Glue question - thinning Gorilla Glue?

Kekker · Post by **Kekker** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:42 pm

So I would like to thin some Gorilla Glue to try to reduce some of the creaking in the bathroom floor (concrete). The crack is too thin for the "crack fixer" stuff from the hardware store. It would have to be water thin, instead of the thick and gooey straight from the bottle.

Anyone ever try this? I'm thinking some non-polar solvent: toluene, acetone, ethanol or something.

Thoughts?

Kev

Rogviler · Post by **Rogviler** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:58 am

Yeah, acetone or lacquer thinner. Just don't dilute it too much or it'll defeat the purpose of it being an adhesive.

-Rog

MillenniumFalsehood · Post by **MillenniumFalsehood** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:38 pm

Don't they make a thin 'superglue'-type adhesive now?

Jagdson · Post by **Jagdson** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:23 am

Sweet flapping Ghidorah.

Press the nozzle against the crack(s), apply force, and clean up the excess.

Kekker · Post by **Kekker** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:50 am

Way too thick for any real penetration.*

All it would do is squirt out the sides of the crack.*

Kev

*That's what she said!

MillenniumFalsehood · Post by **MillenniumFalsehood** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:22 pm

Thanks for making Mountain Dew spew all over my monitor, Kekker.

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:19 pm

Kekker wrote:Way too thick for any real penetration.*

All it would do is squirt out the sides of the crack.*

Kev

*That's what she said!

Yer jes not pushing hard enough....

Thinning GG.... water is out, so try alcohol.

TREKKRIFFIC · Post by **TREKKRIFFIC** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:34 pm

Try shooting it into the crack with a hypodermic syringe. My brother used to get syringes from a dentist friend of his back when he was refinishing furniture. It worked great at getting glue into tight joints.

Tony Agustin · Post by **Tony Agustin** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:27 pm

Thinning Gorilla Glue is just too much work. You need this type of super-thin CA:
http://www.votawtool.com/zcom.asp?pg=pr ... =jmrqlnmpo

Chacal · Post by **Chacal** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:28 pm

TREKKRIFFIC wrote:Try shooting it into the crack with a hypodermic syringe...

I've tried using my 'hypodermic needle', but alcohol softened the needle. I pushed the plunger too soon anyway, so it just dripped on the floor...

TREKKRIFFIC · Post by **TREKKRIFFIC** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:13 am

Chacal wrote:
TREKKRIFFIC wrote:Try shooting it into the crack with a hypodermic syringe...
I've tried using my 'hypodermic needle', but alcohol softened the needle. I pushed the plunger too soon anyway, so it just dripped on the floor...

Yes. You need a metal needle syringe. Problem is getting ahold of one.