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From: John Ferrier on 17 Jan 2010 18:43 "Jim Yanik" <jyanik(a)abuse.gov> wrote in message news:Xns9D037EF4DFC13jyaniklocalnetcom(a)216.168.3.44... > "ian field" <gangprobing.alien(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in > news:akH4n.37111$jE1.1786(a)newsfe27.ams2: > >> >> "Jim Yanik" <jyanik(a)abuse.gov> wrote in message >> news:Xns9D03A2A09439jyaniklocalnetcom(a)216.168.3.44... >>> "John Ferrier" <johnantispamferrier(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in >>> news:Yks4n.27318$Ym4.1126(a)text.news.virginmedia.com: >>> >>>> >>>> "N_Cook" <diverse(a)tcp.co.uk> wrote in message >>>> news:hirret$lp1$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>>>> ian field <gangprobing.alien(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:Pb34n.17588$Q63.9127(a)newsfe23.ams2... >>>>>> >>>>>> "Jim Yanik" <jyanik(a)abuse.gov> wrote in message >>>>>> news:Xns9D018409DE149jyaniklocalnetcom(a)216.168.3.44... >>>>>> > "N_Cook" <diverse(a)tcp.co.uk> wrote in >>>>>> > news:hiq1pd$st4$1(a)news.eternal- september.org: >>>>>> > >>>>>> >> Anyone else ever burnt a hole in their kecks, from a drop of >>>>>> >> superglue dripping on them ? Heat build up from fineness of >>>>>> >> threads or chemical make-up of the cloth? >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> > >>>>>> > When I've spilled a drop of superglue on my pants,it just leaves >>>>>> > a dark spot that is hard and inflexible,and that doesn't wash >>>>>> > out. >>>>>> >>>>>> HTP can burst into flames when spilled on dirty fabrics. >>>>>> >>>>>> Once when repairing the PCB runners on an ABS monitor case, that a >>>>> previous >>>>>> repairer had mucked up with solvent glue, I'd superglued most of >>>>>> the shattered fragments of ABS back in - but a lot was just >>>>>> crumbs. >>>>>> >>>>>> What I used to fill the gaps, was cigarette ash and superglue, a >>>>>> plug of >>>>> ash >>>>>> soaked in superglue is like granite - I noticed that the effect of >>>>>> ash on superglue was that it set hard instantly, and produced a >>>>>> lot of heat in doing so! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> If the cloth had been touching skin I would have got a burn. Don;t >>>>> know what >>>>> temp it got to or whether it was smoke or steam rising from the >>>>> patch. It turned into a burnt hole with a surround of metal-hard >>>>> ex-fabric around. Probably a volume to surface area effect. >>>>> Cigarette papers are paassed through a multi EHT discharge process >>>>> to create millions? of micro pores in >>>>> the paper to assist "draw". >>>>> Don't know what my kecks were made from, as label is washed out , >>>>> but presumably polyster and cotton fibres. >>>> >>>> Once upon a time I watched an engineer spill a large pot of >>>> superglue on his bench >>>> he tried to wipe it up with an old cotton cloth only to find it on >>>> fire and stuck to his hands. >>>> Being helpful I went over and put out the flames and the smouldering >>>> cloth only to find >>>> my feet stuck to the floor! >>>> You would have thought that I would have learnt from this but 10 >>>> years later when someone annoyed me I superglue his shoe laces >>>> together, cotton again and very worrying when your shoes are >>>> smouldering and you can't get them off cause some idiot has glued >>>> them. If you read this Roger "SORRY" >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> sounds fishy. >>> >>> what use would anyone have for a LARGE POT of superglue? >>> You use the stuff in drops. >>> A large pot would harden up pretty quick,before you could use much of >>> it. >>> >>> And how do you glue shoelaces when the guy is wearing the shoes?? >>> Crawl under his desk? >>> >>> A joke I played on a Hooters waitress was to superglue a salt shaker >>> to the >>> table,and when she came around to fill the shakers at the end of her >>> shift,she couldn't get the shaker off the table. We were all laughing >>> so hard. B-) >>> Then another regular who thought he was going to be a hero came >>> over,grabbed it and yanked hard,and it still didn't come loose! I >>> loved it. >>> He looked like a fool. >>> Then the "hero" thought about it,gave it a rap sideways,and it popped >>> loose. >> >> When superglue first hit the market in the UK, I remember numerous >> incidents hitting the news of people getting glued to public bog seats >> and having to be carried out with a blanket over them by the fire & >> rescue service. >> >> I just can't imagine anyone not inspecting the bog seat before sitting >> down! > > I usually have to clean it first regardless,because pigs won't flip up the > toilet seat before peeing. >> >> >> > > > I still don't believe the "large pot" story. > > -- > Jim Yanik > jyanik > at > localnet > dot com No your wrong, superglue does not go off when exposed to air. It is easy to glue someone's shoe laces when they not expecting it, give it a try. 100gms is large for a pot of superglue. John. |