Is super glue safe

[KRF]

the magnet on my impellar has seperated from the impeller. Can I use
super glue to put it back together. This is just temporary, they are
sending a new impeller assembly out to me, just need to get the filter
back up and running. thanks

[Mark Bannister]

Superglue is not waterproof. Use a two part epoxy instead or a solvent
cement.

KRF wrote:

> the magnet on my impellar has seperated from the impeller. Can I use
> super glue to put it back together. This is just temporary, they are
> sending a new impeller assembly out to me, just need to get the filter
> back up and running. thanks
>

[Derek Broughton]

KRF wrote:

> the magnet on my impellar has seperated from the impeller. Can I use
> super glue to put it back together. This is just temporary, they are
> sending a new impeller assembly out to me, just need to get the filter
> back up and running. thanks

It's _safe_. It just won't last more than a day in water :-)
--
derek

[Aquarijen]

"KRF" > wrote in message
...
> the magnet on my impellar has seperated from the impeller. Can I use
> super glue to put it back together. This is just temporary, they are
> sending a new impeller assembly out to me, just need to get the filter
> back up and running. thanks

Marine folks use super glue to graft corals, so I would guess it to be safe.
Whether it will still have good hold when under water is another question.
-Jen

[Derek Broughton]

Aquarijen wrote:

> "KRF" > wrote in message
> ...
>> the magnet on my impellar has seperated from the impeller. Can I use
>> super glue to put it back together. This is just temporary, they are
>> sending a new impeller assembly out to me, just need to get the filter
>> back up and running. thanks
>
> Marine folks use super glue to graft corals, so I would guess it to be
> safe. Whether it will still have good hold when under water is another
> question. -Jen

They do? I have my doubts. The only thing I would expect to work there is
a marine epoxy - coral being notariously awkward to glue even in a dry
location.
--
derek

[Aquarijen]

"Derek Broughton" > wrote in message
...
> Aquarijen wrote:

>> Marine folks use super glue to graft corals, so I would guess it to be
>> safe. Whether it will still have good hold when under water is another
>> question. -Jen
>
> They do? I have my doubts. The only thing I would expect to work there
> is
> a marine epoxy - coral being notariously awkward to glue even in a dry
> location.
> --
> derek

Yes, they do.
http://www.garf.org/algae2/GLUE.HTMl
-Jen

[tim chandler]

Well, when you read the link, it's not just a generic "super glue" they're
talking about, it's their own formulation that they call "GARF REEF GLUE",
and at a steep price, too. They also mention a brand "Super Reef Gel" which
doesn't sound like it's the watery cyanoacrylate stuff that most of us know
as "super glue" - which is mostly "super" for cementing your fingers and
flesh together, usually not on purpose!
Tim C.

"Aquarijen" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Derek Broughton" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Aquarijen wrote:
>
> >> Marine folks use super glue to graft corals, so I would guess it to be
> >> safe. Whether it will still have good hold when under water is another
> >> question. -Jen
> >
> > They do? I have my doubts. The only thing I would expect to work there
> > is
> > a marine epoxy - coral being notariously awkward to glue even in a dry
> > location.
> > --
> > derek
>
> Yes, they do.
> http://www.garf.org/algae2/GLUE.HTMl
> -Jen
>
>

[Jim and Phyllis Hurley]

The epoxy proposal is right on traget. It might well make the replacement a
permanent spare!

Jim

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"KRF" > wrote in message
...
> the magnet on my impellar has seperated from the impeller. Can I use
> super glue to put it back together. This is just temporary, they are
> sending a new impeller assembly out to me, just need to get the filter
> back up and running. thanks
>

[Happy'Cam'per]

Aquarijen is spot on, they've been using it to 'paste' corals and such for
quite sometime, these are reefers so I would imagine there would be zero
complications in your pond. Go for it.
--
**So long, and thanks for all the fish!**

"Aquarijen" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Derek Broughton" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Aquarijen wrote:
>
> >> Marine folks use super glue to graft corals, so I would guess it to be
> >> safe. Whether it will still have good hold when under water is another
> >> question. -Jen
> >
> > They do? I have my doubts. The only thing I would expect to work there
> > is
> > a marine epoxy - coral being notariously awkward to glue even in a dry
> > location.
> > --
> > derek
>
> Yes, they do.
> http://www.garf.org/algae2/GLUE.HTMl
> -Jen
>
>

[Derek Broughton]

Aquarijen wrote:

>
> "Derek Broughton" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Aquarijen wrote:
>
>>> Marine folks use super glue to graft corals, so I would guess it to be
>>> safe. Whether it will still have good hold when under water is another
>>> question. -Jen
>>
>> They do? I have my doubts. The only thing I would expect to work there
>> is
>> a marine epoxy - coral being notariously awkward to glue even in a dry
>> location.
>
> Yes, they do.
> http://www.garf.org/algae2/GLUE.HTMl

So they do. Sorry for the scepticism. But note that they specifically warn
against "Crazy Glue", which was (at least at one time) the most commonly
available cyano-acrylate, so much so that Crazy Glue is often used to mean
_any_ cyano-acrylate.

OT - you just have to love how "GARF", a Reef research program, is based in
Boise, Idaho. I hope they're really helping those Idahoan reefs.
--
derek

[Aquarijen]

"tim chandler" > wrote in message
...
> Well, when you read the link, it's not just a generic "super glue" they're
> talking about, it's their own formulation that they call "GARF REEF GLUE",
> and at a steep price, too. They also mention a brand "Super Reef Gel"
> which
> doesn't sound like it's the watery cyanoacrylate stuff that most of us
> know
> as "super glue" - which is mostly "super" for cementing your fingers and
> flesh together, usually not on purpose!
> Tim C.

They mention Ross super glue and loctite Quick Tite as well which are fairly
popular brands. It is just like asking if "Silicone" can be used in
aquariums.... It depends... on the brand and type of silicone...

-Jen

[Crashj]

On or about Tue, 09 Nov 2004 11:49:31 -0400, Derek Broughton
> wrote something like:
<>
>OT - you just have to love how "GARF", a Reef research program, is based in
>Boise, Idaho. I hope they're really helping those Idahoan reefs.

Those Idaho reefs are millions and millions of years old!
--
Crashj

[Crashj]

On or about Tue, 9 Nov 2004 05:47:39 -0600, "Jim and Phyllis Hurley"
> wrote something like:

>The epoxy proposal is right on traget. It might well make the replacement a
>permanent spare!

Negatoire! Experience with old cars says to use the new replacement
part and keep the repaired original as the spare. I do agree that the
epoxy repaired part will be safe to use.
--
Crashj