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InventorRu New user 84 Posts |
We magicians seem to use rubber cement a lot,particularly with things involving paper.One of its great advantages is that it dries quickly but this means that no matter how careful one is about replacing the bottle cap every time, it eventually becomes too thick and soon the last bit is completely useless.
Do any of you good people know what solvent I can add to the last bit left in the bottle to thin it down and keep it useable right to the end...? Rufus |
Eldon Inner circle Virden, IL 1137 Posts |
Acetone will work. They actually make commrecial rubber cement thinner. One brand is Bestine.
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george1953 Inner circle Mallorca (Spain) 5943 Posts |
Thanks for the tip, I have some acetone, time to give it a try.
By failing to prepare, we are preparing to fail.
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
Hmmmm... $1.98 for a 4 oz bottle of rubber cement, or $3.95 for a 4 oz bottle of Bestine.
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~michael baker
The Magic Company |
InventorRu New user 84 Posts |
Thanks to all three of you.Eldon..I'd not thought of Acetone...and Michael too for the very practical question of the cost.I'll have to look in to it.Here in the UK a 4oz bottle of rubber cement is about £4 (...a lot more than $1.98) and we can buy Acetone here but I've no idea how much it is.Anyway it has got me thinking.
Thank you chaps, Rufus |
george1953 Inner circle Mallorca (Spain) 5943 Posts |
Can't get rubber cement here in Spain so a 4oz bottle, with shipping is about 9 Euros :-[
By failing to prepare, we are preparing to fail.
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Eldon Inner circle Virden, IL 1137 Posts |
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On Aug 29, 2014, Michael Baker wrote: Yes, I was thinking that but went brain dead when I was typing the post. I've been doing that a lot lately. |
Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
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On Aug 29, 2014, Eldon wrote: What I said was more meant to be a joke than anything. For some of us, just buying a new bottle would be the lesser of two evils. But from the other posts above, it is apparent that there's gold in them thar bottles! I had no idea rubber cement was so expensive or difficult to obtain in some countries. If you know me well enough it will become obvious that I sometimes obsess over conservancy of rather meaningless things.
~michael baker
The Magic Company |
B.W. McCarron Loyal user Seattle, WA USA 262 Posts |
I've always used Coleman fuel (naptha) to thin rubber cement. It even smells like the real thing. Very flammable, though.
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DougTait Elite user Sebring, FL 492 Posts |
For some applications, e.g the Anderson T&R Newspaper, I have found that double sided tape is a very suitable substitute for rubber cement.
No mess and you can put it in carry-on luggage; not so with rubber cement. You can't tear through the tape however.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men [and women] to do nothing."
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padre rich Special user 635 Posts |
Paint thinner works...
God's grace rocks! It makes a good cups and balls routine look pretty boring in comparison.
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Bob Sanders Grammar Supervisor Magic Valley Ranch, Clanton, Alabama 20504 Posts |
In the older days of offset printing, we used rubber cement in composing paste ups. Thinned rubber cement was kept in hand/squeeze pump type oil cans with a gem clip stuck in the opening as the plug between uses. The thinned rubber cement worked well and was removable.
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