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This is waterproof.
This is simply Airplane Dope.
You can obtain this from firms selling materials for making model airplanes.
If you are selling your products you can put this up in bottles and sell clear or you can add aluminum powder to make the cement look like solder.
Note: Be careful around fire with this.
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Hand Cleaner
This hand cleaner is useful for heavy grime but is gentle enough for every day use.
4 quarts Water
1 box Borax Soap Chips
1 box Lux pure soap powder
1 pint Corn Meal
Mix well. Use as a paste hand cleaner.
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This cloth is for silverware and other metallic surfaces.
Do not use on silver or metal food or drink vessels.
2 pounds Whiting
2 ounces Oleic Acid
1 gallon Gasoline (untreated or use Benzine) Do not use gasoline containing lead.
Mix thoroughly.
Soak cloths, wring out, let dry. Use cutting flannel for clothes.
Directions:
Polish silver and metal surfaces with the cloth. [...]

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This recipe cleans and polishes windows, eyeglasses and acts as a steam preventative.
For windows and glass doors, you may want to wash windows and glass doors with soap and water or spray on water based cleaner first because of their size and then apply the formula to polish the glass and for its steam/water repellent [...]

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Acid Test for Gold
If you wish to find out if a piece of jewelry is made of gold, touch it with a glass stopper which has been wetted with nitric acid. If it is pure gold it will remain untouched and unchanged; if not, the solution will become blue from the formation of nitrate of [...]

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Look around you. Almost everything you see is made of plastic. There are more than 16 formulas in our archives to help you make or repair almost any type of plastic product.
You can even turn plastic making items into a big money making hobby or home based business opportunity. Consider expressing your creative skills [...]

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Easy to make. Take any desired amount of wood flour or finely sifted sawdust. Add enough ordinary clear lacquer to make a thick putty like mass. This will keep for a long time if kept in a tightly closed container. It makes a fine durable material for mending and patching wood.
Purchase a can of plastic [...]

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Formula:
Geen 121……….100 ounces
Paraplex G-25……..50 ounces
Paraplex G-50……..50 ounces
Dythos (stabilizer)….3 ounces
BL-353 (blowing agent)..10 ounces
Sponge Density 7 lbs. per cu. ft. Expansion 1100%.
Procedure:
Heat the pastisol in the mold or on the desired substrate at 212 degrees F. until expansion is completed. When the GL-353 is used. The pigmented plastisol will show a yellow-green (the color of BL-353) [...]

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This is called Phenolic-Formaldehyde-Resin: All the materials for this formula can be purchased from any wholesale drug house.
Extreme Caution:
Should be taken when mixing this formula. You should only use a glass or stainless steel vessel, and perform the operation in a place where the fumes will dissipate. Either in open air or into a [...]

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The amount of ingredients used in these various formulas is considered to be correct. But you may have to do some experimenting on your own, to obtain the proper flow properties.
Formula 1:
Wood Flour…5 parts
Sodium Silicate….15 parts
Procedure:
Mix the wood flour and Sodium Silicate together. Add more water if necessary until a dough like mixture is formed [...]

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