OMU Member Allowing Ads Joined Oct 23, 2007 Messages 743 Location Norway Format Multi Format Jun 3, 2013 #1 Hello, I have made a t-shirt for my grandson with a picture of him made in cyanotype. And now there is an important question, could it be toxic or harmful for my grandson to use the shirt?
Hello, I have made a t-shirt for my grandson with a picture of him made in cyanotype. And now there is an important question, could it be toxic or harmful for my grandson to use the shirt?
Loris Medici Member Allowing Ads Joined Sep 13, 2005 Messages 1,154 Location Istanbul, Tu Format Multi Format Jun 3, 2013 #2 Absolutely not. Prussian Blue is totally harmless... It's used orally for heavy metal poisoning.
Gerald C Koch Member Allowing Ads Joined Jul 12, 2010 Messages 8,129 Location Southern USA Format Multi Format Jun 3, 2013 #3 Prussian Blue is also responsible for the color of blue jeans.
ambaker Member Allowing Ads Joined May 6, 2011 Messages 661 Location Missouri, US Format Multi Format Jun 3, 2013 #4 Having survived being liberally painted with Prussian Blue, as part of a Navy "Blue Nose" initiation for crossing the arctic circle, I can attest that there are no ill effects. Stains for days yes, illness no.
Having survived being liberally painted with Prussian Blue, as part of a Navy "Blue Nose" initiation for crossing the arctic circle, I can attest that there are no ill effects. Stains for days yes, illness no.
Tom1956 Inactive Allowing Ads Joined May 6, 2013 Messages 1,989 Location US Format Large Format Jun 3, 2013 #5 Seems like first time you washed it, it would be ruined, imo.
heterolysis Member Allowing Ads Joined Sep 21, 2012 Messages 173 Location Hamilton Format Multi Format Jun 4, 2013 #6 You can liberate hydrogen cyanide from Prussian blue...but the chemicals you'd need to do so would be more dangerous to him than the cyanide itself
You can liberate hydrogen cyanide from Prussian blue...but the chemicals you'd need to do so would be more dangerous to him than the cyanide itself
OP OP OMU Member Allowing Ads Joined Oct 23, 2007 Messages 743 Location Norway Format Multi Format Jun 4, 2013 #7 Thanks