Strange uses for CA?

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I used it to close some bandsaw oops on my fingers with many choice words and loud sounds, worked but boy did that s*&t burn like heck, but it saved an emergency room trip :biggrin:
 
I know for a fact CA is used in salt water aquariums for gluing corals, it's used in drum making, knot tying, speaker repairs, and on ballet slippers to harden the toe, just to name a few obscure uses.
 
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When opening a new CA bottle it helps to have a little squirt on your fingers when the tip is breached, so you have a nice firm grip on the razor while you cut the rest.
 
I have glued washers to nuts and then to the jaws of a long open ended wrench. That let me get them to an inaccessible location and start turning the bolt with the other hand. Once started they break free when tightened or the wrench wiggled. A big frustration saver. ;)

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I saw a movie, don't recall what it was, but this guy glued this womans mouth shut....hmmmm that gives me an idea...
 
Heard about women using CA as a means to punish their husbands for cheating. Yeah I'll let your imagination tackle that one.
 
renowb said:
I saw a movie, don't recall what it was, but this guy glued this womans mouth shut....hmmmm that gives me an idea...
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i can see the headline already... "Spring TX man found glued to toilet seat after wife finds off the cuff comment on internet forum" :biggrin:

--Dave
 
:rotfl:ROFL!!! These are "normal" ... um ... uses? for CA, but nobody's used it to glue in their teeth?!:smile-big:

My doctor has told me to use super glue on cuts, so it must be ok. Right?

Gluing washers, nuts and wrenches is a great tip! Thanks for that one.
 
Yeah, I hear they even use it as a finish for pens! Go figure!:biggrin:
 
I can state for a fact that instead of stitches on a surgery, you guessed it. That is what the surgeon said and a shirt riding on hardened glue edges confirmed it.
 
I once used CA to stick a small brass tube (7 mm I think) to an otherwise perfectly good mandrel. Stuff really worked good. Still use the mandrel in the shop just not for turning pens.
 
I heard a rumor that a spilled puddle of thin CA will lay on the bench until someone rest their forearm in it. That wasn't me, just a rumor I heard somewhere.

Charles
 
well at least all seem logical. My son was "stumbling" on the net and found via amazon. The latest call of duty vid game, and what others also purchased along with the game were, Adult Diapers..... :eek:
 
Stiffens the toes in ballet slippers huh? Sounds like a cheap alternative to Viagra to me. Might need to keep that in mind for a few decades up the road.
 
Atherton Pens said:
I once used CA to stick a small brass tube (7 mm I think) to an otherwise perfectly good mandrel. Stuff really worked good. Still use the mandrel in the shop just not for turning pens.
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I don't know if you care too much, but a candle lit and placed under the tube will let you get the tube off the mandrel with pliers safely. Had to do it once or twice now. Also used it to get some tubes that stuck halfway into a blank free from partial imprisonment.
 
I have used it to reattach a cap on my front tooth.Used it on a friday night and the dentist worked reeeeal hard to get it off a few weeks later.
 
seamus7227 said:
works great to seal up those paper cuts that you may get on your fingers
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while we would like to think CA is for finishing pens, actually it was originally developed as a field dressing application for closing wounds. Like so many things, it has so many practical uses beyond what it was originally intended to do.
 
I used it once to glue my shoe to the floor so I wouldn't loose it. :eek:
Did that one at work. Had a heck of a time getting it up. The shoe that is. (Get your minds out of the gutter)
 
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it is used for sutures and closing cuts, pediatricians use it kids. i imagine they use a medical grade, wonder if thats medium or thick?
sulli
 
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