• Question: Why doesnt glue stick to the pot?

    Asked by 9eltu to Andrew, Ash, Gem, Paige, SJ on 25 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: SarahJayne Boulton

      SarahJayne Boulton answered on 25 Jun 2012:

      You leave glue in the pot long enough it’ll stick to the pot, beleive me!

      Superglue or cyanocrylate, works by dissolving a tiny layer of the two surfaces it’s sticking together then evaporating from between them. This leaves the two surfaces actually chemically bound together. If the glue can’t evaporate or interact with air, it wont cause the surfaces it has touched to bind together, so if you put the lid back on properly your glue shouldn’t gum up, go hard or set, however if the lid’s loose…well. You’ve been warned! 🙂

    • Photo: Paige Brown

      Paige Brown answered on 26 Jun 2012:

      Good one, I think because there isn’t enough air in the pot for the glue to stick! Pour all the glue out of the pot and spread it out, and bam, you have dried glue!

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