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I find it distasteful that the answer is a brand name instead of an active ingredient. not all brands are available worldwide, and it's better to know what it i

I find it distasteful that the answer is a brand name instead of an active ingredient. not all brands are available worldwide, and it's better to know what it is made of to check for actual options. It also makes people think happen by magic instead of letting them learn about what makes the glue work.

lucideer 4y ago
Not only are many brands not universally available, even those that are more often than not have different recipes in different regions.
wartijn_ 4y ago
I think calling this “distasteful” is pretty dumb. it’s a website that has offered a free service for decades. If I wanted to glue some glass to metal, I wouldn’t want to which ratio of certain ingredients I’d need. That would just result in me having to check the description of dozens of packages in a shop, while I would forget the names of those ingredients as soon as I’d bought the glue and I have no idea what the effect of a different ratio will be. I’d be just a bunch of useless information, while knowing which product I need to buy is providing a service people actually use. Too bad that it’s not super useful for people who don’t live in the US, but you can’t make everyone happy.
- ekianjo 4y ago
  > I wouldn’t want to which ratio of certain ingredients I’d need. That would just result in me having to check the description of dozens of packages in a shop, Glues are not a long list of ingredients like a recipe or something. There's only a few ingredients that actually matter in making things stick. > That would just result in me having to check the description of dozens of packages in a shop, Checking ingredients is a good thing in a store. Not sure why people find this kind of thing a problem. Aren't you curious with what things are made?
  - akanet 4y ago
    Sometimes I'm curious, sometimes I just want to glue two things together to finish my project. Do you meet many people who mix their own glues?
  - schrectacular 4y ago
    So wait, originally you are upset that the creator of the site didn't do extra legwork for you. Then immediately after you are chiding someone for not being curious and wanting to know what's inside their glues... Seems like the obvious solution would be for you to take your own advice and look up the product name to find out what's inside. Curious people can and will do that. We don't have a problem with people checking ingredients. We have a problem with you coming in and telling people that they should check ingredients but also that the author's work is _distasteful_ because they should have provided the ingredients so you don't have to check yourself.
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    - ekianjo 4y ago
      > should have provided the ingredients so you don't have to check yourself. I provided a rationale as to why it matters: the same glues are not available under the same brand name everywhere, and the brand name is irrelevant. If a brand disappears for some reason, it does not mean that this type of glue is gone.
      - ipaddr 4y ago
        Couldn't you get the recipe based on the brand name if not available in your region?
  - crazygringo 4y ago
    There are complete lists of ingredients on everything in my grocery store. But NOT in my hardware store. A large majority of items don't tell you what's in them at all. Sometimes Googling will tell you the main ingredient in a product, but often it won't or you'll get conflicting answers from random forum posts.
coding123 4y ago
It's probably because they wanted to be useful to lay people. Something us hackers often forget. Be useful.
throwoutway 4y ago
I disagree. If I'm in the middle of a project, I'd rather get a product name and go directly to the store. I don't want to search for multiple products. I can always look for the chemical in the product if needed
newaccount74 4y ago
None of the glues I have list ingredients. I have no idea what's the "active ingredient".
- ekianjo 4y ago
  You just need to read the back of the package. https://smokewrap.com/pub/media/catalog/product/cache/74c1057f7991b4edb2bc7bdaa94de933/k/r/krazy-glue-all-purpose-box-of-12-pieces.jpg https://smokewrap.com/pub/media/catalog/product/cache/74c105... Here for crazyglue: standard cyanoacrylate, like in most "super glues".
  - newaccount74 4y ago
    Okay, I checked my glues and some of them do list ingredients.

lucideer 4y ago

Not only are many brands not universally available, even those that are more often than not have different recipes in different regions.

wartijn_ 4y ago

I think calling this “distasteful” is pretty dumb. it’s a website that has offered a free service for decades. If I wanted to glue some glass to metal, I wouldn’t want to which ratio of certain ingredients I’d need. That would just result in me having to check the description of dozens of packages in a shop, while I would forget the names of those ingredients as soon as I’d bought the glue and I have no idea what the effect of a different ratio will be. I’d be just a bunch of useless information, while knowing which product I need to buy is providing a service people actually use. Too bad that it’s not super useful for people who don’t live in the US, but you can’t make everyone happy.

ekianjo 4y ago
> I wouldn’t want to which ratio of certain ingredients I’d need. That would just result in me having to check the description of dozens of packages in a shop, Glues are not a long list of ingredients like a recipe or something. There's only a few ingredients that actually matter in making things stick. > That would just result in me having to check the description of dozens of packages in a shop, Checking ingredients is a good thing in a store. Not sure why people find this kind of thing a problem. Aren't you curious with what things are made?
- akanet 4y ago
  Sometimes I'm curious, sometimes I just want to glue two things together to finish my project. Do you meet many people who mix their own glues?
- schrectacular 4y ago
  So wait, originally you are upset that the creator of the site didn't do extra legwork for you. Then immediately after you are chiding someone for not being curious and wanting to know what's inside their glues... Seems like the obvious solution would be for you to take your own advice and look up the product name to find out what's inside. Curious people can and will do that. We don't have a problem with people checking ingredients. We have a problem with you coming in and telling people that they should check ingredients but also that the author's work is _distasteful_ because they should have provided the ingredients so you don't have to check yourself.
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  - ekianjo 4y ago
    > should have provided the ingredients so you don't have to check yourself. I provided a rationale as to why it matters: the same glues are not available under the same brand name everywhere, and the brand name is irrelevant. If a brand disappears for some reason, it does not mean that this type of glue is gone.
    - ipaddr 4y ago
      Couldn't you get the recipe based on the brand name if not available in your region?
- crazygringo 4y ago
  There are complete lists of ingredients on everything in my grocery store. But NOT in my hardware store. A large majority of items don't tell you what's in them at all. Sometimes Googling will tell you the main ingredient in a product, but often it won't or you'll get conflicting answers from random forum posts.

coding123 4y ago

It's probably because they wanted to be useful to lay people. Something us hackers often forget. Be useful.

throwoutway 4y ago

I disagree. If I'm in the middle of a project, I'd rather get a product name and go directly to the store. I don't want to search for multiple products. I can always look for the chemical in the product if needed

newaccount74 4y ago

None of the glues I have list ingredients. I have no idea what's the "active ingredient".

ekianjo 4y ago
You just need to read the back of the package. https://smokewrap.com/pub/media/catalog/product/cache/74c1057f7991b4edb2bc7bdaa94de933/k/r/krazy-glue-all-purpose-box-of-12-pieces.jpg https://smokewrap.com/pub/media/catalog/product/cache/74c105... Here for crazyglue: standard cyanoacrylate, like in most "super glues".
- newaccount74 4y ago
  Okay, I checked my glues and some of them do list ingredients.