What dollar value do you place on having your liver work? CA glue when curing can emit cyanide gas. Trichloroethylene is highly toxic. I use CA, but in drops, not ounces. "Trike" I don't use at all. Somehow the pianos still survive, and so do I. Susan -------------------------------------- At 01:26 PM 09/24/2000 -0500, you wrote: > 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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