Re: [VFB] Calling all chemists

[Henk Verhaar]

On 5 Jan, 2006, at 1:13, David Murphy wrote: Lagavulin won't work either (bad for your liver, worse for your backcast). I seem to remember mixing a tiny bit of gasoline with a small piece of a foam cup to make head cement years back.  I suppose many plastics and solvents could potentially be candidates for a variety of tying goops.  Most are bound to be bad for liver but there are several inert organic substances in nature that work well. Henk knows this stuff.  Where IS the short one from the east side of the pond? Right here Murf. Yes toluene is the preferred Goop solvent/diluant. Xylene also works, is slightly less toxic, but also a little less volatile (good or bad, depending on your goal). Toluene is not terribly toxic, but will act as a narcotic when inhaled in large quantities (this is also known as sniffin glue...).  I doubt whether you could've made a head cement with polystyrene and gasoline, since gasoline won't readily dissolve it. there are better solvents to do that, such as ethyl acetate. Will make a nice, fast drying, hard (but brittle) finish. And Lagavulin is best reserved for dissolving biological materials (such as your innards...) =============================== ><(((((º> =============================== | Dr. Henk J.M. Verhaar             | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Ecotoxicoloog en vliegbinder      | tel:    035 656 2128              |  | Stichts End 17                    | mobiel: 06 26 136034              | | NL-1244 PK Ankeveen               | web:    www.xs4all.nl/~flyrod     | =============================== <º)))))>< ===============================