Being an expert on super glue or cyno acrylic (dupont 1974) i can tell you
that it reacts to moisture this is why it works soo dang well on your
fingers. I use the stuff for building wooden sailing ships models. The type
i use is industrial strength and not for the timid. I don't buy it in those
easy to lose small tubes but in 1/2 pint bottles. It might interest you to
know that if you stick your fingers together with the stuff you can use nail
polish remover to free them up. Other uses for the stuff are, shell art,
sailors valentines, stubbed toes(glue the flap back in place), reattaching
buttons in an emergency and the list could go on and on . Mark James & Peta
Susan Bethke
3001 South Ocean Dr. Suite 4-V
Hollywood, Florida
33019-2804
U.S.A.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sylvia S. Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, April 22, 1999 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: super-glue
 
 
>Into the garbage, Art.  You can only use super glue once.  The next time,
>you can't get the top off, or it is hard as a rock.  That's why it comes in
>such tiny little tubes.  Next time buy 2 or 3, save up the shells, then
>throw the tube away after opening it.  The only exception to this is the
>epoxy stuff, where you mix the two components in just the amount you need.
>
>Sylvia S. Edwards
>Huntsville, Alabama
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>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Art Weil <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 7:27 AM
>Subject: [CONCH-L] super-glue
>
>
>> Dear anyone;-
>>         You know about super-glue?! The stuff you use to join both halves
>of
>> bivalves when you don't want anyone to see the insides? The question is:
>> Where does it go?
>>         You buy the super-glue, take it home and use it once  (maybe
>twice),
>> then you put it away. Next time you need it, it isn't there. It isn't
>> anywhere. It's gone. You have to go buy another tube. The lost tube
>> never turns up again. Now, I'm not stupid. I know all about the
>> disappearing paper clips---how they metamorphose and change into coat
>> hangers. Aren't there always unused shiny coat-hangers in your closet?
>> (I have no evidence that buried and watered coat-hangers eventually
>> change into bicycles).
>>         But where does the super-glue go?
>> The Question Man
>>
>