On 7/21/2010 2:04 PM, notbob wrote:
On 2010-07-21, Larry wrote:

Greenhouse friends of mine from the 1970s use acetone exclusively for
their orchid containers. All solvents which attack acrylic will damage
the surface and most work really well for glue. Acetone is thin, quick
drying, and has a very nice capillary action.shrug

Yeah. I guess I was just hallucinating when the whole class used it
in a Summer school crafts shop dedicated to working with Fiberglas.
Musta been from sniffing all that acetone.

Are there better solvents? Yes. MEK is fun, if you don't mind yer
kid being born with flippers. DCM, the primary solvent in Tap acrylic
cement. You checked the prices at Tap Plastics, lately? Bring $$$!!
Otherwise, acetone (which is no saint) works jes fine.

nb


Isn't the cleaning fluid that plumbers use to clean and prime PVC pipe
before gluing MEK based?
The stuff I have in my workshop is I'm sure.
I'll check and report back

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Kevin (Bluey)
"I'm not young enough to know everything."