stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 8 months agoHobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1647arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1627arrow-down1external-linkHobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’www.theguardian.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square115fedilinkfile-text
Louis Gray says he was racially profiled after trying to buy spray paint to make over his son’s bicycle helmet
minus-squaredatelmd5sum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·8 months agoHelmets are usually polycarbonate and the common solvent in spray paint is xylene. Xylene causes extreme degradation in polycarbonate. If you don’t know if the helmet and the paint are compatible, it’s not safe to paint it.
minus-squaretryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoThank you. That is more specific than “plastic+solvent=bad”
Helmets are usually polycarbonate and the common solvent in spray paint is xylene. Xylene causes extreme degradation in polycarbonate. If you don’t know if the helmet and the paint are compatible, it’s not safe to paint it.
Thank you. That is more specific than “plastic+solvent=bad”