An odd thing.........

[slim_boy_fat]

Today, I was making a new belt [trouser] using canvas webbing I bought of eBay. I had to trim it to length as I was using the buckle and end piece off the old belt it was to replace [yes....avoirdupois ].

I know I have, somewhere in the house, a bottle of that stuff they use to stop fabric from fraying after it's been cut but couldn't be a*sed rummaging for ages in the hope of stumbling across it, so thought I'd use super glue. What could go wrong, it's only canvas, isn't it?

Wrong. After I'd spread the glue across the cut end I noticed a small amount of 'smoke' [or fumes] coming off it . I avoided breathing it in, and made a sharp exit until I was sure there was none lingering.

Question is: what could be in the canvas that would be interacting with the s/glue, or vice versa?

 

[WorkshopChris]

Superglue does evaporate to give a whiteish vapour if you use a large quantity of it.
They can use it in a sealed environment when heated to show fingerprints on various surfaces.

 

[Parm]

Today, I was making a new belt [trouser] using canvas webbing I bought of eBay. I had to trim it to length as I was using the buckle and end piece off the old belt it was to replace [yes....avoirdupois ].

I know I have, somewhere in the house, a bottle of that stuff they use to stop fabric from fraying after it's been cut but couldn't be a*sed rummaging for ages in the hope of stumbling across it, so thought I'd use super glue. What could go wrong, it's only canvas, isn't it?

Wrong. After I'd spread the glue across the cut end I noticed a small amount of 'smoke' [or fumes] coming off it . I avoided breathing it in, and made a sharp exit until I was sure there was none lingering.

Question is: what could be in the canvas that would be interacting with the s/glue, or vice versa?

John, the fumes are most probably cyanoacrylate fumes (it’s what superglue is made from) not good to breathe

Most superglues are quite rubbish and don’t make fumes.

You must be using good stuff?

My suggestion for general purpose superglue is the loctite gel stuff. You can do almost anything and minimal risk of exposure via inhalation, plus it does what it says on the tin. I’ve done loads of work with this product in wind turbine repair. It’s safe to use

 

[slim_boy_fat]

You must be using good stuff?

Iirc it was 3 x bottles for £1 at Poundland......

 

[Parm]

Iirc it was 3 x bottles for £1 at Poundland......

I’ve got Poundland stuff, it’s never made fumes?

 

[maz0]

John, the fumes are most probably cyanoacrylate fumes (it’s what superglue is made from) not good to breathe

Most superglues are quite rubbish and don’t make fumes.

You must be using good stuff?

My suggestion for general purpose superglue is the loctite gel stuff. You can do almost anything and minimal risk of exposure via inhalation, plus it does what it says on the tin. I’ve done loads of work with this product in wind turbine repair. It’s safe to use

I bought the good stuff once for fixing a hair line crack, you can tell its different from poundland stuff because its super low viscosity. Used it in a pinch once when the cat ripped her stitches out and was walking around with a gaping hole on her abdomen, it worked an absolute treat until we got her to the vet. Good stuff the cyanoacrolate!

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I’ve got Poundland stuff, it’s never made fumes?

You're not trying hard enough, then.

 

[Parm]

You're not trying hard enough, then.

I’ve got plenty of other stuff that makes fumes

 

[slim_boy_fat]

@Parm All curries?

 

[Parm]

@Parm All curries?

Now that would be telling. But ...........

 

[Parm]

@Parm All curries?

Tonight’s affair. Sea Bream and Prawn Red Thai special, made by me. Served with broccoli and Maris pipers

 

[Wightsparks]

My suggestion for general purpose superglue is the loctite gel stuff. You can do almost anything and minimal risk of exposure via inhalation, plus it does what it says on the tin. I’ve done loads of work with this product in wind turbine repair. It’s safe to use

..Wait, you stick wind turbines together with superglue

 

[Parm]

..Wait, you stick wind turbines together with superglue

Part of the repair system to the broken grip blades

 

[Robotstar5]

..Wait, you stick wind turbines together with superglue

What could go wrong?

 

[Parm]

What could go wrong?

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Obviously Poundland superglue

 

[Tangledfeet]

Tonight’s affair. Sea Bream and Prawn Red Thai special, made by me. Served with broccoli and Maris pipers

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That looks delicious, and very healthy too!

I knew you'd make a fine housewife for Linda Jane...

 

[TechnicAl]

Hasnt Poundland gone bust....maybe they should have used their super glue

 

[colnerov]

What could go wrong?

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It depends whether it's made of canvas or not.

 

[rikrobson]

It reacts with cotton or the moisture it holds. I dropped some on my jeans accidently once and had a burning sensation on my leg jusy above the knee. Looked down and there was smoke/vapour coming from the drop

 

[bourbon]

Think I read somewhere that it reacts with the cellulose in cotton