Re: acrylic cement

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com>

In a message dated 5/13/03 5:18:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

Hi all,

I must apologize about the confusion. I misread Dr. Resonance's
posting of "methylENE chloride" on the "acrylic cement" thread as
methyl chloride. I am no chemist and w/out doing a google search,
I have no idea of the danger or safety aspect of methylene chloride,
but I do know that methyl (w/out the ENE) chloride is some BADDD
stuff! I did not regognize my mistake until I had already posted the
letter. Again, I apologize for the confusion that I may have caused.

Sparkin' in Memphis,
David Rieben


>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

 >>>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.
 >>>