Don't put certain tool handles in with artifacts...acetic acid and  
butyric acid EATS!

I found this interesting wondering why some tool  handles smelled  odd.  - 
Ed Sharpe archivist  for  SMECC

"Tool handles  made of Cellulose Acetate Butyrate. A  thermoplastic, it 
offers excellent UV and  solvent resistance that  cellulose acetate doesn't 
offer. And it feels in the  hand like a  natural substance, something that 
is 
almost intangible, like a tool   that is made by craftsmen, a 
characteristic 
that a polyethylene or  polypropylene  handle does not have. CAB also 
offers no 
splinters like  the older wood handles.  It also can be very clear. And 
when 
that  plastic begins to degrade, it releases  free acetic acid and butyric  
acid."

Read  much much more  here->

http://dwarmstr.blogspot.com/2013/02/why-toolboxes-and-tool-handles-stink.ht
ml

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