Super Glue

[benhall]

G'day, as a tool, I wouldn't be without it!, I have your pins and clamps etc etc, but my entire first lot of planking was done using no more than half a dozen pins, and these were just the ones that I used  to get that first row of planks in the correct place, after that just Super Glue and white glue! It took approximately 2 minutes to prepair the plank, ie cutting to length, chamferring of edge (if needed) glueing and securing!
Another wee tip, keep that fine used sawdust or talcom powder to rub into the butts of the planks youv'e just did before moving on to the next...it worked for me, but watch those fingers, they get a bit messy!!...Dave

[Noco]

Dave, did consider super glue but worried about not having enough time to fiddle with placement before it takes hold. I think I will use it for my second layer of planking when its just a case of laying 1 plank next to another. I will go back to the PVA where I need more time to push things around.

[benhall]

That's a fair cosideration John, that's why I paid attention to the first lot of planking along the top, getting them right in the 'normal' way then all the other planking fell into line so to speak so the 'superglue' worked fine and the whole thing was done in jig time!!. Dave

[yorkie10]

Hello all,
 Fingers crossed for Dave eh.  I have been doing the brassies for while now and I would like a few tips on how to handle superglue,I,m most disappointed that some times it can take ages to stick a part.I have been ages trying to stick fences on part no.217 and I,ve given up and gone for a cuppa.  Surely there ,s a glue that one can hold the parts together for a few seconds to set and then let go? If superglue was as good at sticking parts as it is sticking fingers we would be laughing.

Regards Yorkie 10.

[fedup]

Hi Yorkie 10"
I am also useing super glue and the one i use is for plastic,metal,rubber,leather,glass,ceramics and the problem i have with it is it dryes to quick.
And if i use to much it will not dry and or it will take a long time to doso.
And i have to use as littel as posable and it seams to work better on a warm day than a cool one useing a very small drop.and it seams to work ok.
Just make shaw the brass is clean,and use a very small drops.
Hope the above will help.
Fedup.

[SkyFire]

Thing is with super glue is that it needs a little bit of moisture, (a very small amount) which is why it glues fingers so well togther, because our skin is of course always moist.

Also as fedup said, a warm day works better than a cold one.

[SkyFire]

Found there was another topic about superglue, so have merged them into the one thread.

[yorkie10]

Thanks all, for the superglue info.  Yorkie 10

[SkyFire]

Some information on superglue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanoacrylate