On Wed, 25 Apr 2018 08:03:40 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 24/04/18 22:40, Bob Minchin wrote:
Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:21:40 +0100, alan_m
wrote:

On 24/04/2018 16:59, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
I'm trying to buy 2 part superglue and it's very hard to find. What
keywords should I use? The only result I got on Ebay (by chance) was
some "AB glue" from China. I seem to have better results with this
than
normal superglue. It doesn't set until you put the two objects
together
for example.

Google "superglue with activator"

I tried that, but I was finding normal superglue plus a spray to make it
set faster. Superglue doesn't need setting faster, it needs setting
slower. The 2 part stuff I currently have behaves like Araldite
(epoxy), it only sets once the two chemicals are mixed. So you can
smear one tube onto one part, the other tube onto the 2nd part, then
press them together 30 seconds later once you're ready. With normal
superglue you find by that time the stuff's already hardened.

This is what I have: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302632886396
(select "AB glue" from the list)
This is the only one I can find on Ebay like this, which is from China
and takes a while to get here. It's two tubes of glue, not a glue and a
spray.

I wonder if the two part stuff you got is not really Superglue but a
glue that is branded as "super"?
Superglue proper, cures in the absence of air. So you apply to both
surfaces, and can go off and have a cup of tea etc and then put the two
parts together thus excluding air and the stuff cures.
????

I think you are talking about contact adhesives...

superglue - cyanoacyrlate - rapidly plolymerises in the presence of water...

Then what is it in http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302632886396 when you select AB glue? It smells like superglue. Both tubes smell similar to superglue, but slightly different from each other.

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Oh my goodness what a caper, someone's ****ed on the magic paper.