Gorilla Glue Rant

[Blaine]

Great stuff, but once you open the bottle, it's going to dry up and become useless. No matter how well you seal the top. That makes it awful expensive for a single use item.

[PriseDeFer]

Glad you brought this up, was going to get some for a small fix it. Now I found this single use 4 pack...

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Gorillia-Glue ... k/23760410

[plowboy 45]

Always turn it upside down to store, pvc glue as well
Works for me

[Blaine]

Glad you brought this up, was going to get some for a small fix it. Now I found this single use 4 pack...

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Gorillia-Glue ... k/23760410

They must be listening to customers....good..

Always turn it upside down to store, pvc glue as well
Works for me

I have thought of that..With that little tiny pointy top, I don't really see that working very well....

[TedH]

Weird. I always have the stuff on hand, and I've never had a bottle dry up before it was empty. I know some of it I've had for the better part of a year.

[yooper2]

I've also never had a problem with it drying out. I store it right side up.




Eric

[Blaine]

Weird. I always have the stuff on hand, and I've never had a bottle dry up before it was empty. I know some of it I've had for the better part of a year.

Burn The Witch

[williamranks]

I think it uses moisture to set. The instructions say to dampen dry wood before using for a faster set.
Get much humidity up there?

[Grizz]

side topic, those glues are fatal to dogs, and yes, dogs like the way they taste.

word to wise

[plowboy 45]

Hummmmmm, wonder if a coyote would like it

[BrianSH]

Saw a You Tube vid were a guy uses SG and Baking soda to fix a broken nut on a guitar. forms a super hard, file able substance. After hardening, he took a knife edge file and cut a groove for the string to rest in.

I've got a broken meerschaum pipe in need of some sg, I've just not done it yet.
- Brian

[plowboy 45]

Broken part, put superglue on one half, starter fluid other half
Be sure to have it where you want it, it set quick

[kfarm]

I'm finding this to be true. Flew my RC plane in a tree not on purpose but anyway it was so high I had only one option and that was to shoot off the wings. I clipped the wings and got it back down but had some damage when it hit. Broke the tail and had several 22 holes in the rudder and elevator. Used gorilla glue to patch the tail and fill in the holes. Instead of poking a hole in the spout I took off the lid. After aa day it takes a pair of pliers to get the lid off and its getting hard. But it works so does the tape.

[Chuck 100 yd]

Over the years I bet I have thrown away hundreds of $ worth of glue,paint,stock finish due to it drying out. There are arasol cans of heavy gas that you can put into the containers to displace oxygen and prevent drying out. I have no idea how much it costs or where to find it though.

[hayabusa]

You could store the G Glue upside down in a glass or can.

[Grizz]

Hummmmmm, wonder if a coyote would like it

I think they'd have to get it in liquid form, like licking drips off the floor... I'd guess the dried product isn't fatal, but it's only a guess.

[Tycer]

Simply squeeze all the air out of the bottle before sealing. The moisture in the air cures it.

[Blaine]

Simply squeeze all the air out of the bottle before sealing. The moisture in the air cures it.

And, then put it upside down in a small cup, or container? It's what I do with my honey container....Duh, on me....

[markinalpine]

Over the years I bet I have thrown away hundreds of $ worth of glue,paint,stock finish due to it drying out. There are arasol cans of heavy gas that you can put into the containers to displace oxygen and prevent drying out. I have no idea how much it costs or where to find it though.

Probably find ads in the back of woodworking magazines.
The gas is dry nitrogen. The nitrogen doesn't react with the paint or glue as it is 99.9999% inert. The lack of moisture keeps it from activating the glue. I also think nitrogen is heavier than air, so it forms a dry inert layer over the top of whatever you are trying to preserve.
Good luck,
Mark

[octagon]

Am not a fan of gorilla glue as there is not a solvent that will work on it. I use a ton of cyanoacrylate glues (super glue) due to available solvents and accelerators and varieties of available viscosities. When I need a permanent repair, I like good old JB weld. I have some in the shop that is twenty years old and has not hardened up due to its two part nature. My few experiments with gorilla showed that it stains badly, and has a huge squeeze out time involved. No time for that in my shop. The down side to CA glues is the short shelf life usually associated. It keep it in a cooler, which seems to stretch the shelf life.

[Ray Newman]

Bloxygen --www.bloxygen.com/

Check around for possibly better prices.

Woodcraft has it: http://www.woodcraft.com/product/127965/bloxygen.aspx

Rockler: http://www.rockler.com/bloxygen-gas-for ... -materials

[mikld]

Whut Gorilla Glue youz guys talkin' 'bout? Our local hardware store has different kinds labeled "Gorilla Glue", from white glue (Elmer's kind) to brown wood glue, to "super glue"...

[92&94]

Whut Gorilla Glue youz guys talkin' 'bout? Our local hardware store has different kinds labeled "Gorilla Glue", from white glue (Elmer's kind) to brown wood glue, to "super glue"...

Polyurethane glue. It's a dark amber, clear, sticky stuff that foams as it cures. It's ok stuff, but won't really do much that isn't better done with either regular wood glue or epoxy.

[Griff]

Great stuff, but once you open the bottle, it's going to dry up and become useless. No matter how well you seal the top. That makes it awful expensive for a single use item.

Hmm... the misogynist in me wants to draw a comparison here... but on the practical side, nobody told my bottle that!