Weldon 40? Need advice for f2f sheet glueing

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Finally got me well done 40. Got plenty of acrylic. Figured I'd go big and go home and glue to 24x24 8-in cell cast colored sheets together. After one of my last thread full of people saying they do this for a living and well down 40 is a way to go I was hoping to get some advice from those people on how to proceed, what the dilution would be helpful and if there's a particular technique to slapping a 24x24-in sheet on top of another while using glue and avoiding air bubbles or any light bleed through that may alter color?
 
What I learned is that weld-on 40 is very thin and will run everywhere. More importantly is use it in a very well ventilated area. I forget what chemicals are in it, but they are very bad for your health.
 
What I learned is that weld-on 40 is very thin and will run everywhere. More importantly is use it in a very well ventilated area. I forget what chemicals are in it, but they are very bad for your health.
I've heard, I was going to run it with a respirator first go. I know they sell 3036 or 5 6 is it to actually bring down the viscosity of this so I was under the impression it'd be much thicker
 
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/acrylic-fabrication-q-a.224773/
This helped me immensely!!

I recommend the “pins method”, always clean surfaces after sanding and prior to welding with warm soapy water, then wash soap/hard water off with RO water! — every acrylic weld I’ve done without any soapy water cleaning has snapped apart with mild to moderate force!

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