Re: [Paddlewise] glue for minicell/polyethylene

From: Robert Cline <robtcline_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 22:21:01 -0500
>Be VERY careful with this stuff.  That's MEK for Methyl Ethyl Ketone.
>Always use this in well ventilated areas, preferably outdoors and upwind of
>it.  It will melt ABS, and I've seen situations where someone cleaned an
>area with MEK, slapped on the D ring patch and a week later had the outer
>hull begin to melt because some of the mek had absorbed into the abs and had
>nowhere to evaporate to...

What about acetone?  Isn't that di-methyl ketone?

Robert
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