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Default Supergluing your fingers together

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Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 08:28:29 +0100, "N_Cook" wrote:

I must adopt the storage
in small airtight bottle with (non cotton) sachet of activated silica gel
inside. Hopefully then it will be more amenable to squeezing out just enough
to wet a needle point to transfer to the intended.


There's a trick. I use bottles with a stainless tube for dispensing
cyanoacrylate adhesive. Something like this.
http://www.technologylk.com/weld-on-...le-lk-AAB4.htm

http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/mmr/mmrmkdbp.htm

As soon as you use it, the stainless tip will clog. No problem. Find
a cancer stick igniter, and heat the stainless barrel. There will be
a small puff of noxious smog as the CA burns off, and the tip is
clear.

It's quite easy to dispense just one drop with a stainless tip and
quite difficult with a CA encrusted plastic tip commonly found in the
hardware store CA products. If you want a smaller drop, try a smaller
dispenser barrel.


Some newer formulations can be brushed on; they don't go off as fast,
and it's a lot easier to get the joint properly aligned than it used to
be.

Also, some formulations will work fine with things like paper or
cardboard, too.

Isaac