<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">Dean writes:<BR>
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Greetings, <BR>
I don't think it is a moisture dependant thing, but rather, a surface consideration. I have used a cotton Q-tip to spread some CA and the thing started smoking. I think it has to do with the CA wicking into a matrix that allows a lot of surface exposure,(perhaps on the molecular level?). <BR>
Regards, <BR>
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Ed Foote RPT<BR>
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