You've gotto be careful about anything thatuses various petroleum distillates or hydrocarbons assolvents as to containers. Things that contain toluene, xylene, etc. as solvents are murder on plastics such as polystyrene, ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styreen copolymer), etc. If you have to use a plastic bottle, the best bets are polyethylene and polypropylene. both are hazy looking materials, so translucent, not transparent. Polyethylene tends to be more flexible than polypropylene. That being said, when I thin materials such as GOOP with toluene, or E-6000 with tetrachloroethylene, I always use a glass container and apply the material with either a bodkin or a disposable crafts-type paint brush. Glass is always a better vapor barrier than palstic. Standard safety precautions: Use these materials only in a well ventilated work space.
Gary Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Gary Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I found out something unpleasant about Softex. If you put it in a plastic
container, it will melt/disolve the container.
I put some in a small squeeze bottle last night thinking it would make
application for epoxy substitute heads easier. When I went to my tying
desk this morning, the bottle was colapsed and about to unload its contents
onto my desk.
I would hate to see the mess that I would have faced had I wait another few
hours before I found it.
Anyone have a similar experience?
I would like to find a substitute for epoxy that isn't so volatile.
- Gary
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