Spec me some super glue please

just buy one of the multi packs form pound land or such open one leave the rest up opened for as many years as you need.
 
In all my years of glue sticking (glue sniffing?) I have never come across a situation that requires the advice of GD on what superglue is best that will sit on a shelf for a year?

Just buy one, if it needs to be replaced a year later, replace it. It's not like it costs £25 a tube.or something.
 
mrk said:
In all my years of glue sticking (glue sniffing?) I have never come across a situation that requires the advice of GD on what superglue is best that will sit on a shelf for a year?

Just buy one, if it needs to be replaced a year later, replace it. It's not like it costs £25 a tube.or something.
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I think you're missing the point by a long way.
My post was at 22.11 WHEN I NEEDED IT.
Why should I have to get in my car and drive 2 miles to a 24 hour Tesco so I can fix the item?
All I want is a bloody bottle of super glue I can re-use when needed.
 
"andy" said:
pffft ive done the testing in labs at uni , the metal fails before the glued joins do !

so if anything be worried about flying in airliners made of weak metals :eek:
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I Know, I Know!:(

As I said, I understand the engineering, (It is the same with any decent wood glue, The wood will de-laminate rather than the glued surface fail)

Nevertheless, My "Monkey Brain" still finds it hard to accept however :p

There is a part of me that, for example, still likes the idea of ships built from riveted plates! :D

This isn't necessarily entirely dumb. Fatigue cracks on a riveted ship will generally only spread to the edge of the affected plate. On a welded ship they can potentially spread (Rapidly!) right around the ship causing it to break up and sink. US Liberty Ships had an unfortunate reputation for doing this!
 
Epoxy resin or gorilla glue. Neither of those clog on me

Expoxy resin is in two tubes. As one is a hardener, so it won't harden unless you mix the two in a small mixing tray
 
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Dimple said:
Hang your head in shame.

I think I might try that Gorilla Glue but woe betide if I come to it in 2 years and it's clogged up.
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I just threw out two relatively large containers of Gorilla glue. One was white glue that was used once and the brown (largest bottle) was never used. Both were rock solid.

That and I don't think last years hot summer helped. As I had forgotten it was in the cupboard. Needed glue a couple of days ago and thought nothing of it until I checked. I'm honestly not sure when it went off but its at least 1.5 years old.
 
As others have mentioned, use a 2 part glue that comes in 2 tubes and doesn't set until they are mixed.

Important to check that the particular type is suitable for the application, but araldite 2-part epoxy resin is suitable for many things. its a bit thick and gloopy though and you need to mix in on some kind of pallet, I generally use a a torn off piece of carrier bag or some other disposable plastic platform, it's a bit more faff, but then you don't have the issue of a useless tube of super glue that set solid after the first use, you can use it over and over.

It costs about a £5-£10 but I've been using the same 2 part glue pack for a few years for most random household occurrences that require a glue repair.

On a similar note, thought I should mention it even though its quite a specialist glue, 'ZAP CA-thin' is pretty brutal stuff, its super glue but thinner than water and sets almost immediately, as it acts much like water before it sets, it drains into the tiniest cracks and crevices, is used to seal tiny cracks in wood etc., for real detail repairs.
 
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All air based none activator glue goes off over time. Soon as you open the bottle that's it, so there is no air drying based glue on the planet that will not go off over time.

If stored right you can get a good few years but eventually it will go off. As for super glue that will always go off as its a Cyanoacrylate from wiki

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"Cyanoacrylates are a family of strong fast-acting adhesives with industrial, medical, and household uses. Cyanoacrylate adhesives have a short shelf life if not used, about one year from manufacture if unopened, one month once opened. " ;)
 
I use Loctite SuperGLUE precision Max, single tube, used on and off over the past 3 years to fix my daughters toys when she breaks them, hasn't gummed itself up. Isn't dried up either.
 
Dimple said:
I think you're missing the point by a long way.
My post was at 22.11 WHEN I NEEDED IT.
Why should I have to get in my car and drive 2 miles to a 24 hour Tesco so I can fix the item?
All I want is a bloody bottle of super glue I can re-use when needed.
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Don't break stuff at inconvenient hours then :p
 
I've got a 15g Gorilla glue with the metal tip thing and it doesn't clog up. Had it for more than a year and has been put away for a good few months more than once and it doesn't clog. It's good as well.
 
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