Re: acrylic cement

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Original poster: "S Gaeta by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <sgtporky-at-prodigy-dot-net>

Two different chemicals??...Thank God!!
I have accidently spilled methlene chloride on myself quite a few times at
my old job, and now these guys were beginning to worry me! Outside of these
bizzare yearnings to build useless circuits that make big sparks, I seem to
be OK :-).

The stuff seems to have hardly any surface tension, and splashes around more
than water with even the slightest movement, so it's easy to have
"accidents" with. Forget about those Latex gloves, the stuff just breaks
them right up! Rubber gloves worked fine (the black rubber). Eye shields and
proper ventilation are absolutely a must!

Sue

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Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: acrylic cement


 > 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
 >
 >  > 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.
 >  >  >
 >  >
 >
 >