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Posted by Roger Shoaf on March 11, 2008, 3:24 am
Super glue was used in Viet Nam as emergency stitches to close wounds.
The stuff is toxic, but it is one of those things where not much is absorbed
when tissue is glued together, and it is a whole lot healthier to get the
would closed fast.
The glue is not water soluble when cured. Super glue is also not a good
choice when gaps need to be filled or it is subject to a lot of vibration.
--
Roger Shoaf
About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.
> Thanks all for the info... I'm looking to fix a broken plate and I was
> wondering the same thing. As a side note, I've been a subject in a
> linguistics experiment where I had sensors glued to my tongue. One of
> the professors was from the dental school and he said that the glue
> they were using was basically superglue (probably medical grade
> though). I don't advocate eating superglue in any quantity, and I'll
> probably use epoxy for my fix it project (b/c I think that superglue
> is actually water soluble), but I just wanted to share this anecdotal
> nugget that superglue isn't as toxic as it smells.
> -Abe
>
> > Either epoxy or silicone are food safe once cured. Exactly what do you
>
>
> > want to stick together?
> >
> > --
> >
> > Roger Shoaf
> >
> > About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube,
then
> > they come up with this striped stuff.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Can anyone recommend a non-toxic water-resistant glue? I am doing some
> > > remodeling to kitchen and want to apply some glue to a surface that is
> > > exposed to food. Is there a glue that has an FDA-approved label of
> > > some sort? I am afraid that regular epoxy may outgas/leach nasty
stuff.
>
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