[SML] Super glue doesn't work. What does?

[Dale Farmer]

There is also a web site  Thistothat.com that is an adhesive resource 
site.   Gives you the various adhesives to stick this to that.

Dale


On 2/9/2020 6:29 PM, Andy Leviss via Stagecraft wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 12:34 PM Jon Ares via Stagecraft 
> <stagecraft at theatrical.net <mailto:stagecraft at theatrical.net>> wrote:
> 
>     My latest attempt was two pieces of PLA (3d print).  Flat surface.
>     Two drops.... held for 30 seconds, then carefully set it down on the
>     workbench, and 2 hours later, I pick it up and it falls apart. And the
>     two drops of glue were even still a bit wet
> 
> 
> Okay, a few things:
> 
> 1) Two drops was likely one too many. A single drop is enough for a 
> square inch of contact area.  Because of how CA works, more is not 
> better, excess glue doesn’t cure and/or becomes brittle.
> 
> 2) For the same reason, gel is rarely useful.
> 
> 3) Activator is not a scam, it’s just chemistry. But it doesn’t change #1.
> 
> 4) If a little bulking in the joint is okay, baking soda sprinkled on it 
> works as a way less noxious activator than the spray. It’ll cure it 
> instantly. (This is a trick I picked up from Adam Savage’s awesome book 
> “Every Tool’s a Hammer”!)
> 
> -Andy
> 
> 
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