From: Alan Lambert Lone Star Flyer Club Arlington, Texas Everybody, Acetone is used as a paint thinner and should not be used on Plastic. The best thing to do is use it sparingly.It does melt most plastics because I know from first hand use.Also keep it closed up or it will all evaporate overnight.(Put the lid back on). --- On Fri, 4/29/11, JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> wrote:
From: JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Dissolving Goo To: [email protected] Date: Friday, April 29, 2011, 12:48 PM My chemical expertise didn't continue past high school (although I should have taken chemistry in college instead of physics for my lab science, but eighteen year olds can't be told anything--they know it all already), but that makes sense, as if acetone is a solvent for Goo, the agent that evaporates from Goo is chemically similar if not identical. Most of the AM freight cars I bought from the Hoquat estate sale had the sheet steel weight Gooed to the floor, generously-applied, and each had warped accordingly. I had to pry them apart (no acetone on styrene!), scrape it all off, reshape the floors and re-Goo--very sparingly--while clamping the floor and weight together. So far it seems to have worked. Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > IIRC, Acetone should be what you want, though it will > adversely affect some plastics. > As, over time, will Goo- > I've learned from experience. Pliobond seems to be somewhat less > destructive, though I'd be cautious with either. > Stan Stokrocki [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
