hunh. I've seen it at craft stores, but not hardware.
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence <sa...@pobox.com> wrote:
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> leaking pen wrote:
>> try searching cyanoacrylate accelerator
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> Sigh... OK, yes, I should have done that to start with. Actually I
> rather hoped there was some interesting tale behind the disappearance
> which someone here would know.
>
> So it appears the stuff is still available mail order, from some places
> -- but why'd it disappear from retail store shelves? 20 years ago it
> was in the glue section of every hardware store I shopped in. It
> certainly seems like something happened and I still don't know what.
> Quote from one page:
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> "I finally ran out of Zip Kicker and the hobby shop I purchased it from
> originally is long gone. All the local hobby shops fail to carry it as
> well."
>
> No explanation, and none of the replies mentioned any explanation; just
> a statement of what I've already observed.
>
> And, I should add, a lot of alternatives for use as accelerators were
> mentioned, including baking soda and white glue, which I didn't know
> about. Useful info, maybe.
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