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southernbriar

Might Stick Around
Feb 14, 2012
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I have a plastic Bit that has a small crack at the lip. This may sound like an odd question. Would Crazy glue be a bad idea? It is not a big issue, but I would not mind fixing it. It is a Czech pipe I used for Aromatics. Thanks in advance for any advice

 

brewshooter

Lifer
Jun 2, 2011
1,658
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I use Krazy Glue on my Peterson. It worked fine. I use a softee bit. So, when the bit is on there, you can't even tell there was ever a problem.

 

whitecloud

Lurker
Sep 13, 2010
11
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Super glue is a cyanoacrylate glue that gives off methyl isocyanate when it cures - that's what killed all those people in Bopal, India back in the 1980s. I would be wary about sucking it into your mouth or lungs as it is a carcinogen. Don't get upset if you've glued it already but I'd let it cure for a couple weeks before I use it. For my pipe stems I use a soldering iron at a low temp. If you use a high temp it has a tendency to bubble the material. Use a low temp. and drag down across the crack without displacing the stem material too much. Then sand the rough surface (I use a fine fingernail file). Then use fine sandpaper or steel wool and then polish (either use very fine sandpaper or use a buffing wheel with brown tripoli then white diamond and someone suggested jeweler's rouge for the final polish. Some people do this using t-shirt material impregnated with the polishing compound. If this sounds complicated just rub the stem with increasingly finer grit polishing compound. I hope this adds something to your information library.

 

bigvan

Lifer
Mar 22, 2011
2,192
12
I wouldn't do it. If it's an inexpensive pipe (which I'm assuming due to the plastic bit) I wouldn't risk it.

 

kennerth

Can't Leave
Jul 30, 2011
358
1
No worries once it is cured. Sooner than that, both the fumes and the fact that it can be really hard to get out of your mouth can be a problem.

 
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