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regiment

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super glue
« on: June 01, 2013, 11:10:04 am »

   in my shed yesterday I was making the sails for my  new yacht  using nylon cord and a piece of coloured nylon from an old sun umbrella and the white painted mast I went to use my super glue as soon as the glue hit the items fumes started to appear I just happened to breath in at that moment result. landed in bed with a head ache and the world spinning. slept  for 6 hours spinning gone still have head ache any body else have this happen to them 
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Re: super glue
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2013, 11:59:44 am »

Unless the labels dropped of Regiment, it normally warns of using in a poor air circulation environment. You get fumes off it when using it to "Harden" Balsa. Make sure you're in fresh air next time. Take care.
 
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Re: super glue
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2013, 01:33:06 pm »

Nylon cord always fumes badly, it also gets very hot while the glue is setting. Using cyno on any surface will produce fumes, so as Circlip has said use in a well ventilated space.
 
Hope you are feeling better now
 
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Re: super glue
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2013, 03:16:27 pm »

Cyano is non toxic....BUT , the fumes can irritate mucous membranes, can causes blocked sinuses, this can very rarely cause mild dizzyness

( usually there would have to be something wrong before hand to have a serious sinus reaction , such as a background condition causing synus probems that may not be bad enough to notice)

This can not happen as easily if used in a well ventilated place or an area with high humidity 

Just use in ventilated conditions and/or high humidity and there will be no problems with the irritant nature of the fumes


Are you sure the thread didnt contain cotton?, there is a very highly exothermic reaction between cotton and cyanoacrylate, most other fibers are not as fast cure

Most of the problems ever found in headaches or similar are dust allergies due to the cyano setting in the air and being inhaled as dust, in a high humidity area the cyano bonds with moisture and is too heavy to float around and stays lower down

Or you could use an odourless cyano such as our StarLoc Instatite Odourless , its a different chemical, it has no vapour as the molecules are too heavy to float up into the air, another advantage of the odourless is that it can also be used without any white fogging on surfaces you bond
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Re: super glue
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2013, 09:30:05 pm »

This is a true story that happened to a member of our boat club on Wed.
Some fittings had come loose on his Minesweeper.
As he always does he takes the nozzle off his superglue container
and dips a cocktail stick in the top to collect a small amount of glue,
you guessed it. He knocked the container over got his hands
 and trouser leg drenched in superglue. luckily his wife had just
 finished the washing up as he ran in from the shed so he could
wash his hands and leg where the glue had landed with soapy water,
 unlucky for him he was wearing nylon socks and the reaction
with the glue burned his leg, which is still very red and weeping.
 I have told him on more than 1 occasion,leave the nozzle on,
 squeeze a small amount of glue on an old dish
and then dip the cocktail stick into that.
I think he be more careful next time.
But I did,nt say I told you so he feels bad enough as it is.
Just goes to show treat Super glue with respect.

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Re: super glue
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2013, 02:05:55 pm »

  thanks for your replys i will certainly be more carefull  regiment
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