Thick cement makes me dizzy!

[KCO47]

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Do you ever get used to the fumes? Can anyone offer up advice? Because I just fainted in front of a patient.

 

[BigAl]

ummm wha?

 

[cmc271]

Tubing cement maybe? Or cement for fixing customs?

 

[Poetic Silence]

Wear a surgical mask?

 

[KCO47]

Right, it's the tubing cement. I'm okay with thin cement, but the second the thick cement jar opens I'm done for. I can't be an audiologist if I can't work with tubing cement...

 

[Kitska]

Sure you can. When you have your own practice, you will have to install an extractor hood, like they have in chemistry labs and kitchens. Or just avoid thick cement. I am not even sure I have encountered it. Do you mean Duco?

 

[TheEarDoc]

I haven't used thick cement for repairs or tubing glue since a lab in grad school.

WIth the tube lock systems already on tubing and most patients now using RIC's or open fits there is less need for thick cement.

I use basic tubing glue on some acrylic molds when gluing tubing in place but we are talking 1 or 2 little dots.

If you are using that much glue I have to wonder are you repairing something or re-building it?