Re: acrylic cement

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>

Hi Richard,

On 13 May 2003, at 16:19, Tesla list wrote:

 > Original poster: "Richard Wayne Wall by way of Terry Fritz 
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rwall-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com>
 >
 > Is it methyl chloride or methylene chloride?  Two distinct compounds.
 >
 > RWW

Agreed. I've used methylene chloride on both polycarbonate and PMMA
and chloroform on PMMA with equal success.

Malcolm

 >  > Dave's right --- only use this chemical outdoors --- and use care.
 >  >
 >  > Dr. Resonance
 >  >
 >  >  > >If you wish to make this solvent yourself it's 80% methylene chloride
 > and
 >  >  > >20% acetone.  Also used to cement together fireworks shells.
 >  >
 >  >  > One thing everyone should remeber when dealing with methyl
 >  >  > chloride is that this stuff is pretty highly toxic. As a professional
 >  >  > firefighter, I recognize this name as a bad hazardous material that
 >  >  > requires extensive de-tox if exposed to, even in seemingly insig-
 >  >  > nificant quantities. I'm sure rubber gloves, eye shields and extensive
 >  >  > ventillation are required to safely work with methyl chloride.
 >  >  >
 >  >
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