Super soft 2 and bindings

[Bob Matthews]

You don't need SuperSoft. Any veneer softener will work.

If only 'any' veneer softener was available here, I've searched (googled) til I'm blue in the face.

There was a thread on the OLF about it recently. I also sent a PM to a guy in Scotland who may or may not have some extra SS2 laying around. I will let you know what he says.

Ah that's interesting, much appreciated if you could Tony?

Bob

[ken cierp]

Here's what SS is made of

http://maintenance5.com/MSDS-Super-Soft ... -w5820.pdf

[Bob Matthews]

Thanks for that Ken.

It seems to made of Diethylene Glycol Monoethyl Ether if I'm reading it correctly - so I'm not that likely to be able to synthesise it myself!

I have found a supplier here in the UK, but they seem to supply 2 different chemical formulations of the same chemical name, one is CH3OCH2CH2OCH2CH2OH http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/pro ... &region=GB and the other is C2H5OCH2CH2OCH2CH2OH http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/pro ... &region=GB so God only knows which formulation the SuperSoft company use.

This product is also more than twice the price of SS2 that's available in the States!


As an aside, Tony has put me in touch with a guy in Scotland who imported a gallon of SS2, so he may be willing to sell me a pint or so :)


Bob