Re:Using Super Glue
by _a_a_a_ on Sunday March 19, 2023 @09:06AM
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I'm very surprised at this and I wonder if it's not a failure of the shear strength of the glue, but of the surface of the wall. I'm pretty damn sure that plaster is a crap thing to attach directly to, ditto wallpaper, and rough raw brick while strong is far too uneven to expect much contact between it and the item glued.
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Re:Using Super Glue
by steve-atx-7600 on Sunday March 19, 2023 @09:26AM
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Great glue ref: https://d-lab.mit.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/D-Lab...
“Not actually used structurally due to its brittleness (low shear strength) Use for small repairs that are not subject to much stress or movement”
I think the shear strength is the weakness. I break super glued corals off their ceramic plugs for my aquarium and you can almost always get a perfect break by using flush cutters to slide the coral off the plug instead of trying to pry it off or cut it.