Was just at my local Lowes.
So far MEK is in stock, but on CLEARANCE for $5.50 per gallon because Lowes is no longer going to sell it.
( and I just paid $4.40 plus tax for a teeny little bottle of Plastruct with MEK. [bnghead][bnghead][bnghead]
Buy while you can.
Sure am glad the EPA is looking out for my safety.[whstl]
Hmmm…wonder how long we can buy paint?
While at Loews buying up their discontinued MEK , I purchased a 3M respirator rated for MEK and heavy rubber gloves.
I already own goggles and a face shield .
Won’t be working with it till spring as I need to set up a paint booth for ventilation, make assembly jigs, buy 4 view plans , make armor plate hull patterns for cutting sheet plastic.
Much obliged about the info.
I will be reviewing chemical data sheets and FSM archives for MEK safety suggestions.
Ah, Nuts…
The stuff ain’t THAT toxic, fer cryin’ out loud… It’s freakin’ glue, not a Mustard Gas…
Hans:
No worries.
Consider it a legal “Disclaimer” [;)]
I bought the gloves and respirator mask for decanting the stuff.
Unfortunately, I always manage to spill liquids during such operations.[:$]
We use MEK in small quantities. PPE consists of nitrile gloves. No respirators used.
Reid
Thanks !
Tsk, tsk… [8ball]
Sigh…
You haven’t watched me handling / transferring liquids.[:$]
Cheaper than a quarter or half-mask and filters too…
Hans, the containers could be linked together and the the connections sealed and I’d still manage to spill something.
The respirator will be good for other stuff too…
Expect so, always a chance of a spill.
A few years ago, a small tin of Dykem Layout Dye was knocked to the floor of my workshop…
Whew!
Could have used a mask during clean up / room venting.
Very smelly stuff.
We are a tenant on an AFB. The AF has pretty much discontinued it’s use but, since our TMs call for it with no suitable sub, we stock it but have to follow their rules. It gets pretty stupid…
At the bench, I don’t have vapor problems and have started wearing eye protection pretty much all of the time I am working with chemicals and pointy things after a couple of close calls
Back in the day we used to wash our hands with MEK, Toulene, PD-680 and any other stuff that could cut the crud. No wonder I glow in the dark.
If you haven’t grown three heads by now, then Hans must be right.
I think you should be able to find it at HOBBY LOBBY .I have laminated with it, turned odd amounts into filler putty by dropping chopped sprue in it ad infinitum .I think you wouldlike it as the odor factor is slight .As for safety glasses , well , I work a lot of brass for a client and I don,t want to have to deal with chips in the eyes which have contacts on them .The gloves are another matter now . I do use the gloves that my doctor recommended for me and they are great -No finger marks on stuff ! The TESTORS glue bottle is kinda tall so put a 1/25 scale truck tire around it to prevent spills . And don,t use that MEK anything .I hed some left from a fiberglass job and knocked it over , Before I realised it I had a ruined GEARING hull ! Spare hulls aren,t an easy thing to accumulate!! Well , good luck and catchya later----tankerbuilder .
Thanks for the info, tankbuilder.
Small amounts of MEK will be decanted to a small, narrow necked screw-top glass jar for use on my bench.
i don’t know yet how much I will use straight MEK vs. liquid glue packaged in the small bottles.
i will need to experiment on scrap sprue to determine suitability before applying to a kit part.
Must be lunch time.
Suddenly I’m hungry for a GRL burger…[bgr]
My Lowes still has MEK but it wasn’t discounted.