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Thread ID: 93266 2008-09-10 02:20:00 Supa (Super) Glue B.M. (505) PC World Chat
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704045 2008-09-10 06:20:00 General purpose really although am I right in saying some are better on plastics.

I guess these days it is usually plastics that break so might as well go for one that works best on plastic but other things as well.

I think I read somewhere that some of them have small gap filling properties.

All very confusing.
You can get fillers if there are gaps.
Cicero (40)
704046 2008-09-11 06:03:00 There are a number of different formulations of CN glues. Some are thixotropic, some are gap-filling, some are not. They all stick to body parts. They don't stick at all to some materials. Graham L (2)
704047 2008-09-12 06:25:00 Fill broad gaps with baking soda . . . I used that while building RC aircraft for years . . . . . .

Built the fillet FIRST in the area where you really REALLY want it . . . then drip in some of the regular C-A thin variety .

Watch out for fumes from the smoke . . it gives off chlorine gas . . . use in well ventilated area . . . unless you don't want to .

My bro-in-law used to set it off by blowing cigarette smoke at it . . . seemed to work OK .

In the old days, we had Eastman 910 to use . . . but it was $$$$$!

Somehow it seems to work best on things that are organic . . . having some carbon molecules in it . But from the WIKI: "Cyanoacrylate is a tenacious adhesive, particularly when used to bond non-porous materials or those that contain minute traces of water . "

Wow . . . I also found this: "When added to baking soda (Sodium bicarbonate), cyanoacrylate glue forms a hard, lightweight filler/adhesive (baking soda is first used to fill a gap then the adhesive is dripped into the baking soda) . This works well with porous materials that the glue doesn't work well with alone . This method is sometimes used by aircraft modelers to assemble or repair polystyrene foam parts . Note that the reaction between cyanoacrylate and baking soda is very exothermic (heat producing) and also produces noxious vapors . "
SurferJoe46 (51)
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