| Author | Message | ||
| alembic83
Junior Username: alembic83 Post Number: 13 Registered: 9-2004 |
Hello, I hope this isn't too lame of a question, but one of the inlays (3rd fret) has fallen out of place on my Spoiler. I could stick any old glue in there and it'd probably be fine but I just wanted to get some expert advice. I don't want to take any chances! Thanks, Jason | ||
| keavin
Senior Member Username: keavin Post Number: 605 Registered: 12-2002 |
(Message edited by keavin on January 08, 2006) | ||
| serialnumber12
Advanced Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 342 Registered: 12-2004 |
Crazy Glue. | ||
| kungfusheriff
Senior Member Username: kungfusheriff Post Number: 450 Registered: 8-2003 |
Yep -- worked fine when the same thing happened to me. | ||
| jazzyvee
Advanced Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 322 Registered: 6-2002 |
Forgive my Ignorance. I've not seen crazy glue at all here in the UK. But over the years I've heard it used for so many things. Even Gil Scott Heron mentions it in his song B -Movie.I it must be some amazing potion. Jazzyvee | ||
| keith_h
Advanced Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 304 Registered: 2-2005 |
Jazzyvee, Crazy Glue is a brand name it is also known as Super Glue. Chemically/generically it is called Cyanoacrylate Glue. It usually comes in a small tube and is a very thin liquid. It will glue just about anything together including your fingers. Keith | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 469 Registered: 10-2002 |
And it will also stick fingers to eyelids resulting in a trip to A&E ;-( Graeme | ||
| mpisanek
Intermediate Member Username: mpisanek Post Number: 132 Registered: 1-2005 |
Jazzy: Crazy Glue can eventually come un-stuck from exposure to moisture over a period of time. I can attest that it works wonderfully in the desert, but it might not be as long lived here in this rather constant high humidity! I think that is why you might not see it over here very often. | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 954 Registered: 11-2003 |
I've found that it doesn't work well on non-porous surfaces. Sam | ||
| keith_h
Advanced Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 306 Registered: 2-2005 |
I think what made Crazy/Super glue so well known were the television commercials. They often showed a man hanging from a hard hat that had been glued to a steel beam. I also remember them doing the same thing with a car suspended from two glued steel blocks. | ||
| dfung60
Intermediate Member Username: dfung60 Post Number: 127 Registered: 5-2002 |
I've found that CA glues (cyanoacrylate) are really strong for bonds that have a lot of tight-fitting surface area (like broken plastic if there's no deformation) and that they're kind of fragile bonds if there's any gaps at all (which include porous surfaces like wood). Things are tight until there's another impact and the bond fails all at once. CA glues aren't themselves heat sensitive, but if the things that they're gluing expand differently, you'll fracture the bond again really quickly. I think CA glue is pretty common for inlay work these days because it cures quickly (so you can work fast) and it dries clear and easy to sand. There are different types of CA glue including thicker compositions that will fill gaps. That would probably be more appropriate for an oval inlay where you dont' have to bond it all the way up to the fingerboard. David Fung | ||
| byoung
Intermediate Member Username: byoung Post Number: 176 Registered: 12-2004 |
superglue also works in a pinch for cuts (think battlefield remedy). It was invented for this purpose (well, that's what I heard, apocryphally). | ||
| crgaston
Junior Username: crgaston Post Number: 50 Registered: 11-2005 |
Superglue is my first choice for cuts, and it helps to wash it out with hydrogen peroxide or alcohol first to reduce infection. I have used it on slices on both left and right fingertips acquired while setting up the PA before gigs and it enabled me to play with no problems. It is actually marketed for this purpose as "Liquid Bandaid" or something, but it's more expensive with those words on the label. It also works well at preventing/delaying blisters on your hands. I figured this out at a 2-day combat handgun class where we fired upwards of a thousand rounds and the checkering on my grip was wearing raw spots on my fingers. Is this thread oficially hijacked, or is this a natural evolution? :-) | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 515 Registered: 6-2002 |
All this talk of evolution is just monkey business. John Scopes | ||
| byoung
Intermediate Member Username: byoung Post Number: 180 Registered: 12-2004 |
I think it's been intelligently designed away from its purpose. Brad |
