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CA and debonder- a no-no!

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Posted by Silver on Thursday, February 16, 2017 11:34 AM

If you go to a doctor w/ your bonded fingers he will 1st use a water treatment to Debond your finger.

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Posted by Silver on Thursday, February 16, 2017 11:30 AM

Try water.

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Posted by the doog on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 8:36 AM

Tanker - Builder

Aha ;

 Now you know Don . That's why I keep a gallon of Lacquer thinner around . So I can just dip the affected fingers in there  .Sorry you learned about de-bonder that way though .  T.B.

 

Oh my god, NO! I would not recommend that AT ALL. Lacquer thinner is HIGHLY toxic and will permeate your skin instantly.

People don't realize that your skin is the largest actual "organ" of your body. When you drop something on it or soak your skin/fingers in something, your skin absorbs it. Lacquer thinner is a known, and highly toxic, carcinogen. DO NOT continue this practice.

Even acetone is no better, but if you get your fingers stuck, you would be better to use a Q-tip and sparingly use the tip to gently dissolve the bond.

We who work around these highly-toxic chemicals for sake of producing the models that we love need to remember that these chemicals can build up and kill is over time. Please take this seriously, guys! Surprise

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Posted by ardvark002 on Monday, February 6, 2017 8:49 PM
Thx Don,
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Posted by Silver on Friday, January 27, 2017 3:14 PM

Water is the enemy of those types of glues.If you glue plastic w/ these types of giues and submerse it in water.Then it will loosen bond.

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Posted by Silver on Friday, January 27, 2017 3:09 PM

Put your bonded fingers to cold distilled water and it will deboned in a few min.

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Posted by Red Jack on Thursday, January 26, 2017 2:21 PM

Having spent some time building balsa models (R/C), I have gotten CA on my fingers a time or two.  I used acetone to clean it off and it did a fine job. I am sure too much acetone on your skin hurts you.  Now I rarely use CA.

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Posted by Tanker - Builder on Sunday, December 25, 2016 11:03 AM

Aha ;

 Now you know Don . That's why I keep a gallon of Lacquer thinner around . So I can just dip the affected fingers in there  .Sorry you learned about de-bonder that way though .  T.B.

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Friday, December 23, 2016 4:48 PM

My buddy's daughter used ca on one eye a long time ago when she was about 7ish. She's in her mid 20s now and can still recall the pain... oh my the pain!!!

 

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Posted by midnightprowler on Friday, December 23, 2016 4:29 PM

Don, if it happens again, use acetone, or nail polish remover with acetone. Don't ask me how I know, lol.

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Posted by Toshi on Friday, December 23, 2016 3:27 PM

Thanks for the tip sir!  Sorry it was at your expense.

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Posted by fermis on Friday, December 23, 2016 2:02 PM

I did that once...but I was like 9Stick out tongue

I remember a post from a while back, about the burning from the debonder. 

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Posted by PFJN on Friday, December 23, 2016 12:01 PM

Ouch. Indifferent

Thanks for letting us know this "painful" lessons learned.

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Posted by patrick206 on Friday, December 23, 2016 11:59 AM

Good to know, Don. Thanks for the info, nice of you to share it.

Patrick

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CA and debonder- a no-no!
Posted by Don Stauffer on Friday, December 23, 2016 9:48 AM

I did one of those frequent goofs yesterday.  Glued the tips of my thumb and index finger together.  I happened to have my debonder out on the desktop.  "No sweat," I thought.  I managed to get a few drops on the join.  Not only did it not work, after a minute or two it began to burn.  Ouch!  I finally had to call my wife down to the workshop and we took a scalpel and managed to cut the join apart with little loss of skin.  But even the small amount of skin lost made the burning worse. That happened in the morning.  It still burned in the evening.

Never again!  Debonder and flesh are a no-no!

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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