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Here is an example of a fire protection spray where the container clearly presents a fire hazard.

 8) Top Gun

helius:

--- Quote from: GlennSprigg on March 14, 2021, 12:30:52 pm ---It is NOT a fire-extinguisher as such, but a product that once sprayed/dried onto some surface, then that 'surface' now resists fire!
However, the initial can contents contains some sort of hydrocarbon chemical too, to act as the initial propellant from the can.
Further however, there's a problem with the nozzle etc in initially 'releasing' the contents, so the can itself could still be mostly
full, (including the probably flammable propellant!), so if disposed of in a fire, it could blow up!   8)

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What you're describing is something different, which is called an intumescent firestop spray. 3M has about a dozen of these for sale.

The product in the recall has no propellant (it sprays product from a bag pressurized by surrounding nitrogen inside the can) and does not have any effect when dried, it is a fire smothering foam.

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