some formaldehyde and so on leaks out of =particleboard, I snooped around to see how to use it and turns out you =can seal it up perty good with shellac, etc., and the gases will be shet =up inside.Whilest doing high level research on this, (here's where you boys come =in) I found out that them rotten Chinese are dumping =high-formaldehyde-content particleboard onto us fine US folks. Imagine =that!? And after all the Chinese food we eat, too!!According to a top secret mole I got at the guvmint sweat shop, this is =on account of they was palming it off on the Germuns and the Japunees =when those countries wised up and passed laws against it.-So, back to my story, they are dumping it cheap hand-over-fist on us to =git shed of it before a 2011 deadline takes effect that wood stop it =dead its tracks. But by then, all their bad particleboard will have bin =sold here and installed in shelves and kitchens. If you want to check =it yoreself, don't call EPA - they just give you a bunch of hooey. =Call your states indoor air quality folks - this could be in the =environmental or air quality dep or in the health dept.This ain't jest another of my wild self-serving rumors - hit's =die-rectly from a feller in gubmint, which, as we all know, never lies =and is always right.The US-made stuff is stamped with an Amer National Stds Institoot no =A208.1 - 1993 which means they are in compliance with a 13 year old =standard, which ain't bad but it's still 13 years old and way behind the =findings of field testing.As far as I can tell, they ain't required to label it "WARNING: MADE IN =CHINA WITH HIGH LEVELS OF CANCER CAUSING CHEMICALS JEST A WAITING FOR =YEW TO BREATHE IT IN!" so you have to look at it perty close. =20So... this does have a climax (sorry ladies)....=20If you are building...

Sep 02, 2007 24 Replies

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Fred the Red Shirt 18 years ago

In my experience particle board has better moisture resistance.

That can be a non-trivial issue in a kitchen or bathroom.

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tsi-yu 18 years ago

The International Building Code is cited by Industry as the best thing since freesh squoze oranges juice. It is in fact a nightmare for home buyers. Wait a while and examine the structure, you plunk down a quarter mill or more for. They are built to a junk standard out of junk. Particle board, from China, may be the least, of a home buyer's troubles. Friends bought a mini mansion, on a gold course, for a the better part of a million a year ago. The place is literally coming apart at the joints. No exaggeration. All of them, in the development, are in a similar state. They are a far cry from the hardwood homes pegged together, expected to last several lifetimes.

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Mark Jerde 18 years ago

alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking

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Guv Bob 18 years ago

Photos posted here... =20

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J. Clarke 18 years ago

Those structures are to mansions as a Big Mac is to food.

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