See model airplane sites - Re: Cyanoacrylate and baking soda (was Re: Multimeter recomendations)

On 14/10/10 02:11, fjgjr1 at aol.com wrote: Oh, cyanoacrylates are fun! Especially... * Sticking things together with them, then realising you need to do make a few 'final adjustments' with a power tool. Hit it with the Dremel... and you get a cloud of dust and fume which makes chopping onions seem like a fun occupation! * Gluing your fingers to whatever you're working on, the desk, the drill, etc. Thank $DEITY for acetone, Pacer Z7 Debonder and Swarfega! * The inevitable splattering. Thin CA mixes are evil. Thicker mixes (like ZAP Thick-CA) not so much. * Exothermic reactions when you glue your fingers together, then immediately hit them with debonder. That's right kids, the debonder acts as a partially-effective accelerant... Truth be told, I prefer epoxies, they're much easier to handle, if a lot slower to set. I keep a good stock of Araldite Rapid resin and Milliput epoxy putty on hand... But yeah, the bicarb-and-superglue trick works great. Just make sure you use a thin CA mix, the thicker ones don't work as well, and Superglue Gel doesn't work at all if memory serves. -- Phil. classiccmp at philpem.me.uk http://www.philpem.me.uk/