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Re: HV Oil & Neon Glueing Perspex [methylene cloride]
From: DR.RESONANCE[SMTP:DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net]
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 1997 12:06 AM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: HV Oil & Neon Glueing Perspex [methylene cloride]
To: Tesla List
Methylene Chloride mixed 50/50 with xylene will work best. Pyrotechnic
people use this mixture to cement the newer style plastic shells together.
If you dissolve some small pieces of plastic in the mixture first it is
even stronger. Again --- as someone mentioned -- the fumes are very
noxious.
DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net
>
> From: Alfred A. Skrocki[SMTP:alfred.skrocki-at-cybernetworking-dot-com]
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 1997 3:04 AM
> To: Tesla List
> Subject: Re: HV Oil & Neon Glueing Perspex [methylene cloride]
>
> On Monday, September 15, 1997 9:23 PM Geoff Schecht
> [SMTP:geoffs-at-onr-dot-com] wrote;
>
> > That's one that I forgot about! Methylene chloride will dissolve just
about
> > any plastic including some epoxies. It's a suspected carcinogen so it
> > should be handled with lots of ventilation and kept off of the skin.
>
> Not only is it a suspected carcinogen, but breathing it's vapors can
> be lethal! Back when I worked in a medical research lab, we used
> methylene chloride to but mice, dogs and monkeys to sleep before
> dissection. It worked all too good! Always use forced air ventilation
> when working with this stuff!
>