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Other than filling with plaster and taking a cast of your bits, what use do you suggest for large glass jars? (lemmy.fwgx.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Seems like a shame to throw away and must have a use.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I know you were probably joking, but as a PSA I will add that you NEVER dip any ‘bits’ or any body part in plaster in a closed, rigid container! 😬 A mold should be made with alginate, silicone, or other resilient material. The plaster is what would be poured into the mold afterwards, to make a casting. thanks.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Yep.

And if you knew it was bad, but didn’t know how bad:

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/oct/12/girl-loses-fingers-school-art

[–] CoggyMcFee 8 points 7 months ago

Oh my god, TIL it is that bad

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

A school was ordered to pay nearly £20,000 in fines and legal costs today after a pupil lost all but two of her fingers in an art lesson.

The penalty was increased on the Giles foundation school in Boston, Lincolnshire, because staff failed to report the "catastrophic" incident, involving plaster of paris, to the Health and Safety Executive.

WTF was it increased from, £2000? Maybe I'm just used to settlements in the hundreds of millions of USD but that seems insultingly low, even for 15 years ago.

Edit: OMG 2009 was fifteen years ago...

[–] Passerby6497 2 points 7 months ago

I don't know why I'm surprised that plaster can burn skin. My grandfather did construction and got a bit of cement in his boots one time while working, and it laid him up for days.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

This person molds