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Odd Superglue Meltdown

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Today I was cleaning up the workspace and noticed a bottle of super glue stuck in place, then realized it had a puddle around it and had glued a few things to the table. It was lightly touching an aluminum baffle, but I don't see how that could have reacted from outside the bottle. The hole was in the bottom, leaking more out when I squeezed it trying to pull it off.

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I soaked up the uncured excess with paper towels which crackled as the glue reacted with them, and then pried off the glue bottle and cleaned the muck with acetone.

It was BSI insta-cure. Potent stuff and I'd gotten dozens of uses out of the bottle, so I don't mind, will just keep them all in a tray in the future just in case.
 
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tudordewolf said:
Today I was cleaning up the workspace and noticed a bottle of super glue stuck in place, then realized it had a puddle around it and had glued a few things to the table. It was lightly touching an aluminum baffle, but I don't see how that could have reacted from outside the bottle. The hole was in the bottom, leaking more out when I squeezed it trying to pull it off.

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I soaked up the uncured excess with paper towels which crackled as the glue reacted with them, and then pried off the glue bottle and cleaned the muck with acetone.

It was BSI insta-cure. Potent stuff and I'd gotten dozens of uses out of the bottle, so I don't mind, will just keep them all in a tray in the future just in case.
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Interesting. Years ago I had one do the same. It was a different brand and I found it all dried. 🤪😝
 
That's messed up :eek:. That's one of my favorite glues too. I think somebody else from the forum had the same thing happen recently. Maybe it was on another forum... I couldn't find the post in a search.
 
RustyUs said:
That's messed up :eek:. That's one of my favorite glues too. I think somebody else from the forum had the same thing happen recently. Maybe it was on another forum... I couldn't find the post in a search.
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You've been cheating on us? What's tge forums names? 🤪😝
 
332_RC said:
Maybe the aluminum made the plastic have some sort of reaction to the glue somehow. No odd emoji necessary.
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Maybe somebody needs to pay more attention in Chemistry class... so we can get answers! 🤪
 
Chubaka said:
You've been cheating on us? What's tge forums names? 🤪😝
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I'm all over the interwebs. When I don't find something interesting to read/post in the forums, I'm usually in the interweb groups or I'm outback fightin' with Mother Earth.
 

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