<br><br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/25/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">John Delacour</b> <<a href="mailto:JD@pianomaker.co.uk">JD@pianomaker.co.uk</a>> wrote:</span></div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">At 21:42 -0600 24/10/07, John Dorr wrote:<br><br>>Twice now I've heard that inhalation of CA vapors causes an <br>>accumulation of toxins ("ISOs" the guy at the paint store calls<br>>them)...<br><br>I'm no chemist and most paint stores round here don't have a resident<br>chemist.  I think your guy is confusing isocyanates with <br>cyanoacrylates.  A Google search for either of these terms will lead<br>to a wealth of information on the hazards of either.<br><br>JD</blockquote> <div> </div> <div>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! </div> <div>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! </div> <div>I don't believe we have anything to be concerned about.</div> <div>Mike<br><br>-- <br>Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.-- Albert Einstein<br><br><br><br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br> <a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div>