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.
An older version of the SDS (
Revision 4, 2018), lists n-ethylcyclohexylamine as one of the ingredients. The amine is an accelerator for the process. There’s another SDS for the patch that I can’t seem to locate now but it lists a sulfur compound in the patch material. My understanding of the chemistry is that the accelerator promotes the cross linking process so that it can be carried out at room temperature instead of having to be heated.
Last edited by cyccommute; 05-08-22 at 11:42 PM.