Enlightenment

Diane Hofstetter dianepianotuner@hotmail.com
Sun, 24 Sep 2000 19:06:22 GMT


If, according to Newtons' wonderful technical discussion of how CA"S work, 
moisture is the main cause of curing, why can't one just spray with water as 
an accelerator?  That would be great! Cost effective and non-toxic.  (come 
to think of it, we have to go get water to drink every week :-((
Dian


>From: Leslie W Bartlett <lesbart1@juno.com>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: Enlightenment
>Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 13:26:44 -0500
>
>   One reason for not using the usual
> > accelerator, 1-1-1
> > Trichlorethelyne, (not sure about that spelling) is that it is toxic
> > and
> > causes the CA glue to emit highly toxic fumes.
>	If trichlorethelyne is actually an acellerator, it can be purchased for
>about $10 per quart at hardware stores, used as a solvent for cleaning.
>One of the local rebuilders uses it a lot to clean the green gunk out of
>bushings, since carbon tetrachloride isn't available.  If one is going to
>"accelerate" the CA glue, it's sure cheaper by the quart than the little
>one or two oz. bottles.
>les bartlett
>houston
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