Krazy Glue Review

I am kind of a guy of habit. If something works for me, I like it. I will continue to use it and it usually takes a lot to change the way I do things.

I build and repair a LOT of miniatures. I mean a ton. I probably go through more super glue in a year, than most people do in their life time. And my favorite has always been Krazy Glue. I didn't like the gel, or the pen. I liked the one that game in the small tube with a little green pin cap. Worked great, whenever I glued anything it held great and I had little in the way of problems and I rarely had to hold 2 pieces together more than a few seconds.

Now when company tries to improve their product, I have no problem with that. But they should at least make sure it is better than the old one. Remember New Coke. Yea, just like that.

So a couple months back, the wife walks in with not a green Krazy Glue container, but a Purple one. Hmmm, still looks like the krazy glue I like except it is now purple, and turns clear when it dries. The idea is you can see where it is, and don't put your fingers in the glue. Sounds great.

Then I try to use it. And use it and use it. Finally last Saturday, after holding 2 pieces together for over 2 straight minutes only to have it fall off like I had put nothing on it at all, I through the piece of garbage away. This stuff looked like grape koolade and it glued about as well. It would not glue metal or plastic. If you held it on and propped it up for 15 minutes, it would finally stick, but it would never bond with the metal, which is what it is supposed to do. When I'd have pieces I had "glued" on with this junk, fall off. You could see the dried super glue and it would just flake right off.

So I pulled up the backup my wife gave me. Some Elmers super glue. I thought maybe it was the metal, or something like that. I held the pieces together for less than 15 seconds, and it was glued. No movement at all. Did a second piece, same result.

So I am officially changing my product and sponsorship (well, if I had a sponsor) to Elmers. This stuff is a bit new to the super glue world, but I love it. it works better than the original Krazy glue worked.

Don't even bother with that new purple Krazy glue. Hell you might as well use your own spit and see how that works out for you.

Until next time...