Uses for Super Glue/epoxy?

mneedham

mneedham

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I like these little single-use Scotch super glues. We use them around the house for fixing kid's toy's and I carry them in my kits. My question is how many uses do they have? You can uses them for small cuts and start fires, but what else? I emptied a tube on a stump that is saturated with water and ignited it with a lighter, it burned well (no surprise - they contain cyanocrylates and methacrylates) for about 15 seconds. Any other uses?

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I keep some in with the 550 in my pack for securing knots, as every one knows 550 is the anti knot:D
 
Lots of people use superglue as a "liquid band aid" in a bind, on small cuts and such. I have also used it to repair a fake tooth for a buddy in the field.
 
Medical purposes are the biggest use but I've seen it gobbed on tree branches for catching squirrels... sad part is it was successful
 
Also works well when you stumble and roll a rock (riprap) onto the cork handle of your brand new fishing rod and the rock rips a big chunk out of it!
 
Guys let's focus here, it's pretty clear that this post had nothing to do with super glue/epoxy....
anything to show off that insane combo eh? well done....
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but really first aid is all i really use it for. and small repairs.
 
Good stuff... I am surprised about the squirrel trap, I would have thought that it would harden too quickly, but it is definitely creative thinking... The dental application is interesting as well, I was chuckling reading that though, I had a picture in my mind of one of my pals running through the woods with his tongue glued to his tooth! I want to mess around fire-starting concept a little more too..
 
How about plugging leaks in water carriers? Haven't tried it, just a thought.

One way i've made blowgun darts involves paper and superglue.
In a nutshell you make a paper cone and saturate it with the glue, it stiffens it, at the same time affixing the cone to the shaft.
 
you know, superglue is kind of unpredictable but it doesn't tend to set until you bond two organic substances together that somewhat absorb the material. I think the squirrel dragged his lower body and tail through the substance and when he sat for a few seconds it started to set.
 
Joben said:
How about plugging leaks in water carriers? Haven't tried it, just a thought.

One way i've made blowgun darts involves paper and superglue.
In a nutshell you make a paper cone and saturate it with the glue, it stiffens it, at the same time affixing the cone to the shaft.
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Never thought about it as a patch:thumbup:

PayetteRucker said:
you know, superglue is kind of unpredictable but it doesn't tend to set until you bond two organic substances together that somewhat absorb the material. I think the squirrel dragged his lower body and tail through the substance and when he sat for a few seconds it started to set.
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Yep, I suppose it would depend on the type of glue too... Squirrels are in no danger from my kit given the small tubes I carry. I do think a squirrel pole would be better trapping method than glue though....
 
Apparently the tooth fix idea is not so good.

A year ago I had a big gold filling pop out. I made an appointment with my dentist for first available spot which was almost two weeks into future. The two week wait drove me crazy having to constantly try to keep it clean. I almost super glued it in and I told my dentist that. She about flipped when I did, she said she had a patient that had done just that - superglue a filling back in. The acid in the glue destroyed the tooth around the filling so bad she had to grind it all out and put on a crown.

Yikes, crowns are expensive compared to a filling redo.
 
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PayetteRucker said:
you know, superglue is kind of unpredictable but it doesn't tend to set until you bond two organic substances together that somewhat absorb the material. I think the squirrel dragged his lower body and tail through the substance and when he sat for a few seconds it started to set.
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I thought that it set in the absence of oxygen, which is why it lasts in liquid form for a while, and sets so quickly.
 
Years ago I cut across the back of by thumb fairly deep with a machete. I didn't want to go to the ER. I put superglue in the cut, pressed it together, tied the thumb to a stick to keep me from bending it. I work in a hospital. The next day I talked to an ER doc and he just laughed. They were curious, so I kept going back till the glue popped out of the cut. Today the cut is just a very fine scar. It would have looked worse if it was stitched. This is before they used glue for cuts.
 
I use Satellite City glues at work and in my furniture repair business. I also use it for about everything else imaginable. I just used it for repairing my daughters ballet slippers and for sealing a cut on my hand in a very short time period. That kind of stuff comes up almost daily. I guess I should start considering outdoor uses for it though.
 
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