Thanks for that Colin, useful to know. I’ve managed without Cyano for sometime now but there are occasions when I do miss using it.

I was also Ok when I first started using it but then started getting a runny nose which would last for a couple of days.

I have only glued one item so far – plastic to metal on one of my liner davits which had come apart. It did set quickly but I also gave it a bit of ‘kicker’ to make sure. I agree that it is easy to waste cyano so the smaller bottles could turn out to be a better buy as long as they are not proportionately too expensive compared with the larger ones.

Workshop is too hot for me at the moment nearly 80F and rising.

Colin

I’m bi lingual Richard! happy to work in F & C! Workshop is now 85/30.

No breeze. Probably the same tomorrow down this way.

Colin

Colin / Richard

On holiday near Keswick this week. Pleasant 20C and a breeze.  Back home in Notts it’s 32C!

Hope my son remembers to water my veg plot tonight. Don’t like to think what the temperature in my Garden Cabin has been.

Tim

I have been trying the Bob Smith odourless superglue for tricky joins and so far have not experienced any symptoms (touch wood). It bonds very quickly and effectively.

I won’t try using it intensively but it seems to be a good option for those situations when nothing else will really do.

https://bsi-inc.co.uk/adhesives/cyanoacrylate/bsi-super-gold-odourless-foam-safe-gap-fill-ca-1-2-oz

Colin

Thanks Colin. I’ve been having problems with an errant strake that my other glues are having trouble with and have been thinking I will have to resort to CA but use outside.

But have ordered some of the Gold and Gold+ to try. My CA is past its sell by date anyway and I needed to replace.

Chris

I’m with you there Ray!

Glue arrived a couple of days ago and today I had a chance to give it a go. Problem was with the strakes on my Swordsman which are plastic glued to ply coated with lightweight cloth and Eze-Kote. When I did a test Deluxe Materials Canopy Glue provided the best bond and on the whole it has done a good job. But there are three sections where the strakes bend at the bow that it failed to bond due to the bends and difficulty in taping down.

I tried some more Canopy Glue but without success partly due to some of the previous being there but also because it remains “rubbery” and so if you don’t get a bond first time you have a problem.

Spent quite sometime with a craft knife scraping off as much of the original glue as I could to ensure a clean and tight fit and then used the Gold+ as it’s medium rather than thin and gap fills slightly. Held in place for about 30 seconds (min. 15 recommended) and job done, solid.

So, thanks again Colin. Relieved on both counts. One that it’s fixed and two that we have a real alternative to the original CA. Can get it painted now!

Chris

OK guys, I’m convinced, just bought a bottle.  Colin you should be on commission.

I know it’s a while ago, but i have been buying those small tubes of superglue from poundland ( when I can find a poundland) to combat the waste as correctly identified earlier with the larger bottles.

Sometimes it takes a while to go off, or not….possibly as its cheap…but it does the job.

Ashley

Hi all.

I’ve been using rocket rapid from either slec or Jadlam.  Doesn’t seem to odourous.  I also use bottle tips which I get from ebay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/225253951440

With them, the glue doesn’t go off and you don’t have to keep putting the lid back on.  Ideal for wicking. They don’t clog easily, but when they do you just cut the tip down a few mm.  Eventually, when they get too short and therefore not so thin use another one.  They push on.  The rocket is in a softer bottle than the locktite, making it more controllable.

Btw, 22° in Zakynthos with a cool onshore breeze.  Nice trimeran in the bay today.

I’ll reply to other posts when I get back.

Best wishes

Philip

Alikanas is quite small,more for older people and nice and quiet.  Quite like Cephalonia IMO, though I guess it depends where you go.

Didn’t like Corfu.  All English breakfasts and football, which doesn’t interest us.  I did however learn there that mermaids wear sea shells because B shells are too small and D shells too big.