REFLECTOR: Mysterious bags of stuff...

[Don Johnston via Reflector]

Here's my take:

Micro is kind of like a cross between sand and flour.

Cabo is almost like dandelion seeds. VERY light and fluffy. Much more so
than micro.

Milled fiber is HEAVY. Very fine and you can pinch it into a clump.

Flox.is lighter than milled fiber, but heavier than micro and cabo.

Don


On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Luciano, Luis I CIV PEOSUB, PMS404P via
Reflector <reflector at tvbf.org> wrote:

> It has been a while since I had to do any filling and when rummaging
> through my matls to pick up the effort, I found that I could no longer
> distinguish between my fillers.  These were ordered from the factory years
> ago but delivered unlabeled which I didn't notice at the time.  I should
> have microballoon, flocked cotton, milled fiber, cabosil - but, in reality,
> have three bags of VERY SIMILAR LOOKING "white stuff".
>
> I'm pretty confident I can identify microballoon as when I opened the
> ziplock bag slightly, it blew out in a whisp of fine dust very easily... I
> had no mask/respirator at the time :(
>
> The other two bags show a slight visual difference between them but I
> can't tell from looking which is flocked cotton, milled fiber, or
> cabosil... can the collective assist in providing visual clues to
> distinguish between them.  Any quick test that I could use (eg: magnifying
> glass, burn flame color, water absorption, acid/vinegar test on a sample,
> other)?
>
> Thanks
> Luis Luciano
> Velocity XL-5 "Dulcinea"
>
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