"Bob Minchin" wrote in message news

Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Normal (one part) superglue cures itself as soon as it comes out of the
tube (I assume it reacts with the air) - you have to be damn quick to
join the two bits together.
No it does not cure in air.

Superglue is an anerobic adhesive and cures when air is removed by fitting
the two parts together.


Bob, it's always puzzled me why it doesn't set in the tube / bottle as they
are sealed from the air

Andrew