Prep of Sub-Rail

I was told by the head guy at St Clair adhesives (Valleys old glue supplier) that the actual chemical solvent for contact cement is Toluene. Mineral spirits and laquer thinner and a number of other stuff will do clean up but Toluene (also called toluol or Xylol) will completely dissolve contact cement. Try some in a mason jar with your funkiest glue brush overnight. You'll be amazed.

Mr Penguin

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OTLB said:
I will start with saying this, On GC 3 and above you should fill the cavity of the floating nut and sand smooth so down the road it will hold better. One of my tricks you might say. Can't you always tell when the ball hits that spot on the rail,(flub) starts to loosen there alot. Ok everybody jump on it.

The other thing I didn't see in previous posts is that you need to use a respirator even if in a well ventilated area(which means not the persons house). You should also look at the MSDS sheet for whatever product your using. Keep your respirator in a closed bag when not in use.

When you look at the MSDS sheet(available online) you aint gonna like it and if your customers ever look at it you could be in trouble(big) for using it in their house. Probably a good thing for me to mention on my website now that I am thinking about it.

People will appreciate you taking them back to your shop(more money for you) and I don't know who mentioned something about telling old guys in a senior center that this glue is toxic or whatever and they couldn't watch was joking but it aint no joke.

Glue is BAD for you!!!!!!!!!!! real bad!!!! and is usually the case, the better its works the worse it is for you. My brother was President of the NATIONAL Safety Council in this country and worked for P+G in charge of HEALTH and when he saw the glue I was using he told me all about it.

Don't wait until your old to know its bad for you, READ the MSDS sheets on whatever you use. They are also updated once a year.
What do you do to replace a floating nut plate in the rail after you fill it in like this? I know I'd be pissed if I ran into a set of Brunswick rails with the cavities filled in, and had a nut plate that had to be replace, now pissed I'd be depends on what you filled it in with...what do you use?

Glen
 
scruffy1 said:
Here is what we use. Totally flat when rubber is in it . Use a roller
right across the top!
Scruffy that is brilliant, I honestly never thought of that. I F'N love this forum, in 6 months I have learned so much.
 
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