# World's Strongest Glue? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 12, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-strongest-glue/352366 "2006-04-12T13:59:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-strongest-glue/352366/1 "2006-04-12T13:59:19Z")
How would you get the cap off? [http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060410/sc\_space/worldsstrongestglueavailableonlyfromnature](http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060410/sc_space/worldsstrongestglueavailableonlyfromnature) ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-strongest-glue/352366/2 "2006-04-12T18:18:18Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > How would you get the cap off? > [http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060410/sc\_space/worldsstrongestglueavailableonlyfromnature](http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060410/sc_space/worldsstrongestglueavailableonlyfromnature) > [@](#): > > But making it has proved challenging. Like a mess of chewing gum, the gunk globs to everything, including the tools used to create it. I would think that an adhesive resistant surface would have to be developed just to coat the manufacturing equipment, the same stuff could be used to coat the bottle and the cap. Any substance that would repel or be resistant to a sugar and “special” protien compound would be a better seller than the glue itself, imagine all of the hotel owners treating their sheets, and Ms. Lewinsky’s blue dress… ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-strongest-glue/352366/3 "2006-04-12T19:20:32Z")
So [Teflon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teflon) tools or enclosures are not resistant to being bonded to by this substance? ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-strongest-glue/352366/4 "2006-04-12T19:56:03Z")
One possibility is to have the glue separated into two separate compounds which can be mixed together to form the glue. Many epoxies come this way today. You squeeze equal parts of A and B together to make the epoxy. ---
**Author:** ![Greebo\_Ogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19adc/32.png) [@Greebo\_Ogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greebo_Ogg)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-strongest-glue/352366/5 "2006-04-12T20:45:41Z")
The world’s strongest glue? Sperm. What? Ever see a baby fall apart? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-strongest-glue/352366/6 "2006-04-13T01:28:57Z")
Interesting stuff. Until they figure it out I guess we’re stuck with plain old [Gorilla Glue](http://www.gorillaglue.com/home.htm) “the strongest glue on planet Earth”. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-strongest-glue/352366/7 "2006-04-13T11:35:27Z")
My gorilla’s not broken, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-strongest-glue/352366/9 "2013-05-28T22:23:18Z")
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