Reading about the use of accelerants to harden CA glues used in woodturning leads me to ask the question, 'How slow do they cure _without_ the accelerants?"
I was under the impression that CA glues set in a matter of seconds, are there any with longer 'open cup' times?
Are accelerants use to harden the glue after it has set, as opposed to making it set in the first place?
Under the proper set of circumstances, the stuff cures rapidly. However all is not always optimum, and it sometimes pays to accelerate the setting. Acid woods are one cause of slow curing that give turners fits. Put the stuff in the hairline crack, it obligingly disappears, you wait thirty seconds and flip on the switch. Then notice the hairs on your arm have become gravity sensitive, because the glue flowed out and was flung onto your arm. If you stand in front of spinning things, worse can happen. Better to give a shot of accelerant to make sure. Sometimes you fill a crack inside, and it comes out anyway
The sell slow glues which are, I would assume for filling more open areas.
Fred, The thick CA glues can take several minutes to cure. Tony Manella
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That's available as well. So you can get something set up, and then spray it.
Yes, I've checked out the ads for CA glues. Some just say 'slow' without saying how slow, those that say 'slow and give some indication of time do say 30-50 seconds to bond, or something like that.
Maybe I'm not very impatient but ISTM that one minute to bond is _fast_ relative to other thngs in life but evidently that is about a slow as CA glues get.
Hmm, that was what I had in mind but ITSTM that typically it would take longer tha 30-50 seconds to set something up. It would be very useful to have something that would tack only but not set for several minutes, until sprayed with the accellerant.
Have you collected yet?
It sure makes some dumb people sweat a lot. :-)
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