Coral glues / crazy glue

chief hill

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Thought I would post a little blurb on crazy glue aka CA glue.  Cyanoacrylate (scientific name)

All crazy glue is the same it's Ca. Anyone that says different is full of shite Especially company's that make it for coral and charge $40+  bucks for a little bottle like EcoTec it's main ingredient is 98% CA.  Lol I got the MSDS and confirmed. It's no different than crazy glue as a manufacturer. 
Simply said  CA glue comes in thin, medium,  and thick.
I used to buy it by the 8oz bottle.  For like 20 bucks. That's a massive amount of glue. I used tons of it in the manufacturing of and hand polishing of hand made exotic wood pens I used to make so I'm very well versed in the use of these products and which ones are best.
(there all the same. Just different thicknesses)
So don't waste money on coral ecotec crazy glue. It's all the same.

Go to your local hobby shop and ask for the larger bottles of CA glue look for thick or gel it's better than the regular and especially never buy thin it's as thin as water. 

http://www.penblanks.ca/Adhesives/

  That's where I buy my glue. Super fast shipping and a good guy to deal with.
look at how cheap this Ca glue is in comparison to crazy glue brand Gorilla glue etc. When you buy typically it's in grams and small amounts. .
With hobby stores it's cheap and you can get the 2 Oz + bottles.  Just get regular or thick or gel there pretty much the same.
Though I'd share the advice I used lots of it I'm my Reef tank and can't stand to see company's buying bulk CA glue and re-branding that's it's some kind of miracle coral glue.

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teebone110

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I found this 10-pack gel glue over at Harbour Freight Tools for a pretty sweet deal.. on sale for $3.99 reg $5.29 8)
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Can't beat the price.

http://www.harborfreight.com/super-glue-gel-10-pack-68349.html
 

chief hill

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teebone110 link said:
I found this 10-pack gel glue over at Harbour Freight Tools for a pretty sweet deal.. on sale for $3.99 reg $5.29 8)
image_10848.jpg

Can't beat the price.

http://www.harborfreight.com/super-glue-gel-10-pack-68349.html

Great price and exactly what I'm talking about.
Don't spend big bucks on crazy glue. The dollar store has it as well.

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harleymike

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I buy this stuff
http://www.ebay.com/itm/290814452696?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
I find the dollar store stuff has pretty much nothing in the tube.
 

chief hill

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Mike that's not too bad works out to be just over 3.5 Oz of glue in 5 individual containers for 20 bucks. That's pretty good.
Just more proof to my point. CA glue is cheap if you know where to look.
I use the CA with the cheap coral epoxy stick from Pets mart.  Make a sandwich with the epoxy clay and CA glue. Works perfectly. 

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draper

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thx for this.  any alternatives to that puddy we use to cement our frags into the live rock?
 

chief hill

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draper link said:
thx for this.  any alternatives to that puddy we use to cement our frags into the live rock?
im not sure draper.  I always use ca glue and epoxy clay to secure coral. 

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