are superglues really super?

[chesters1]

Try sticking a couple of disposable fag lighters together with it chesters. Once it's gone off for a day, try to separate them. Have a go at the cotton wool too, but it WILL get bloody hot.

 

it works perfectly if you dont want it too try getting the lid off the tube when you forget to wipe it

[RobStubbs]

I too use araldite <sp?> two part for most things - as mentioned it doesn't seem to go off anywhere near as quick as superglue, and even the 'fast drying' version generally works very well for most objects.

 

Rob.

[Worms]

Superglue has its uses for fishing tackle, a quick fix on a cracked ring liner will have you fishing again without cutting your line! Securing knots with the more water resistant types and a load of other uses on plastics as others have said. Two-part epoxies are my glues of choice for sticking things together and, yes I use them for rod ferrules and tip rings. A bit of gentle heat and they eventually come loose enough to remove the broken ring!

 

Wood glues? Only two, Cascamite and Resorcinol (oh alright, pearl glue on those odd occasions that you feel a bit like stinking the kitchen out )

Edited January 27, 2010 by Worms

[Sportsman]

I use two part epoxies for attaching tip rings, reel seats and cork handles, and they all come off with a bit of heat and persuasion.

Used to use hot melt glue for tip rings but have had them come off on a hot day.

 

Don't use wood glues, that's what nails are for

Edited January 27, 2010 by Sportsman

[Worms]

Don't use wood glues, that's what nails are for

 

I won't be asking you to make me a laminated longbow or do a repair to a cane rod then

[RobStubbs]

I won't be asking you to make me a laminated longbow or do a repair to a cane rod then

 

Don't you just use smaller nails then ?

 

Rob.

[Sportsman]

I won't be asking you to make me a laminated longbow or do a repair to a cane rod then

 

Now that's just silly, I use screws on cane rods.

I am told that they are "unique"

[Worms]

Now that's just silly, I use screws on cane rods.

I am told that they are "unique"

With an interesting action no doubt

[captain cojones]

Now that's just silly, I use screws on cane rods.

I am told that they are "unique"

 

Nahhhhhh......"Mystical".......

[Lid]

I've never got superglue to glue anything successfully since it first came out (was that in the 1970's?). I usually use araldite rapid with great success.

Edited January 27, 2010 by Lid