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damn it, eyepharted, not hummus! do we have to elmwood up EVERYTHING?

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Thanks Malooga. Sounds like a cool post.

I would love to see fresh pressed stroopwafels (equipment is available at stroopwafelshop.com), millionaires shortbread, Spanish style hot chocolate, Nanaimo bars and Hoegaarden forbidden fruit. I can't wait for the VBM to open!

Codes can require more fire-resistance than tin ceilings offer, especially if living quarters are upstairs. This applied when a friend was creating a restaurant in Allentown; he convinced the inspectors that the paint on the tin was fire-resistant enough. Whether it really was, I don't know.

Under certain circumstances, the paint coating can contribute to the total fire resisting ability of certain assemblies. This is a little know product, but it's use is highly regulated and specialized. Underwriters Laboratories have approved it's use mostly on structural steel when left exposed. I am not sure if any assemblies using tin ceiling have been tested / approved. But conceptually it's possible.

INTUMESCENT PAINTS FIRE FIGHTING COATINGS Few people know about the most recent advances made in making a PAINT a fire fighter. And there are several reasons. It's a complicated subject. “Paint” is usually thought of first simply as “decorations”, rarely as part of fire protection. And fire-fighting paints are a very special kind. They cost more, and they rarely appear in the news. Consequently - many buildings superintendents, contractors, and even many experts such as fire marshals and building inspectors have yet to learn how well PAINT can function as a 24-hour fire-fighter.

But not just paint, of course! The key word to look for in the label is INTUMESCENT! That word marks a very special kind of fireretardant paint.

Just what does it mean?

It means that the paint does a lot more than simply decorate. At the first lick of a flame, the properly- coated surface that looks like any standard good quality paint job instantly starts to “intumescent”- to swell, to bulge-up into a solid foam. A film six mils thick (about 2 cigarette papers) will swell up to make almost an inch thick layer of black foam. With the first hot flash, on any surface protected by Intumescent paint the coating acts like bread rising or beer foaming - but much faster - and turns into a protective blanket.

Yep! That was the stuff, intumescent (sounds diseased) paint! I recall descriptions of how it would form a thick foam if heated. Seems like a good coating for cellar doors, bedroom doors, hallways, etc - something to slow down a fire.

Christa, Were you in Buffalo when Vito's was in action at Elmwood & Chippewa? They took a run down location in what was then a guestionable area, and transformed it into a real Buffalo destination. Saturday afternoon there was always a crowd. They had a unique product selection, especially hot sauces. This place will be successful if they have a quarter of the talent & inspiration that Vito & his family brought to the West Village.