Re: [CBQ] Clear Liquid Cement

["MALCOLM GAULD via groups.io" <malcolm.gauld=btinternet.com@groups.io>]

Hi John,

One of the original liquid plastic model glues that was available in the UK was MEKpac, The MEK standing for Methyl Ethyl Ketone it has a strong smell and should not be used in enclosed spaces.

Not sure what the active compound is in Testors, Humbrol's liquid poly is used, as you describe, drop a very small amount into a join and it is drawn by capillary action along the seam.

Regards

Malcolm Gauld

Aberdeen

Scotland

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From: "john swearingen via groups.io" <johnswearingen90=yahoo.com@groups.io>
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Sent: Saturday, 1 Oct, 22 At 12:12
Subject: [CBQ] Clear Liquid Cement

CLEAR LIQUID CEMENT

My feeling is that most of the guys on this list are also into model railroading. So I don’t feel out of place asking about asking a modeling question:

I know that the recommended way of binding polystyrene plastic pieces is with Testors liquid cement. However I, myself, encountered something I liked better a few years ago. It was loaned to me by a fellow modeler. It was a clear liquid in a small glass bottle. One applied it with a small, fine- hair brush. One dipped the brush into the clear liquid then simply touched the seam between the two polystyrene pieces to be bonded. When one did that one could actually see the minute amount of liquid flow, capillary style, down the seam. Then, set it aside for a couple of hours and one would have a very strong, very NEAT bond. Now, I want to know wat that liquid was because I found it much easier and neater to use than the Testors liquid cement. The man who supplied me with that clear liquid was much younger so I thought I had a lot of time to ultimately learn the name of it. Well, as usual, God just laughed. The fellow is now deceased and I don’t know who else to ask what this liquid was. The only tip I can give beside how to use it is this: it had a very toxic, noxious smell to it. The only time I I have smelled anything like it was when new carpet was being laid at my place of work in Kansas City back in 1976. The smell was very similar. In fact, it was so noxious one felt certain that it was a health hazard to breathe it. Well, I survived that place of work and I survived using the entire amount of the clear liquid supplied to me by that fellow modeler. My thinking is that this stuff was designed for a use other than model railroading. Can anyone on this list answer this?

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