Something slower setting than superglue - SATA power connector repair

[David.WE.Roberts]

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

[alan]

You huff on the join - the moisture in your breath will set it off.

[newshound]

Epoxy

[Ian Jackson]

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'.

[Huge]

Rap the bottle sharply on a hard surface before putting the top on. Blowing on it is a bad idea...

[Frank Erskine]

I thought the OP wanted to slow down the setting, not accelerate it... :-)

[John Rumm]

although you may find you can't get the sweaty thumb off the thing after! ;-)

[Kenny]

Got a hot glue gun ?

[Graham.]

I keep mine between my angle-grinder and a tin of WD40.

[usenet2012]

In message , John Rumm writes

how come it doesn't set in the tube then?

[usenet2012]

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!).

[alan]

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.

[PeterC]

BTDTcan'tgetTTSon!

[John Rumm]

My error, see my reply to Huge.