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I was recently reading the back of my mouthwash bottle, and it said "Avoid contact with plastics containing Polystyrene" and i couldn't resist pouring some onto a piece of polystryene i had...a few days later it had turned into a small hard piece of plastic that smelt of mouthwash. I'm wondering what happened, and why it does this... the ingredients in the mouthwash are: Water, Isopropyl Myristate, Mentha Arvensis, Eugenia Caryophyllus, Sorbitol, Sodium Saccharin, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Flouride, Cetylpyridinium Chloride, Triclosan, 2-Bromo-2-Nitropropane-1, 3-Diol, Cl 42053, Cl 42090, Cl 47005, Cl61565 Also, i was wondering why this type of plastic glue, also seems to do the same to polystyrene, but it dissolves it in a few seconds.
Re: Mouthwash + Polystyrene = Small lump of plastic???
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