Never had much luck with super glues, they are too brittle and crack off sideways.
Gorilla Glue
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pawl
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- Desford Leicestershire
Funny.I used Gorilla Glue this morning to stick the rim of a pot planter back together Also the handle cover of my secuters
CanucksTraveller
Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
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- Hertfordshire
It's good for some applications, but yeah it expands out so it can be untidy. Just depends what you're looking to do. I've used it to fix plastic bowls, buckets and pipes succesfully where appearance doesn't matter as much as water tightness. On something like rubber oven seals or ceramic where you need a tidy join then superglue is still better.
I used to swear by Araldite for nearly everything but that seems to have gone through a reformulation and it's now close to useless.
I used to swear by Araldite for nearly everything but that seems to have gone through a reformulation and it's now close to useless.
Their are supergules available with rubber particles in them which withstand the fixed part being knocked better; generally though superglues work best where one part slots into another.
Cycleops
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You need to stick something over your nose too, it’s pretty unpleasant stuff.
PaulSB
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- Chorley, Lancashire
Does anyone have a tip on how to stop an opened tube of super glue solidifying to the point of being useless?
I must have thrown away a thousand times more than I've actually used!
I must have thrown away a thousand times more than I've actually used!
newts
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Superglue with activator was a game changer for mitres on cornice & pelmets in the 90's. A brittle joint, but more than adequate for assembly.
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
What was the glue where someone hung on a board below a helicopter years ago?
Mo1959
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- Perthshire,Scotland
Was it not some type of wallpaper glue if I am remembering correctly?
newts
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Solvite
Like so many other things, the range & choice of glue / adhesive varieties is just getting silly. Was looking for some cleaning stuff for the bath recently and noted the 'specialist range' i.e., individual glass / bath/ shower / chrome / stainless steel / toilet / wall / tile / floor etc., etc.. Then I saw 'multi purpose cleaner'. So why then do we need all the aforementioned ones - ? 
MONEY unfortunately..these busineessescjust want you to buy buy buyLike so many other things, the range & choice of glue / adhesive varieties is just getting silly. Was looking for some cleaning stuff for the bath recently and noted the 'specialist range' i.e., individual glass / bath/ shower / chrome / stainless steel / toilet / wall / tile / floor etc., etc.. Then I saw 'multi purpose cleaner'. So why then do we need all the aforementioned ones - ?
Aall these needless cleaning chemicals go down the drain a d end up in the oceans
Ask ourselves if we care about the environment...nearly all will say yes
Then look in your sink cupboard at all these chemicals and body lotions shower gels hair shampoos etc
Theres far too many
MontyVeda
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- Lancaster... the little city.
