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Superglue also works under water
by liveoneggs 4y ago
Superglue also works under water
- tgsovlerkhgsel 4y agoAs in, it will keep holding if exposed to water after it has set, not "you can apply it under water", correct?
- maxerickson 4y agoThe water will cause it to cure very quickly, so it will be hard to establish a good bond. Normally it cures because of the presence of water in the air.
- hgsgm 4y agoBut can it attach underwater, with all the water between the two surfaces?
- fwlr 4y agoNo. Maybe you could make it work but I wouldn’t count on it. Marine epoxy is designed for this task, it can be applied and attached fully submerged with no issues.
- fwlr 4y agoTurns out people with more experience than I have in using superglue underwater say it does work, I was wrong!
- liveoneggs 4y agoyes this is how corals are propagated
- liveoneggs 4y agoIt forms a skin almost immediately but if you squish the bubble between two objects it will pop and you can do full underwater gluing.
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- liveoneggs 4y agoI mean you can apply it under water and it works just fine. I use it all of the time in my aquarium.
- MavisBacon 4y agoIt’s used all the time in the freshwater aquarium hobby, which still kinda blows my mind. I use it to attach certain species of live plants to rock and driftwood