Difference? Superglue or CA glue?

[Jay_bobo]

Hi I was wondering if CA glue and superglue was the same? Cause superglue is a lot cheaper and If it was the same i might as well buy the cheaper stuff. Thanks for any help! I'm new at penturning so anything is helpful!

 

[JD Combs Sr]

Same stuff. CA is just short for "Cyanoacrylate". I believe that "Super Glue" is just a trade marked name for CA. There are different opinions as to which brand is best but I have good luck with most brands so my advise would be to get it where it is the cheapest. I usually get mine from vendors here on the IAP. Haven't check for a while but I think Exotic Blanks has the best price.

 

[mdl7070]

I use gorilla brand. Regular and gel. Gel i use as medium and have had really good luck useing it for ca blo finnishing

 

[its_virgil]

For gluing tubes or for finishing? For gluing tubes there should be no difference but two part epoxy, in my opinion, is a better choice for tubes. For finishing i would stay with one of the major brands. I am partial to Hot Stuff which, if I recall correctly, is the original CA glue packaged for hobbyists. I've been using it since the days of model making. But, I have had excellent results from all of the major brands of CA. Stick Fast is my least favorite. Just my opinions and I'm sure others will disagree....which is fine.
Do a good turn daily!'
Don

Hi I was wondering if CA glue and superglue was the same? Cause superglue is a lot cheaper and If it was the same i might as well buy the cheaper stuff. Thanks for any help! I'm new at penturning so anything is helpful!

 

[Dan Masshardt]

Is it really that much cheaper when you compare ounces? It seems to me that most superglue bottles have very little actual glue. They are not translucent like the ca bottles so you can see.

Make sure you're comparing price per oz not cost of 'a bottle'.

 

[edstreet]

There are some big differences

 

[Jay_bobo]

Yay I just checked that CA glue is actually a lot cheaper :b so I might as well order some ca. Thanks everyone!

 

[panamag8or]

Glue marketed as Super Glue, and available at any store on the planet is supposed to be less refined than glue labeled "CA". I read that somewhere.

 

[RMayoIII]

If you read the ingredients on super glue, at least the few I've read, you'll find that it is mostly CA (95-97%) mixed with other stuff. I've tried using super glue in a pinch for finishing and found that it doesn't dry as fast or as hard and when trying to buff it I couldn't get it to as high of a gloss as CA. It works but not really. Thats my experience of the difference between the two.