[Jewelry making - Article 00543] - Re: [Orchid] Super Glues health Hazards

[Terri May]

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    Super-glues and their associated fumes aren't great for you
    (watering eyes if too close, etc.), but you couldn't pay me enough
    to use zip-kicker!  That stuff HAS to be horribly toxic!! 

    A much better alternative to zip-kicker is baking soda powder, so
    long as you don't mind a slight thickening of the glue-exposed area
    due to the film of powder.  Just sprinkle the baking soda over the
    already-glued-joined-together pieces along the exposed glueline.  It
    will effectively cure the cyanoacrylate from the edges of the
    exposed glueline.  One caveat -- baking soda also really hardens the
    superglue, so be aware that if you need to subsequently file or sand
    the area, it will be much stronger/harder than what you are used to. 

    I use Zap-A-Gap -- it seems to cure faster than the traditional
    runny superglues, and I can still use the "baking soda kicker" if I
    need to. 

    Terri - by the beach in San Clemente, where the sun has finally come
    out for a lovely day. 



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