Hazards of CA glues

[gordon stelter]

Might as well wear your carbon-filter mask "just to be
on the safe side" and safety goggles. Get the type
without vent holes ( or tape over them ) and that will
help keep the vapors out of your eyes.  And use the
vinyl disposable gloves (  not latex or nitrile )
because they do not stick together as fast, if some
gets on them.

     G






--- Michael Magness <IFixPianos at yahoo.com> wrote:

> On 10/25/07, John Delacour <JD at pianomaker.co.uk>
> wrote:
> 
> > At 21:42 -0600 24/10/07, John Dorr wrote:
> >
> > >Twice now I've heard that inhalation of CA vapors
> causes an
> > >accumulation of toxins ("ISOs" the guy at the
> paint store calls
> > >them)...
> >
> > I'm no chemist and most paint stores round here
> don't have a resident
> > chemist.  I think your guy is confusing
> isocyanates with
> > cyanoacrylates.  A Google search for either of
> these terms will lead
> > to a wealth of information on the hazards of
> either.
> >
> > JD
> 
> 
> I had the occasion to CA the tuning pins on a Wurly
> spinet for an Army
> family transferred here from Alaska. I was
> explaining the procedure and used
> the term CA to the wife, then stopped to explain it
> was Superglue but in a
> different form. She looked me in the eye and said
> yes I know, I'm a chemical
> engineer!
> The point of this story is she, her 2 daughters and
> 6 month old baby were in
> close proximity when I did the CA treatment and she
> was unconcerned about
> the fumes, except to help me set up my fan to keep
> my eyes from watering too
> badly!
> I don't believe we have anything to be concerned
> about.
> Mike
> 
> -- 
> Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for
> tomorrow. The important thing
> is to not stop questioning.-- Albert Einstein
> 
> 
> 
> Michael Magness
> Magness Piano Service
> 608-786-4404
> www.IFixPianos.com
> email mike at ifixpianos.com
> 


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