Re: [SPAM] Re: Adhesive formula (i know... been beaten to death)

From: Brett Sanborn <08bdsanb_at_alma.edu>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:12:46 -0400

I stopped using plasticizer a few years ago and will never go back to it.

I actually have about 150ml of DOP that I can bring to USIC if anyone
wants it.

Brett Sanborn

Max Zaluska wrote:
>
>
> Glue shouldn't be an issue.. where are you getting that killer balsa
> should be.
>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>, "Bill Gowen"
> <b.gowen_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > Geez...
> > I go to the hardware store, buy a tube of Duco, build models, models
> fly, models stay together, models win contests occasionally. Why does
> this have to be so hard?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bruce McCrory
> > To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 10:16 PM
> > Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: Adhesive formula (i know... been
> beaten to death)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > TCP is a standard plasticizer for Ambroid - 3 -4 drops per oz. I
> ordered a 12 pack (Ambroid) from Horizon and sold about half. My cost
> was $4.25 each. Unless you use it for outdoor, a couple 3.2 oz go
> forever. Sigment is supposed to be the same. Duco no longer acts the same.
> >
> > Here's what I did first (after not finding any in stores):
> > 1. The official homebrew is 1 ping-pong ball (were celluloid) per 1
> oz of acetone. I tracked down the official approved world champs brand
> at 3-star (quality only) who say the formula (colloid) is same as
> 1952, eg. cellulose nitrate. These balls are about $5 - $6 each.
> >
> > 1.5 Cheap chinese balls are vinyl, stick if you like white dusty
> stuff at the joint, and have a 3x glue joint face to work with. Pretty
> bad.
> >
> > 2. Celluloid trinkets are all over the place, in people's
> collections of pre-1955 memorabilia.
> >
> > 3. Order Ambroid if you are a purist and bum some Peck Polymers TCP
> from another flyer.
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>, "polymicroboy"
> <polymicroboy_at_> wrote:
> > >
> > > But my interest is in an Ambroid/Duco formula that I used in the
> past that included TCP,DOP,TDP,LMNOP,AFL-CIO or something like that as
> placticizers that worked well enough for me.
> > >
> > > Archive searches haven't produced what I remember and hoping
> someone remembers something similar they might share the recipe.
> > >
> > > OR
> > >
> > > if you have something better...howaboutdat?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > KP
> > >
> >
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