> The CA wicks into the wood and then bonds
>>things together. If the acetone is wicking into the wood,
>>there is less CA there.
>>
>>It might be good to do a few test strips to see how strong
>>it is, how brittle it is, how long lasting.
>
>Len:
>Definitely good idea on the test strips, but isn't that why
>the liquids we use are thinned---for better penetration and
>coverage? If the acetone is wicking into the wood, should
>it not carry the dissolved CA with it, creating a better
>bond? Or at least, no worse? It seems there would be less CA
>present, but what is there would penetrate/hold better, if
>the dilution was not to an extreme. Yes? No? Am I up in the
>night? Opinions, please.
You can dilute epoxy with alcohol, but if you dilute it 50-50 and then use the same amount, you will end up with half the amount of glue for your glue joint. Same thing goes for the yellow carpenters' glue. You can dilute it with water. However, if you use the same amount, you will end up with half the glue.
That, plus there is the unknown effect that this dilution makes upon the product itself. Will it weaken it? Probably. Will it make it brittle? Don't know. Again, I would think one should do a bit of testing first on something that doesn't matter.
I am guessing that you and I would be a little put out if we discovered that "Warm Stuff" was suddenly cutting their CA 50-50, using a base thinner to get by cheaper. Why, then, would we do that to ourselves?
I would be a we bit leary of any glue that was cut in this way.
