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Alley Bate wrote:Have you tried limonene as a solvent?
I read somewhere it is used for recycling styrofoam, I obtained some for my own trials and it does dissolve it quickly.
Limonene is commonly used in store bought "natural" cleaners and degreasers. The 3d printing crowd use it for smoothing and glossing ABS prints. I got mine from amazon, it's commonly available from soap making supply shops.
The smell is less offensive than gasoline or acetone but it costs more.
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Phil Swindler wrote:
I have not. But, if you do I'd like to hear how it went.
I've tried a couple oils and they didn't dissolve the Styrofoam very well at all.
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Alley Bate wrote:
Challenge accepted!😃
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Alley Bate wrote:I dissolved 18 grams of white EPS foam packaging into 51 grams of limonene so far. The mixture is perfectly clear but still a little thin . I'm dissolving a little more foam into it to get it to about the same viscosity as yellow carpenters glue before testing glueup.
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Alley Bate wrote:Challenge accepted! :D
I dissolved 18 grams of white EPS foam packaging into 51 grams of limonene so far. The mixture is perfectly clear but still a little thin . I'm dissolving a little more foam into it to get it to about the same viscosity as yellow carpenters glue before testing glueup.
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Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
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Alley Bate wrote:I've tried the 20 to 51 ratio twice now but both failed to have any real holding power. May be usefull as an alternative to penetrating polyurethane clearcoat rather than a glue at this viscosity.
I'll try significantly thickening the mixture for one more test but I suspect limonene is not an effective alternative to acetone or gasoline for this adhesive.
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Pearl Sutton wrote:Alley Bate: does it dry up hard? Would it make a good clearcoat?
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Alley Bate wrote:Sorry for the delay, I made some progress on another expirement that held my attention.
A week ago I sanded reglued and clamped with 40 parts styro 50 parts limonene. The pieces came apart very easily today so this is a failure as an adhesive.
As a clearcoat it is somewhat interesting in that it is very clear but it is still dentable with a fingernail.
William Bronson wrote:
Alley Bate wrote:Sorry for the delay, I made some progress on another expirement that held my attention.
A week ago I sanded reglued and clamped with 40 parts styro 50 parts limonene. The pieces came apart very easily today so this is a failure as an adhesive.
As a clearcoat it is somewhat interesting in that it is very clear but it is still dentable with a fingernail.
I have use for that!
Maybe.
I want to try coating window screen with that stuff.
Should make for tough greenhouse glazing.
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Gardens in my mind never need water
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William Bronson wrote:I'm still thinking about this thread!
I've not tried the glycol, too many fires in the iron, but I 'very done some reading on about this kind of recycling.
The Limonene "never" drys, but is less noxious, the other solvents will dry relatively quickly, but are quite noxious.
I'm now wonder about dissolving Styrofoam in a drying oil like linseed.
I know modern boiled linseed is apt to have added toxins, but it's an option that could balance drying time and toxicity.
I think it might need some heat to initially dissolve the Styrofoam, which would be a good thing.
I was given a deep fryer, which has some temperature control.
I think I will dedicate it to oil/plastic experiments.
There are a lot of home brew plastics recycling methods out there, but I want a way to make transparent or at least translucent sheets of the stuff.
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matt bringle wrote:well, boys, I put a handle on an axe, i chopped the handle, fix it into the axe, but I put a coating of styrofoam gasoline glue mixed with fine sand on the handle and the interior of the axe, then I put a iron piece in yhe handle to dilate ... it took a week to dry but, boy, it is concrete now, absolutely never that handle will get out of the axe
Jay Wright wrote:Dissolved styrofoam doesn't sound particularly healthy or environmentally friendly.
Jay Wright wrote:It's good stuff Douglas. I bought a four litre bottle of it when I built the boat- still have quite a bit left. I decant it into a small squeezie plastic tomato sauce bottle and keep the rest in a cupboard out of the light. It cost me nearly eighty dollars so I treat it kindly
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