Bottle opening conundrum?

[Robatoy]

That's because it isn't as good at its job as the advertisers want you to believe. It has limited application only. No adhesive, to my knowledge, will glue polyethyline, which is used to make bottles for SuperGlue and other things. r

[Chris Friesen]

Although not as strong as wood/wood bonds, polyethylene adhesives do exist. For instance:

[Robatoy]

Interesting. But those are more for mechanical bonds? ADhesion as opposed to COhesion?

After you posted that, I also learned that there are dozens of different polyethylenes. Who knew?

I can't imagine anything sticking to the white-ish milky polyetylene (milk bottles/Tupperware). In my countertop endeavors, I have been asked by butcher shops to make 'edges on huge cutting boards', and the only way I have even been to achieve that, is by having a specialist 'hot-wire' welding technician do it. They literally melt both sides of the joint. Those guys swear there isn't glue that will work.

I am going to write away for samples. It would help me a great deal if I could glue that stuff.

Thanks for the heads-up, Chris.

r

[LRod]

Is this why you don't post very often anymore--so you can realize a larger catch when you do?

[Vic Baron]

Take it back and try another one before you buy it - OR - let SWMBO try to open it. :)

[barry]

David,

Izzat a variation on "I've fallen down and can't get up"?

Probably a tossup between bandsaw, tablesaw, and dozuki.

All seriousness aside.

J

[Sudsy]

The newer bottles don't have screw tops. They just pull off.

[L]

If you think that's funny, wait til you see an engineer try to use a pipe wrench in the wrong direction!

[CW]

Better yet, give it to a kid. Works for safety caps.

[George Max]

Dozens? There are hundreds.

There are no known solvents for Polyethlylene, Polypropylene or Nylon. That's why there are no adhesives for any of them. Or at least any that are truly good.

[nospambob]

[Leon]

OOOOoohhhh

[splinter]

Okay, Okay. How many dirty stinkin' apes does it take to remove a loctite cap? Three: One dirty stinkin' ape to remove the cap, and two dirty stinkin' apes to throw faeces at each other. Hehehehehehe

peter griffin - family guy

PS. i thought i had every tool i needed.....now i guess i need me one of those laser guided wrenches ...(if only they made a laser guided hammer)

[fredfighter]

messagenews:9rSdnX46J4IoeirYnZ2dnUVZ [e-mail]...

mysteries of life...

I recall reading the the adhesive in Loc Tite (TM) is anaerobic. It hardens in the absence of oxygen, while the presence of oxygen prevents it from hardening. So it is bottled with an air bubble deliberately left in the bottle to preserve it.

[Chris Dubea]

Bwa ha ha ha, that's hysterical. not.

a mechanical engineer.

=========================================================================== Chris