[Woodcarver] A likely answer - CA glue on Kevlar glove

[Sandy Holder]

Thanks again Matt for your very inquiring mind, to be able to find the 
answer. I will not put cotton in contact with CA glue again. Lesson learned. 
Will keep it away from Kevlar gloves too. You may have saved others from 
that very fate.
Thanks,
Sandy - Evart MI


>From: Matt Kelley <celtcarver at comcast.net>
>Subject: [Woodcarver] A likely answer - CA glue on Kevlar glove
>Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 09:31:29 -0400
>
>Interesting variation of the problem.
>
>As the ever diligent editor,  I feel back on my safety management days and 
>did a search of vendors and looked at some Material Safety Data Sheets.  I 
>ended up at the 3-M site, as they do a better job then most.
>
>The MSDS for one of their cyanoacrylate glues states the following:
>
>"OTHER PRECAUTIONARY INFORMATION:
>Contact with cotton or wool may result in a strong exothermic reaction 
>which can cause burns or fire."
>
>So there we have the answer!   Likely both the Kevlar glove and Sandy's rag 
>contained some amount of cotton.
>
>If anyone else has had similar incidents I'd like to hear about them -  
>there will be an article about this problem in the next issue of WOM,  as 
>well as a new entry in the Resource Files.
>
>Carve On - Safely!!
>Matt
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
>Sandy wrote in part:
>
>>Yea! Finally found someone else who had that happen although mine wasn't 
>>with a Kevlar glove. I am a piano technician and had that very thing 
>>happen while using CA glue when repairing cracks in a grand piano bass 
>>sound board bridge. I was filling the cracks by the brass bridge pins, 
>>caused from string tension pulling on the pin, and I accidentally spilled 
>>some on the bridge where it didn't need to be, so I grabbed a rag, 
>>probably had some polyester in it, and tried to dab it up and wow, I got 
>>rid of that rag in a hurry. It burned right through the rag to my fingers 
>>and you couldn't hardly get it to let go. Still don't know the reason, but 
>>glad someone else had a similar problem.
>>
>>Don't know if it would have done that with just a cotton rag or not. Maybe 
>>its the brass, but everyone be aware that you have to be extreemly 
>>cautious with that stuff.
>>Sandy - Evart MI
>
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