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I am assembling all that I'll need to start building my IV.

What solvent(s) are people using to clean surfaces prior to bonding?
Acetone? Methylene Chloride? Something else?

I was surprised to discover that the IV build manual calls for using
methylene chloride which I've discovered is nasty stuff and actually attacks
epoxy resins. In emails with Michael Hoke of Abaris Training
(www.abaris.com) and subsequent emails with Mark Manke the consensus seems
to be to use reagent grade acetone and avoid methylene chloride.

For those not familiar, reagent grade is basically a pure grade of chemical
which has been refined to remove traces of contaminates (oils, waxes, etc.).
It is superior to hardware store or technical grade. I was told that a quick
test of a solvent would be to wipe some on a mirror and see what's left
after it evaporates.

I will be buying some reagent grade acetone and the question is, what
quantity might one expect to use during the building process? ........ 1 qt.
..... 1 gal........ 5 gal....... more ??

Thanks,

Ted Stanley - LIV

PS - By the way I took two weeks of training at Abaris and learned a lot.
They have an excellent facility in Griffin GA and I even managed to take the
Sportair TIG welding course during the weekend between the two weeks with
Abaris. Ron Alexander has one nice place down there, avgas was $1.90 a
gallon, parking was free, Aircraft Spruce is 5 minutes away, and everyone
was friendly.


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