Hot Stuff™

[dwest]

I just made an unpleasant discovery in my cabinet where I store my glues. A newly purchased bottle of Hot Stuff™ cyanoacrylate thin formula burst. More precisely the two side seams in the bottle split spilling the contents on the shelf of the cabinet and in the process gluing down two bottle of Gorilla glue, four bottles of various Titebond, two sets of micro screwdrivers, a bottle of oil for nail guns, several packages of hot melt glue sticks, two bottles of fishing rod epoxy, can of pvc solvent, can of acrylic solvent thin formula, tube of acrylic solvent gel formula, two mini-pumps for WEST SYSTEM® Epoxy. While it is somewhat humorous, how the heck am I going to get all these bottles of glue...unglued?

[s1m0n]

I'd start with acetone.

[djm]

Most cyanoacrylate glues tell you on the packaging to store them in the fridge. I guess now you know why.

djm

[Innocent Bystander]

Storing hot stuff in the fridge IS counter-intuitive.

[Aanvil]

You can buy CA Debonder in bulk.

Turbo De-Bonder has been designed as a fast acting debonder for cyanoacrylates. Turbo De-bonder is fast acting, safe and very effective.

Safety dissolves cured cyanoacrylates. Turbo-Debonder can be used on skin.

Turbo De-Bonder can be sprayed on, or used with brush application.


http://www.palmlabsadhesives.com/cyanoa ... bonder.htm

[djm]

Never heard of that stuff before. Cool!

djm

[MagicSailor]

I just made an unpleasant discovery in my cabinet where I store my glues. A newly purchased bottle of Hot Stuff™ cyanoacrylate thin formula burst. More precisely the two side seams in the bottle split spilling the contents on the shelf of the cabinet and in the process gluing down two bottle of Gorilla glue, four bottles of various Titebond, two sets of micro screwdrivers, a bottle of oil for nail guns, several packages of hot melt glue sticks, two bottles of fishing rod epoxy, can of pvc solvent, can of acrylic solvent thin formula, tube of acrylic solvent gel formula, two mini-pumps for WEST SYSTEM® Epoxy. While it is somewhat humorous, how the heck am I going to get all these bottles of glue...unglued?

Half of them you can probably just yank off. Glue is normally shipped in bottles made of the kind of plastic that nothing sticks to. I.e. the kind of plastic the Hot Stuff bottle is made of. While I'm not familiar with that particular brand name, I have used cyano glue debonder in the past and it worked fine. There is also something we used to call kicker which makes the cyano glue set in a split second. Useful for anything you'd prefer not to have to hold for 10-20 seconds.

Edited: This is all from back in my model aircraft crashing days, but I still find cyano glue very handy for all sorts of little jobs. The kicker came in a little bottle with a squirt nossle.

Regards,

Owen Morgan

Yacht Magic
Anchored in the lagoon, St Maarten

My new blog.
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[Lambchop]

I think you should just leave it be and call it art.

[WyoBadger]

Wow. That's what I call an ironic problem.

Did you know that superglue is a standard item in the first-aid kit of many big wall climbers? Cut your hand? Can't quit climbing? No worries. Squirt a little superglue in the cut, squeeze it together, and get back on the rock. I am not making this up.

I for one would be a little reluctant squirting anything into my bloodstream that contains the prefix "cyano-," but they say it works great.

OK, back to helpful suggestions on dwest's problem.

Tom

[dwest]

Wow. That's what I call an ironic problem.

Did you know that superglue is a standard item in the first-aid kit of many big wall climbers? Cut your hand? Can't quit climbing? No worries. Squirt a little superglue in the cut, squeeze it together, and get back on the rock. I am not making this up.

I have lived by it for years. I carry a small bottle of nexcare with me all the time, in my pocket next to my Victorinox
Aanvil, thanks for the site I'll get some. I can't really put too much pressure on the tube of acrylic solvent.
I do usually keep my hot stuff in the freezer if I am not going to use it right away but I purchased this bottle last Tuesday.

[Lambchop]

I for one would be a little reluctant squirting anything into my bloodstream that contains the prefix "cyano-," but they say it works great.

See if this doesn't convince you: CLICKY .

[crookedtune]

I think you should just leave it be and call it art.

Ha Ha!!! I had EXACTLY those words in mind, and was just scrolling down to find the bottom of the thread! I think all of our minds are starting to meld!

[Denny]

I just thought that it was Jack's fault....

[MagicSailor]

I have lived by it for years. I carry a small bottle of nexcare with me all the time, in my pocket next to my Victorinox

Wouldn't you feel dumb if that bottle burst in your pocket and bonded your knick to your knacks?

Regards,

Owen Morgan

Yacht Magic
Anchored in the lagoon, St Maarten

My new blog.
Click here for my latest reported position. (Use the satellite view.)

[MTGuru]

Did you know that superglue is a standard item in the first-aid kit of many big wall climbers? Cut your hand? Can't quit climbing? No worries. Squirt a little superglue in the cut, squeeze it together, and get back on the rock. I am not making this up.

I carry New Skin or Liquid Bandage in my music kit, mostly for guitar. Fingertips getting too raw? Cut a fretting finger while changing strings? Slice your picking hand while damping too vigorously? It dries quickly, works fine, smells like cloves, and has rescued a few gigs from near-disaster. The medical grade stuff doesn't break down into toxic components like straight CA.