CA Accelerator question

[RAdams]

is accelerator and acetone the same animal? I could swear that i read somewhere that acetone is what is normally used as accelerator for CA? Or is it a de-bonder?

 

[thewishman]

Acetone = debonder

 

[snyiper]

I used to mist water on CA to accelerate it.

 

[Sylvanite]

This is one of life's little mysteries. Acetone works as both an accelerator and as a debonder.

According to the MSDS, E-Z Bond regular accelerator is about 68% acetone, 15% propane, and 14% n-butane. Oddly, the MSDS for the mild accelerator gives the same formula although the two are definitely different. The debonder is pure acetone.

Regards,
Eric

 

[srf1114]

there is a video of someone using BLO ( boiled linseed oil) as a CA accelerator.

How well does that work?

 

[Padre]

BLO works great.

 

[THarvey]

Acetone is the primary ingredient in accelerator.

 

[RAdams]

So, would straight acetone work for accelerating CA? In a mist type situation, like with the accelerator bottle?

 

[Jgrden]

I used to mist water on CA to accelerate it.

 

[gr8danish]

The GOOD accelerator is %100 N-butyl, but is usually pretty expensive.