Cheap alternative to Krazy Glue

[B A R R Y]

I seem to remember something about it being invented as a field suture in Vietnam.

Of course, that also may be an urban legend, but it sounds good...

[J. Clarke]

Urban legend. Eastman 910 was on the market in the '50s--the inventor appeared on the "I've Got a Secret" TV show in 1959--his secret was Eastman 910. The surgical variant came along later, but reportedly was tested in Vietnam--FDA approval didn't come until _much_ later. Now you can buy cyanocrylate based wound closures at most pharamacies--Band-Aid sells one.

The medical variant has slightly different chemistry, mainly aimed at reducing heat buidup during cure (which also means that it doesn't cure in 30 seconds) and at reducing irritation.

[Robatoy]

Whatever you do..... do NOT store next to the peanut butter. Any cross- contamination and the stuff will REALLY stick to the roof of your mouth...I'm tellin' ya!

[Leon]

Toxic or not, you are going to be in a jam if you glue your moth shut. LOL

[Just Wondering]

We had a two year old child bite into a tube of Superglue, got it on her lips and teeth. We rushed her to the ER in a state of semi-panic, not letting her close her mouth. The ER workers thought it was kind of funny, and just applied petroleum jelly to fix the problem.

[Robatoy]

Whoa, Leon...did you just invent a cure for politicianitis?

[Puckdropper]

"Swingman" wrote in news:Rqydnexia6I6ss3anZ2dnUVZ [e-mail]:

It's not a mistake if you document it. It's a feature.

Puckdropper

[Bob the Tomato]

I had this used on me during my heart surgery... now if they could do anything about the SMELL!

[Mark & Juanita]

Kind of late to the thread, but Cyanoacrylate was invented during WWII by some the gentleman referenced above at Kodak (hence the Eastman name). He was working on adhesives to hold lenses together and found this formulation. During his experimentation, he tried it and was unable to de-bond the lenses he adhered together. At the time, in his mind this was a dismal failure and he and others were very unhappy with the fact that not only did the adhesive not work as they wanted, but they had also ruined some very expensive and important optics. Another one of those "out of the ashes" stories.