11 Facts About Cyanoacrylate

Cyanoacrylate adhesives are sometimes known generically as instant glues, power glues or superglues.

Cyanoacrylate adhesives have a short shelf life—about one year from manufacture if unopened, and one month once opened.

Cyanoacrylate glue has a low shearing strength, which has led to its use as a temporary adhesive in cases where the piece needs to be sheared off later.

Cyanoacrylate glue is used frequently in aquascaping both freshwater and marine aquariums for the purpose of securing the rhizomes of live plants to pieces of wood or stone.

Cyanoacrylate is used as a forensic tool to capture latent fingerprints on non-porous surfaces like glass, plastic, etc.

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Cyanoacrylate is warmed to produce fumes that react with the invisible fingerprint residues and atmospheric moisture to form a white polymer on the fingerprint ridges.

Cyanoacrylate glue is used in combination with sawdust to fill voids and cracks.

Cyanoacrylate glue is used in the finishing of pen blanks that have been turned on a lathe by applying multiple thin layers to build up a hard, clear finish that can then be sanded and polished to a glossy finish.

Cyanoacrylate glue was in veterinary use for mending bone, hide, and tortoise shell by the early 1970s or before.

Cyanoacrylate is used in archery to glue fletching to arrow shafts.

Cyanoacrylate is used in the cosmetology and beauty industry as an eyelash extension glue, or a "nail glue" for some artificial nail enhancements such as nail tips and nail wraps, and is sometimes mistaken for eye drops causing accidental injury .