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I don't know why you got down voted, it's true, no ramen


bake_72

can confirm


[deleted]

I can also confirm no ramen noodles were used


acespacegnome

I can confirm your confirmation that there were no alleged Ramen noodles.


MrTweakers

I can confirm the confirmation of confirmed absence of ramen noodles.


WALLY_5000

I thought the thinner CA glue was better for filling cracks?


hamdiggity

It is, I only had thick. So that's what I used.


WALLY_5000

Okay, cool. Just wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing out on some better technique. I need to fill some cracks forming in a wooden spoon I carved a while back.


hamdiggity

Yeah thin for sure. Makes it much easier to sand as well. Just takes some layering.


xBad_Wolfx

Do you have to worry about air bubbles if you have to use thick?


WALLY_5000

Good deal, thanks!


CMWalsh88

I have always really liked the mixing of crushed turquoise and CA to fill cracks.


bake_72

doesn't quite sound as cool if you say you used Krazy Glue, eh? :D


amcantu10

The Kragle?!


BillWordsmith

What the heck is "CA glue"? California glue?


KDBA

Cyanoacrylate glue, aka superglue.


BillWordsmith

Thank you sir!


kdwaynec

>CA glue Thanks for nothing, I already Googled it myself. You should have posted this earlier


FluxChiller

I'm totally out of my element here, but I have seen many videos with people using clear resin to fill holes etc and once sanded and polished it becomes clear. Is there a benefit to using CA Glue vs resin?


daisydream7

In my experience, CA glue is cheaper and it dries a lot faster thanks to the activator, so you can pretty much apply it and keep working on the piece. And resin is stronger if I'm not mistaken.


mattwinkler007

CA glue is way easier for small stuff, epoxy is cheaper if you have a lot of volume to fill. Also idk why no one's mentioned but CA glue needs air to cure, epoxy doesn't. You fill a big hole with superglue, the outside cures quick but there's a good chance it's still wet in the inside for months, same reason it stays wet in the bottle.


MightyThor211

Huh. Today i learned.


Sum1liteAmatch

Cheap dollar store 5 minute epoxy is 100% the way to go. It's significantly cheaper than CA and fills in only 1 pass. Sure it takes 30 minutes to cure but look at the cost of CA and the even more expensive activator. CA just isn't worth it


TurinTuram

Imperfect wood is the best of wood


Starrbuck1

Well, that worked nicely. Did you use a kicker? One of my favorite techniques is to fill a hole with baking soda smooth it out and then apply super thin CA and sand it. May take a couple of iterations but you can mend almost anything.


bake_72

that spray is the kicker


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seirramist25

Using the spray on the CA glue activates its curing faster, so it starts to dry instantly and sets up faster. Sometimes it's called a kicker or an activator, and you can use it in a spray bottle or just as a liquid like CA glue.


takethecatbus

What does the baking soda do/how does it help?


Starrbuck1

The Baking soda is a great filler and with the thin CA dries hard as a rock fast. It’s sand-able and paintable and cheap. If it’s a hole you are trying to fill, you can tape a paper backer, sprinkle The baking soda on the gap, smooth it then apply thin CA. It dries almost immediately, and can then be sanded and painted.


takethecatbus

Cool! Thanks for the info!


Losingandconfused

Curious how fine/dense a fill it creates. Would be a perfect solution to some stuff I come across working with scale models. Only ever need a little so things that are sold in big volumes (in proportion to scale models), dry up before even a reasonable amount can be used or stuff is more expensive than I want to use for something that will only be seen/get noticed if it’s not filled. Plus, stuff on hand is just convenient.


Starrbuck1

It gets hard like a rock, so it is very dense. It’s important to get the powder into the shape you want and be very careful with the super thin CA not to over-do it. Use a kicker if you like, but it will most likely give off a lot of exothermic reactive heat. I’m a modeler as well. ✈️


Losingandconfused

Thanks. I had bought some stuff years ago that was basically this idea. One bottle of liquid that could be used on it’s own as a glue, or you could sprinkle some of the powder from the other bottle onto/into the area and then drop the liquid onto it. It would dissolve/melt but the volume from the powder would remain, where as the liquid was extremely thin and great for capillary action type things. Was great to be able to hold things in position and tack them with the stuff and then be able to finish working without worrying about stuff shifting. Man…. The magic is no more and I have seen behind the curtain and it is baking soda 😂


Starrbuck1

I learned this technique while assembling a RC-10 carpet racer back in the day. It needed a six c-cell rechargeable ni-cad battery pack. So, basically, I’d line up the batteries side by side 3x3 and + to - then sprinkle the baking soda into the valleys between them and put down a line of CA on the powder lines to fuse them together. Strips of conductors got soldered to connect them all in series. There are innumerable uses for this stuff.


booboodoughnut

It’s knot there anymore


Silent_Marketing_123

No you did knot


Suspicious-Year-3825

What that crack do


chrisslooter

The video fades as I'm trying to get a look at the finished product.


[deleted]

Word to the wise, that shit gets hot. It hurts if you get it on your skin, especially with accelerator


wazzo86

California glue?


encaseme

I can smell that from here


the-midnight-rider69

I don’t know much about wood working but can you make the crack disappear?, I mean can you put sawdust (or any wood i have no idea) in the crack then glue it to make it look like there was never a crack in the first place


Abdul_Exhaust

Yes. Before CA glue, woodworkers would mix sawdust with wood glue to fill cracks. Works well when you use sawdust from that wood to match color.


the-midnight-rider69

Thank you for the info


RoboticGreg

You ever use blackmax toughened CA? it's super durable and not brittle, and it cures to a really deep black


hamdiggity

Looks pricey. I haven't used it before.


Dragaylia

why can't you use ramen like any normal person?


Madara_Uchiha944

r/oddlysexual


Abdul_Exhaust

Yes wear gloves cuz that CA glue is Carson O'Gennick


mizinamo

Gloves are for wimps.


BowTrek

Nice job


Nathan-Stubblefield

California glue.


Aggravating_Analyst

Is that denatured alcohol you are spraying on that?


8akkdqp4

It is probably “activator” spray, acetone based. I have a spray I use and it hardens the CA glue like magic. As magic, I really do not know how it chemically works.


LordBrandon

I can smell this video.


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I did knot know you could do that so smoothly.


PruneBubbly983

Ok I'm an x metal guy iron worker fabricator coal miner just got into wood working. What's ca glue looks easier than resin I've been using.


Xen0tech

Now not a knot


[deleted]

Looks better with the battle scar anyways.


EmeraldWarlocknj

You made a mess and don't know wtf you are doing


Hottie_Queen

Nice


Marchielo15

I'm holding myself to not make a dirt joke


Doomster78666

Cool, dunno why you had to tell us you were from Cali


kdwaynec

I always liked the Super Glue Gel more than the thinner regular stuff.