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Andrew Mawson wrote:
"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

It does set in the tube. At least after opening.

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