Quotes are from Bill Bremmer: >CA stands for CyanoAcrylate. It was first used by the medical profession. In I don't believe that's the first use, but surgeons et al. do use it "all the time". My recollection (from reading the reprints of Popular Science articles Dryburg sent out with the glue years ago) is that the glue was developed for its optically clear characteristics, bonding glass and/or plexiglass together. >The glue itself is not toxic > The accelerator however is another story. The fumes from the glue are VERY toxic. Proper ventilation is absolutely necessary if you're using alot, i.e. when one uses it to "dope" an entire pinblock. Otherwise you'll get very dizzy, and do damage to your liver. If you get CA glue on >your skin and the accelerator comes into contact with it, it will burn you >because the quick chemical chain reaction will cause heat. Yes indeed, I have two fingers which were badly burned by CA; once the "heating season" is upon us the skin is terribly dry and breaks very easily. My dermitologist said many surgeons have a similar allergic reaction to CA. So they make their young "resident" colleages apply the stuff, until they get allergic (or burned) too. >Bill Bremmer RPT >Madison, Wisconsin
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