Originally Posted by
Polaris OBark
OK, it is the
trichloroethylene solvent that is different.
cf:
MSDS
Canonical rubber cement uses
n-heptane, a solvent that has the merit of not being a carcinogen.
The MSDS calls out the solvent because it's potentially harmful. That doesn't mean the TCE is what's doing the bonding. Quite the opposite -- we wait for the fluid to dry (solvent has evaporated) before applying the patch.
There have been a lot of threads about this already, and @
cyccommute could give a much better explanation of the chemistry if he's not tired of it by now.
