Super Glue Puzzle

[Capt Kremen]

Can any of our chemical experts among us explain what magic ingredient(s) go into expensive 'Super Glues'? I have recently been using a pound-shop variety, 3 bottles in a pack for £1 !) with equal satisfactory results. Are we just paying for a name or are there real advantages in using the expensive stuff? What does a £6 or £8 pound 'model company' bottle do that the £1 DIY (same size) one, doesn't?

[J V R]

CK I've only ever used pound shop CA glue and it used to be 4 bottles in a pack and only 1 bottle was no good

out of the dozens that I have bought..........

PS. Wilko do a cheep CA

[leccyflyer]

I've yet to find an odourless or foam-safe CA at the poundshop type retailers. Do these exist? If so that would be great.

[kc]

I find the very tiny tubes- 8 or 10 to a pack- from the pound shop to be very good. Open a fresh tube for each job.

[Andy Stephenson]

Capt K,

I was told that the difference between expensive cyno and the cheap stuff is how many times it's distilled. This determines its shelf life as the more contaminants that can be removed the lower the chance of it beginning to set in the bottle.

I keep mine in the fridge to ensure a long shelf life.

A.

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[Andy Stephenson]

Leccy,

I have found low viscosity cyno in the local pound shop but it disappeared after not too long, so the likelihood of finding something as specialist as odourless cyno in a pound shop is low to none.

A.

[Bob Cotsford]

I find the pound shop variety to be excellent for furry hinges and for hardening vulnerable areas or tapped threads but it don't half stink. Zap and the like seem to use much less obnoxious solvents in them.

[ken anderson.]

wilco's sell a canny sized 20ml cyno for £1.00

ken anderson....ne..1.pennies dept.

[flight1]

Well pound land is not that a good a deal if you look at the cost per ml , I get mine from toolstation about the same cost per 20ml and a known name 50ml bottles ticik and thin and keep in fridge

[David Ovenden]

I use the bottles of cyno from Tool Station. 1.19 for a 20g bottle of med. viscosity. 50g bottles are 2.63 Last well and works fine for all my jobs.

Flight1  you beat me to it. You type faster than me obviously

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[flight1]

Posted by David Ovenden on 31/12/2020 14:52:52:

I use the bottles of cyno from Tool Station. 1.19 for a 20g bottle of med. viscosity. 50g bottles are 2.63 Last well and works fine for all my jobs.

Flight1 you beat me to it. You type faster than me obviously

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ZOOOOMMMM.... and i type with one finger

[Doctor Chinnery]

Look up SHOP4GLUE or Five Star etc etc

All explained on his site - he's an industrial chemist who actually makes a great deal of what he's selling on this site - well worth spending some time going through it ( I made a few notes too,)

[GrumpyGnome]

I find that the more expensive branded versions work better in the winter than the cheap 'ebay specials', which seem to take an age to set .........

GG

[John Wagg]

Is there not a difference in the setting times of the various makes. ? I have used Poundland and it works fine.

I am also using Zap-a-Gap "medium" on the premise that it takes a few seconds to go off so making allowance for my fumbling fingers.

[Engine Doctor]

The Poundland super glue is fine but just not as thin as the more expensive zap cyano for use on light weight structures. I always try to keep a pack in the glue box as a reserve. That way if it gets left for too long and goes off its no big deal. Its also ok for thinning the thick cyano when it gets too thick. I have bought some other brand cyano from LMS that was very thin soaked / wicked in very well but didn't stick ! That went straight in the bin.

If Poundland glue works for you , use it .

[Eric Robson]

They all stick your fingers to the wood better than wood to wood .

Eric No. 1 Poundshop fan.

[Stuphedd]

I am another fan of the Wilko stuff , always worked well for me .For the foam safe stuff I use Grabitadhesives.co.uk , a little thick but does the job well and first class service , free post last time I used him at Christmas !!.

cheersj