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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 11310525, member: 36"]If it's celluloid, that's not impossible. It's highly flammable.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd take some baking soda and a q-tip, or just a good thumb, to those and find out. Mothball smell = camphor = celluloid. Formaldehyde = PHEW! = catalin/bakelite. If the cotton swab turns red or the color of the plastic, it's dyed something but bakelite it's not. The mirror is big enough that I'd start with a hard rubbing with my thumb; heat and friction can raise a stink too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 11310525, member: 36"]If it's celluloid, that's not impossible. It's highly flammable. I'd take some baking soda and a q-tip, or just a good thumb, to those and find out. Mothball smell = camphor = celluloid. Formaldehyde = PHEW! = catalin/bakelite. If the cotton swab turns red or the color of the plastic, it's dyed something but bakelite it's not. The mirror is big enough that I'd start with a hard rubbing with my thumb; heat and friction can raise a stink too.[/QUOTE]
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