Super glue gel alternative?

[MBentley]

Someone once told me that there's some glue at Hobby Town that's the same as super glue gel. Any ideas as to what that is?

[minfinger]

Cyano-Acrylate...4oz is like $9 Or it's 8 oz for $9 I can't remember. Get the one with the red label, it's behind the counter.

[skipm]

Its a 2 oz. bottle for $9. Ask for the extra thick glue. They also carry Zap Gel for about $7 for the lg. tube.

[MBentley]

Thanks guys. Just picked up a 1oz bottle. They had sold the last 2oz.

[MBentley]

Well, I must say that I wish that I got the Zap Gel. This stuff is just not easy to work with. It's also a pain just to get it out of the bottle. I'm going to pick up some of the gel and give that a try.

[minfinger]

What are you trying to glue?

[MBentley]

Small rocks to bigger rocks underwater. With super glue gel by Lok-tite it's not too hard. This stuff is a bit too fluid. Works great when I can get the pieces out of water. That is, when I can actually get the glue out of the tube.

[minfinger]

OH good lord...Yeah that stuff from the hobby store is allergic to water LOL

I'm surpirised you didn't end up coating your hands with it, which is always fun. What I always had to do was wait for the glue to dry for a bit and then stick it in the water. Although I never foudn the that Loctite Gel held that long either, rock to rock. I always used the puddy for that.

I thought we were glueing frags out of the water.

If the tube is stopped up, get a paper clip to clean it out.

[MBentley]

My hands were nicely coated with glue. It was fun...not. What kind of puddy do you use?

[minfinger]

They sold it at Tideline. It's a Green and Gray 2 part stuff that comes in a 3/4 tube. You cugt off what you need, mix it in your hands and tada, instant cement, well after a few hours.

Wet your fingers first, helps with the neading of the puddy. They should know what your talking about at Tideline.

[skipm]

Its a 2 part epoxy that you want to cement rockwork together. I also assumed that you were gluing frags.

[dvmsn]

Aquamend from home depot is a reefsafe two-part epoxy and costs less than three dollars.

[MBentley]

Yes, I'm gluing frags. Wish I had some last night. I positioned a frag just to see how it would look and it tumbled behind the rockwork. Sucked!

[minfinger]

Bummer LOL

If it's a frag already on a rock or an SPS, I'd recommend using that Aquamed/2 Part Epoxy or getting the Stuff from Tideline I was telling you about.

[MBentley]

Going to HD today. Got some nice fragle rocks from Tide yesterday.

[MBentley]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. The aquamend worked great. I also put together some cool zoo frag rocks using the cyano-whozitwhatzit. Now I just need to build my fuge.