I picked this up about a month ago and it seems to work as advertised:
http://www.krazyglue.com/products/product.aspx?pc=KG825&g=8
It has a little internal tip that you need to push in to get the glue to come out. When you are done the tip springs back out and the glue dries around the tip until the next usage where you have to push it back in to crack the seal. I’ve used it probably 4 times over the course of the month and the glue still comes out with no issues.
Seconded. I used to get the expensive hobby-store glue (in an assortment of thicknesses!), but that stuff kept setting in the bottle before I used much of it. So in a time of need I bought that bottle from some office supply aisle at the grocery store. Turns out that the bottle really does help, and I kept it around for a few years of occasional use. The remaining portion did eventually set up in the bottle, but I had used most of the glue up by that point.
Hobby-store superglue ain’t that much better unless you have some very specific requirements – must set in 20 seconds, or fill large gaps, or have a certain viscosity, etc. It’s pretty expensive too, and overkill for basic household use.
It certainly smells like something more than water. I can’t say what it is for sure, but it has a very strong chemical/solvent odor.
Aromatic esters IIRC, at least in the old stuff. The new stuff smells different, but it is not water. When the CAs first came out, we used to use baking soda. I partly filled an ear syringe with it so I could puff it on to the joints.
The soda also makes a good filler for CA…either to help with a poor fit, or to form a fillet. Can be difficult to keep in place 'till you get the glue on it.
I used baking soda and super glue as a filler for some extensive body work on a 1940 Ford model I built some years back. I wouldn’t recommend it; the paint has oily-looking stains now.
I’m big into scale model aircraft. Super glue is cyanacrylate - usually referred to as CA in the hobby. I use mostly extra-thick, and don’t use much thin at all. I’ve pulled my hair out over this for years. I think there are a few variables at work here. Brand of glue, type of glue (thick, thin, etc…), and style of container. Moisture is what makes the glue cure, so if the container is not sealed well, the humidity in the air will cause the glue to slowly begin setting. Seems like the thicker the glue, the more likely it will set in the container. I have the best luck with InstaCure brand, which has a good screw-on cap that doesn’t seem to get gunked up like the Zap brand does. I keep mine in the fridge. Since I use alot of it, I always keep a new spare, and have just resigned myself to the fact that it never lasts the full bottle, and it’s just “the cost of doing business” in my hobby. The Kicker stuff is an accelerator and is used for curing the slower-drying glues. A bottle lasts a long time if used judiciously. You only need a drop of it. It’s a must have in my hobby and well worth it.
As far as baking soda used to thicken up the glue to fill seams, I haven’t had luck with that. ApoxieSculpt is a much better alternative IMHO, for any seams that are too large to fill with straight extra thick glue.
When you want to reuse the tube, take it out and you will see that there is no dried superglue sealing the tip. So the glue squeezes easily out of the tip.
When done, put the tube back in the bag, with the tip in the area containing squished superglue. No need to squeeze any more glue out of the tube. The original squished drop works forever. Reseal the bag.
More or less my techjnique.
Super glue’s also sold in little plastic bottles. They cost a bit more, but I’ve never had problems using them up unless I forgot about them for several months.
Once you have opened the tube, just store them in freezer! They will remain as if it is the first time using it for a long time. No restriction on how you place them in the freezer.
I tried on other types of glue in this manner also and they work!
So, I will see many will have a tight box to keep all the glues in the freezer!
Another vote for the Loctite branded superglue
I don’t think the glue formula is any different from other brands, simply the container is of better quality and seals well.
Before I figured out that Loctite was the way to go (especially the kind with the little applicator brush on the cap), I would either: a) use a thumbtack to carefully clear out the nozzle (unlike a pin, you’ve got something to press down on without cutting into your finger), or b) use an Exacto knife to cut off the tip of the nozzle, which is usually the only part that gets clogged. Just make sure you don’t squeeze the tube first before trying either of these methods, unless you like being splattered with a jet of pressurized glue.
Acetone is your friend. You can find acetone based nail polish removers at a beauty supply store. After opening a new tube and using it, carefully wipe the tip of the nozzle with a paper towel (or some cotton wool) soaked in acetone (-based nail polish remover, if you can’t get pure acetone). Close the cap and store tube upright in the fridge. Sometimes, the air in the nozzle may cause a thin, hard, crust to form at the interface, but you can always pierce that with a pin and use the liquid glue present underneath.
I use superglue to repair cracked and broken nails (the keratin kind, not the metal ones :)) and I have got several uses over a few months even from the tiny 2 ml tube by this method.
In my experience superglue doesn’t come in tubes, it comes in bottles. I’ve had a bottle in the kitchen drawer for two or three years and it is still liquid and still comes out of the nozzle fine. The cap has a shape designed to give you plenty of leverage when unscrewing it, and being made of plastic it doesn’t really get glued up anyway (generally superglue is rubbish for gluing most plastics).
Edit: once I’ve finished using it, I stand the bottle upright and gently squeeze it, with a tissue over the nozzle, so that any residual glue in the nozzle gets cleared out. Then a quick wipe of the nozzle and screw the cap back on. I just throw the bottle back in the drawer - it doesn’t seem to matter if its upright or not.
That link is dead and there is no description. The Wayback Machine indicates he was talking about “Krazy Glue Home & Office Pen”
Sorry for the necropost.
zombie or no
the link has come unglued.
the pen exists and their website has it.