Kyle03SILVER Member
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Posted:
Why doesn't superglue stick to the inside of the tube

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Posted:
Because there's no water in there.

Superglue reacts with water to set, so unless you leave the top off the tube for a while, there'll not be enough atmospheric water in the tube for it to set.

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Posted:
there ya go.

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Posted:
Also, seeing as it was designed for making repairs to the space shuttle, it wasn't designed to be used within the atmosphere.
The presence of oxygen makes it set in a way that's a lot more brittle than it should. Which is why it's actually quite easy to break the bond.

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Posted:
Huh? I heard it was developed for use instead of stitches.. But I can't verify that source, so I could be talking nonsense.. Then again, how much atmospheric water is there in space?

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Posted:
If you heat it up it will release fumes that will bond to oils left by your skin. makes fingerprinting odd objects easier.

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faith enfireBRONZE Member
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Posted:
I don't think that is why it was made but athletes discovered this purpose
Just like preperation H gets rid of puffy eyes

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Posted:
preperation H had many uses, including getting rid of puffy eyes, and wrinkles and so on. But in order to market all those other uses the company would have had to go thru the FDA(Might be wrong organization) for tests and such. So instead of marketing this wonder cream they took out the ingrediant that (from what i remember) pulled out moisture from the skin. Although i beleive in Canada you can still get the stuff with that ingrediant

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Posted:
Superglue was made for quick stiches and was first implemented in the Vietnam War and thats about all I know about it.

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TheBovrilMonkeySILVER Member
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Posted:
Actually, according to wikipedia, it was discovered while trying to make plastic lenses for gun sights and first marketed as glue - all the other uses were found afterwards.

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darkness-beforeGOLD Member
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Posted:
The superglue/stitchesreference I believe is actually in a couple of films the only one i can name off the cuff being dog soldiers )(brittish film with the ginger guy from train spotting) where its said "you ever wonder why superglue sticks to your fingers btter than anything else? Its cus it was made fo the vietnam war for patching soldiers back together" not an exact qoute but illustrates my point.

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Kyle03SILVER Member
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Posted:
When I had my appendix removed they used desolvable stitches with a glue like substance over it, not sure if it was superglue

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Posted:
Ah, fun with superglue, its amazing what you can get to stick to each other...

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Posted:
 Written by: Peanut



When I had my appendix removed they used desolvable stitches with a glue like substance over it, not sure if it was superglue





Unless you had it out in a back alley, the chances of actual super glue being used in a modern day medical procecure? Slim tongue



Superglue is often thought as..well, super.

Its not. It dosnt glue biscuit fired ceramics (or anything else hard and porous), and it fogs up acrylic too, not to mention being an absoloute arse to get off your fingers.



I much prefer Milliput - you can even use this stuff under water.



Plain old PVA is ace too.

Waterd down a little and applied properly, it can be just as strong as superglue, and its tonnes cheaper!





I'm debating glues? confused

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Posted:
They use what looks and acts like superglue on scalp wounds in kids.

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Posted:
 Written by: JonnyRok


Ah, fun with superglue, its amazing what you can get to stick to each other...



yes, once I glued newspaper to my fingers, then I glued my fingers to my goggles, and another time I "close-glued" a pair so scissors, so one can't open it any more

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Kyle03SILVER Member
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Posted:
There is a product called q bond that is a marvil and wil stick anything 2 anything, trust me i knw frm lots of experience

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PinkNigelPinker than thou
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Posted:
 Written by: Aimée



Unless you had it out in a back alley, the chances of actual super glue being used in a modern day medical procecure? Slim tongue




Why not? Swarfega is still used for cleaning wounds; a solvent, so useful for thingss like road traffic accidents where there may be oil in wounds, and antisceptic too...

And as for sticking odd things togethe.. I once managed to stick my finger to my navel jewellry with superglue...

A wise man once said: "You have two ears and one mouth, therefore you should shut the censored up and listen" (though, to be fair, he might not've put it _quite_ like that..)


_Aime_SILVER Member
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Posted:
Nigel, what I was implying was the improbabilty of nurses cracking open a tube of household superglue on a patients wounds.

What they would have is probably something similar but which isnt irritant, is sterile, and which isnt available in a hardware store...

I found this article "Medical type of Super Glue may replace stitches", which was posted in 1997! Interesting reading but dosnt really go into the make-up of the glue.

Wiki didnt shead much light either, it mearly just copied bits from this Q+A.


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