True, but it cures much harder than nail polish,
This is true. No argument there. Frankly, I am not a fan of using nail polish. But I note so does epoxy cure harder than nail polish. If I had nothing else, I would use nail polish. If super glue was handy, then for sure that. But for a truly
permanent fix, epoxy - or the hybrid superglue epoxy mentioned earlier.
Perhaps, but it's also VERY messy and cumbersome to apply.
Not really. You only need a pea size blob of each part, a wooden Popsicle/glue stick, and a 3x5 index card to mix the two on. Hardly messy or cumbersome - with no danger of supergluing your fingers together, or your fingers to your eyelid.
But I will admit that superglue, with its handy little dispenser bottle, is less messy and easier to apply - if it has not dried up already in the previously opened tube - a MAJOR complaint of mine and others.
Furthermore, epoxy does not wick into small spaces and crevices
Which is exactly why I said you need to squish it in between the plates. So in that respect, it is messy
for your thumb - but if you have a box of surgical gloves handy, or a small piece of plastic wrap - that problem is easily solved too.
I will give you that superglue looks nicer - if that is important to you.
That argument is flawed in both it's presumption and it's presentation.
There is no presumption. Look it up. Superglue becomes brittle and can easily break free when stressed by "shearing" and "twisting" forces - that is, any force that is not 90° (perpendicular) from the bond. Epoxy does not. Some may remember the old Crazy Glue commercials where a construction worker hung from an I-beam girder by his hardhat that was superglued to the girder. That demonstrates superglue's superior bonding characteristic as the force of gravity is straight down - 90° - perpendicular to the bonded surfaces.
And while it is known that superglue does become more brittle after curing, it's not enough to be considered fragile nor hinder it's application
First, thanks for admitting - after first stating my argument was flawed!
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- that it does indeed becomes brittle. But note I NEVER said or implied it was either fragile or a hinderance. What I am saying, and still contend is if you want greater assurance of a more
permanent bond, epoxy putty is the better, solution.