AndrewKimmey
Regular
Hello everyone,
I have a helpful tip for everyone who wants to magnetize their own puzzles at home. So tomorrow the magnets for my Gans Air will be arriving in the mail, and I'll begin the hours-long process of super gluing the magnets into place. Wouldn't it be nice if you could just make the glue dry faster? I've used superglue for countless woodworking projects, and let me tell you, you can! What we normally refer to as plain old "superglue" is technically cyanoacrylate glue, which is clear, fast-drying, and whose fumes REALLY sting if they get into your eyes. Cyanoacrylate glue "dries" by absorbing water from the air funnily enough, and it won't completely harden until it can absorb enough water vapor from the air. UNLESS you have another chemical to speed up the process. Luckily, CA (cyanoacrylate) accelerators exist. They are usually sprays that come in small bottles and can be purchased at various hardware stores or online. After you have glued a magnet in place, just spray a small burst of accelerator on it, and the glue will harden sufficiently within seconds.
And thanks to some input from DMCubing (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIPR95xx7h14-KXogfVz9-g), you can also use plain sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) powder to accomplsih the same thing. You can sprinkle some baking soda on the fresh glue to make it harden much faster, however you WILL need to clean all of the excess NaHCO3 out of the pieces once done.
So there you go! Grab yourself a bottle of CA accelerator (or baking soda) and save yourself a couple of hours. (But ALWAYS double check to make sure the glue is completely hardened, because environmental factors can affect the effectiveness of CA accelerator and the glue's normal drying time).
I have a helpful tip for everyone who wants to magnetize their own puzzles at home. So tomorrow the magnets for my Gans Air will be arriving in the mail, and I'll begin the hours-long process of super gluing the magnets into place. Wouldn't it be nice if you could just make the glue dry faster? I've used superglue for countless woodworking projects, and let me tell you, you can! What we normally refer to as plain old "superglue" is technically cyanoacrylate glue, which is clear, fast-drying, and whose fumes REALLY sting if they get into your eyes. Cyanoacrylate glue "dries" by absorbing water from the air funnily enough, and it won't completely harden until it can absorb enough water vapor from the air. UNLESS you have another chemical to speed up the process. Luckily, CA (cyanoacrylate) accelerators exist. They are usually sprays that come in small bottles and can be purchased at various hardware stores or online. After you have glued a magnet in place, just spray a small burst of accelerator on it, and the glue will harden sufficiently within seconds.
And thanks to some input from DMCubing (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIPR95xx7h14-KXogfVz9-g), you can also use plain sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) powder to accomplsih the same thing. You can sprinkle some baking soda on the fresh glue to make it harden much faster, however you WILL need to clean all of the excess NaHCO3 out of the pieces once done.
So there you go! Grab yourself a bottle of CA accelerator (or baking soda) and save yourself a couple of hours. (But ALWAYS double check to make sure the glue is completely hardened, because environmental factors can affect the effectiveness of CA accelerator and the glue's normal drying time).
