[Boatanchors] Superglue? (was Loc-tite)

[Jack Taylor]

Chuck, are you saying you put the glue along the joint, rather than between
the two pieces?

73 de Jack

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Swiger" <cswiger@widomaker.com>
To: "Jack Taylor" <n7oo@theriver.com>
Cc: <boatanchors@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 7:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Superglue? (was Loc-tite)


> If you want superglue that can stick your fingers together before
> you realize it try a hobby shop for something called Zap. CA glues
> revoultionized model airplane building - you butt two pieces of balsa
> together tightly, apply a bit of the thin Zap, wait a second, there's a
puff
> of eye irritating smoke and voila, they're strongly attached, in seconds.
> It's like welding wood.  The watered down consumer stuff they sell in
> the check out aisle of S Mart as 'superglue' can't hold a candle to Zap
> and others (prolly due to lawsuit fears from consumers w/ stuck fingers).
> Zap also comes with a bit of teflon tubing to get it into those hard to
reach
> places. For gaps I like to use a baking soda filler (altho they sell a
> micro-balloon filler) followed by Zap. Never tried to Zap a hard hat to an
I
> beam and hang by it tho ;))
>
> At 08:44 AM 11/10/02 -0700, you wrote:
> >Does Superglue really work?  Over the years I've seen some fantastic
claims
> >made for it on TV, but I've not been able to duplicate them!  (Except to
> >glue my fingers together.)
> >
> >73 de Jack