Xylene success

[Adventurer]

Wow - thanks for the info. I wonder if histolene has similar properties on TPE...

[Indigo20]

Before the Histolene-Hype is replacing the nonsens Xylene-Hype....

Histolene is a replacement solvent for xylene if it comes to histology (= the study of the anatomy of cells and tissues of plants and animals using microscopy).
It is less harmless and less "powerfull" as xylene.

Histolene is made with limonene (which belongs to the group of the terpenes).
Orange terpenes is also a xylene replacer for histology.

Here you can see both solvents left and in the middle:

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1. These solvents are laboratory solvents and not solvents for customer purpose.

2. These solvents are much weaker as the BTEX aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene).

3. The only effect with TPE is, that it dissolves the block-copolymers (in the same way as xylene) much slowlier and therewith you are destroying the TPE.

4. You will never get a cold-welding effect with such solvents, it is to powerless, the transfer of the welding-capacity is not given.


Please do me a favour and stop these chemical experiments.
My email account is full with horror pictures of damaged dolls, because the people are reading such recommendations and afterwards their dolls are broken.

[RGC_0767]

OP was probably full of BS anyway. claiming success. Don't believe everything people claim.
Bullshit does baffle brains.
Xylene works great!!
For removing adhesives, thinning paint de-greaser that's what it's for.

Patching up dolls, not so good. Got a cut on the doll?, the easiest and cheapest fix? Go to first aid kit, put a band-aid on her.