I think my glueing is better than my soldering.
Although I don't have any dead SATA drives - all my corpses are PATA.
Cheers
Dave R
Something slower setting than superglue - SATA power connector repair
Feb 02, 2013
33 Replies
You huff on the join - the moisture in your breath will set it off.
Epoxy
Ordinary (non-gel) superglue is very good at creeping (usually into somewhere you didn't really want it). It's often better to clamp/tape the broken bits together first (but not excessively tightly), and apply the superglue so that it creeps into the join. Then leave it strictly alone. If necessary, apply a drop of water or spray - but if you leave if long enough, it WILL 'go off'.
Rap the bottle sharply on a hard surface before putting the top on. Blowing on it is a bad idea...
I thought the OP wanted to slow down the setting, not accelerate it... :-)
although you may find you can't get the sweaty thumb off the thing after! ;-)
Got a hot glue gun ?
I keep mine between my angle-grinder and a tin of WD40.
In message , John Rumm writes
how come it doesn't set in the tube then?
In message , David.WE.Roberts writes
Relatively larger volumes of superglue take relatively longer to set, (but present relatively greater chances of gluing fingers together - experience!).
Most people try to apply the glue from the bottle which results in too much being applied. For repairs such as this I put one drop on on some plastic (food bag) and then use a sewing needle to apply a minute amount only to the surface to be struck.
BTDTcan'tgetTTSon!
My error, see my reply to Huge.
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