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- Subject: Re: Attaching Plastic Windows
- Message-ID: <BxL76n.M2G@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz>
- From: kaiser@elec.canterbury.ac.nz (Chris Kaiser)
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 04:59:11 GMT
- References: <1992Nov9.211516.21668@mlb.semi.harris.com> <69235@cup.portal.com>
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- In article <69235@cup.portal.com>, sbixby@cup.portal.com (Steven W Bixby) writes:
- >
- > Believe it or not, I get my fastest/easiest/usually-the-best results
- > with CA. The trick is to wick very small amounts of thin glue along the
- > edges. You must let the glue dry when there's very little of it to prevent
- > the 'milking' of the plastic. A very good fit of the plastic is important.
- >
- > What causes the milking, is when large amounts of glue start to cure
- > quickly, and emits noxious fumes... Sort of like sympathetic detonation
- > (I think this is the correct phrase), the glue in large quantities starts
- > to cure and the heating catalytic action helps the surrounding glue cure
- > also, and it literally goes up in smoke. But if you use small amounts,
- > it doesn't smoke much if at all. Putting the canopy/plastic windows on
- > this way takes more than a couple of minutes, but the results are
- > pretty d**n good, and strong to boot.
-
- I've been told that the odourless CA's (e.g. UFO, Jet Free, and possibly others)
- are good for canopies and don't cause them to fog, but I haven't tried it myself.
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- Chris Kaiser
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- Postgrad, Elec. Eng. Dept.
- University of Canterbury
- Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND
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