News flash: Krazy Glue doesn't work

MarkB_MI

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A Michigan couple is suing Elmers Products, claiming that Krazy Glue won't actually glue anything to everything. They're asking for class action certification, which would extend the plaintiff party to anyone who has been disappointed with Krazy Glue. That would be pretty much anyone who has ever bought a tube of the stuff.

Before everyone gets their knickers in a knot, let me say I'm no fan of frivolous class action lawsuits like this one.

Actually, I have found one good application of Krazy Glue and similar cyanoacrylate adhesives. They're good for stitching up deep cuts and can save you a trip to the emergency room for stitches. I also it to patch up the cracks I get in my fingertips in the winter. Other than that, I can't think of anything I've actually successfully stuck together.
Metro Detroiters sue Krazy Glue
 
I use lots of it. Works fine on any fairly smooth, clean surface that isn't too porous. It's not wood glue or epoxy or Gorilla Glue or contact cement, but it works. Crazy glued the handle back on my favorite coffee mug 20 years ago and I'm still using it, right now.
 
Note the comment "her son in law is a lawyer". I have been a participant in 2 class action lawsuits, and have closely watched several others. In all of the successful ones each lawyer involved got several million dollars, but the consumers got practically nothing. One of them was a $20 certificate to purchase an item from the same company, and the others were checks between $12 and $25 which was less than 1/4 of what the consumer was shorted in what the advertising said and what he got. I am not saying all lawyers are bad, but the ones that go after the Class Action suits appear to be in strictly for the money with no real interest in helping the consume.

Note, Super glue and Krazy glue at one time came with instructions that if gluing porous items such as wood or leather you should apply a coating to the surface and allow it to dry before making the final application.
 
Remember the movie "The Jerk"? Steve Martin invented the "Opti-grab", a little handle put out in front of eyeglasses to make them easier to put on and remove. Turns out it made everybody cross-eyed. Class action lawsuit followed, and Martin ended up having to personally write checks for $1.11 to about a million people.

You're right in observing that class actions are just a money-making project for lawyers, and any benefits to the consumer are purely incidental. They're all competing for clients, especially on medical stuff. You've all seen the mesothelioma ads- several competing law firms are trying to enlist as many plaintiffs as possible. A recent John Grisham novel, "The Litigators", is an excellent read on that subject.
 
I just finished "The Litigators" yesterday. I have read most of Grisham"s books, and like them a lot, but I have often been disappointed in the endings. Not this one. A fine book, with a teaser for a newer book, "Calico Joe" at the end, which I hope to get soon--the teaser caught me!

I have always loved to read and almost always have a novel going. I prefer paperbacks, since they store easier and cost less. I don"t know how many I have, but LOTS. More all the time.

I use Krazy Glue and Super Glue for some things, and I have always thought they worked very well to glue things that fit together very tightly. They also work great for paper cuts or cracks in the ends of fingers, although that might not be an APPROVED use by the manufacturer.

Mass torts may have their place, but from what I have read about a few of them, most of the time the actual or alleged victim ends up getting almost nothing. My wife joined a lawsuit for a diet drug she had taken years ago, but in the screening that was done, the doctors decided that her heart had no damage. A relief that there was no damage, and she did not have to pay for the screening, but she did not receive a cent out of the deal. Which was probably justice. I do think that some people and some lawyers were successful in getting some money from the drug manufacturer.
 
“It just doesn’t seem right to be selling things with false advertising,” Can we get a refund on some/all politicians? TDF
 
Well Mark, I have to agree the one thing that "Super Glues" are good for are those pesky cracks you get on your fingers in the winter.
Try all the "lotions and creams" you want but for almost instant lasting relief, use Super Glue!
 
Dunno.....
In high school, I remember a few classmates that glued a chair down to the tile floor. By the time the janitor got the chair off the tile floor, there were four quarter-sized depressions pulled out of the tile floor. I guess the janitor had not yet heard of nail polish remover yet.
 
It has other uses too. It's the absolutely perfect stuff for making nonstandard O-rings (by cutting a larger one to fit and gluing the ends together).
 
I just used a few tubes fixing parts on my motorcycle fairing that weren't ABS. The liner portion of the fairing was made of a material called ASA, which was chosen because of its excellent weathering resistance. ABS glue melted it but the joint never cured. The trick was to wet it with Krazy Glue, then dust in some baking soda, and repeat until you have a good fillet of material built up around whatever you are attaching. I grabbed onto that tab and pulled vigorously, and the whole fairing bent, but the tab never budged.

If you lay down too much baking soda, the glue will not wet it properly and you get regions of unsaturated soda inside the "weld", kind of like slag inclusions I suppose, but if the soda gets thoroughly wetted, it gets as strong as epoxy. There is a slight chemical reaction that gives off smoke and heat when it is done right, which can't help but bond the piece even more.
 
(quoted from post at 12:36:33 07/31/13) “It just doesn’t seem right to be selling things with false advertising,” Can we get a refund on some/all politicians? TDF
here was a law suit over that several years ago, and supreme court finally ruled that politicians could not be held responsible for what they said while campaigning. I have not heard a truthful politician since.
 
Guys, Is it me or Does the word Detroiters Explain it all.....Detroit is Broke, Its inhabitants ore Broke. Now both are looking to get Something for Nothing!!!
Later,
John A.
 
John, sorry to disappoint you and Ivan, but the plaintiffs are residents of Oakland County, not Detroit. Oakland County is far from broke.
 
Hi Mark,

I would love to have something effective to use on the cracks I get in the ends of my fingers. How do you use it? Do you squeeze the crack together and have someone else put the glue on it, or do you squeeze it together the best you can with the same hand and glue it yourself? Or do you put the glue on the crack without trying to squeeze it shut first? Do you just leave it on until it wears off, or do you eventually have to do something to remove it?

Thanks,

Stan
 
When they put Marilyn back together after the hip surgery they used a form of super glue instead of stitches. Jim
 
One thing that does worry me about Krazy glue or like products is the bottle is about the same size and shape as Murine eye drops. Confusing the two would be a very bad mistake if someone had something in his or her eye and quickly grabbed the bottle to flush the eye. I have to use en eye moisturizer sometimes and I'm very careful to look at the bottle first. Jim
 

Q-Bond are Rapidfix would have worked great for what you were doing... I keep both one is black and the other clear/white..
 
Hi Stan,

For those fingertip cracks, I just put a very small drop in the crack, then wick up the excess with the tip of a tissue. Once the glue is dry, the crack is immobilized and won't crack any further. Usually the crack will heal right up.

Treating cuts is pretty much the same thing. The worst cut I ever glued together was when I cut my finger nearly to the bone with a filleting knife. I probably should have gone to the emergency room. but glue did the trick.
 
I did myself a bit of a drill bit injury a couple months ago (long story), one part of it the Dr. stitched but another part he put on steri-strips and what I assume was a cyanoacrylate of some sort. It held the cut in place and it healed quickly, the strips eventually fell off, he said not to pull them off but to wait until they wore off. It took about a week or so.
 
[b:20012614cf]Actually, I have found one good application of Krazy Glue and similar cyanoacrylate adhesives. They're good for stitching up deep cuts and can save you a trip to the emergency room for stitches. I also it to patch up the cracks I get in my fingertips in the winter. Other than that, I can't think of anything I've actually successfully stuck together.[/b:20012614cf]

The straight dope on Krazy Glue.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns...lue-invented-to-seal-battle-wounds-in-vietnam
 
Maybe i should join in...it just won't glue sticks of butter together?????????

Here is a good one on "class actions" that has been paying me for several years. I haven't been an MCI customer for a decade or two, thus received no bills for many years, until a class action ordered MCI to make refunds to customers of a specific period in time. I get one cent...one cent credited to my Master Card, every month. Guessing MCI had to pay out a specified amount that must allow counting cost of distribution, so send old customer a penny a month (~50 cents postage plus cost of envelope, 3 pages of paper & processing). How screwed up is that, folks?!!! More on the postage each month than my total receipts amount to in 4 years!!! :roll:
 
(quoted from post at 11:32:42 08/01/13) Hi Mark,

I would love to have something effective to use on the cracks I get in the ends of my fingers. How do you use it? ........
ust put a little dab on the crack, and do not touch it till it dries. It forms a hard coating to immobilize the crack as it heals and keep it from hurting when it touches something. It will come off in a couple days due to the natural oils in your skin and flexing.

A lot of guitar players that do not yet have callouses on their finger tips put it on their finger tips to keep them from getting raw when playing a lot
 
(quoted from post at 16:56:40 07/31/13) It has other uses too. It's the absolutely perfect stuff for making nonstandard O-rings (by cutting a larger one to fit and gluing the ends together).
would not rely on that snake oil to hold anything together ..let alone o rings unless you don't mind doing things twice,..the second time the right way :wink:

AFAIAC that stuff works only to glue your fingers together .

Besides, once you open the tube you may as well toss it after the first use cause two months later it is all gummed up anyway no matter how good you close it :roll:
 

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