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Gaps and Cracks Insulating Sealant with Quick Stop Straw thermal or sound insulation materials

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jan 22, 2018. A report isn’t a recall.

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At a glance

From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Jan 22, 2018the latest report was made
  • Jan 22, 2018the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
Gaps and Cracks Insulating Sealant with Quick Stop Straw
Maker
The Dow Chemical CompanyMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Thermal or sound insulation materialsCPSC’s product type: Thermal or Sound Insulation Materials (code 1803), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Building Materials & Home Structures

By month

1 report from February 2017 to January 2018; the most in January 2018, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
January 20181

How badly anyone was hurt

  • Hurt, no treatment 1 CPSC: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received

As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.

The reports, as CPSC published them

Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.

Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. Hurt, no treatment

    Made Jan 22, 2018, sent to the company Jun 6, 2018, published by CPSC Jun 20, 2018

    The product, in the report: Foam Insulation Sealant Dow makes great stuff Great stuff Had trouble getting liquid off her hands & fingers. Washed them for 4 days before started to come off. Consumer tried to peel off but it took some skin off fingers with it. 2 cans store did not refond her the money because 2 cans were out of date. Store only refunded what she bought earlier. The woman who answered the phone told consumer not to peel off the product after the fact. She said it took her a week to get it off her hands. Consumer feels it is not safe. Before she talked to her consumer tried everything to get it off. It took some of her skin off with it. She is lucking she is older (73yrs.) if a kid gets at it what would happen.

    1/18/2018: The consumer used the product for more than 5 minutes. She was wearing gloves while using it. However, both pairs of gloves fell off of her hands. The consumer bent over and picked up the gloves using both hands. Her fingers turned bright red after touching the substance, which was on the outside of the gloves. The consumer tried to remove the residue off of her hands using soap and water and she tried mineral oil, but none of these worked.

    She went to the retailer and their rep. suggested nail-polish remover, which she tried, but that did not work.

    1/19/2018: The consumer called the manufacturer and reported her incident and their rep. (name unknown) told her that it had to come off on it’s own. The rep. also said it was non-toxic.

    The consumer said that the warnings (listed in the link below) should provide details on how to effectively remove the substance from the skin.

    http://msdssearch.dow.com/PublishedLiteratureDOWCOM/dh_095d/0901b8038095d125.pdf?filepath=styrofoam/pdfs/noreg/179-15047.pdf&fromPage=GetDoc

    The consumer has not been to a doctor so far.

    UPC
    0 74985 00154 3
    Serial number
    D2226A2001
    Where
    Niagra Falls, New York: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Female
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand Gaps and Cracks Insulating Sealant with Quick Stop Straw, made or sold by The Dow Chemical Company
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.

    Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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