Methylethyketoxime is Fun
What’s waterproof, flexible, dish-water proof, resistant from 76 below zero to 356 above zero and fun to use? Sugru is!.
It’s a silicone based adhesive clay that is better than epoxy, rubber cement, and in some cases super-glue. Their web site says “Sugru’s magical properties mean it can hack almost anything better.”
It’s cool because it looks just like clay, kind of feels like it, and can be used to fix things. Once dry it stays flexible – so you can use it on things that move, like cables or shoes. Because Sugru isn’t just an adhesive, you can use it to make things instead if just repairs things.
It comes in various colors in an air tight package. Just open it, mix it with your hand and it’s ready to use. I bought a 12 pack of Black, Green, Orange and Blue for about $20 shipped from London.
I repaired a refrigerator drawer that was cracked in the front – making the whole front panel fall off.
Superglue failed to work, because the parts did not make good contact with each other, but Sugru worked great. I could of used epoxy, but that stuff is expensive, it stinks, and it’s hard to work with and clean up. I hate mixing the hardener with the epoxy and none of that is required with Sugru. My application was not very creative — but Sugru fixed my problem and it was a good test run for me.
I had no issues mixing it with bare hands, but I seriously recommend using rubber gloves with Sugru. Some people are sensitive to chemicals and there has been at least one severe reactive to Sugru (link below),
Since this stuff is fun, looks like clay and has the main ingredient listed as “Methyltris(methylethyketoxime)silane;Gamma-Aminopropyl Triethoxysilance”, I’d sure keep it away from kids.
Kudos to the Sugru marketing team for selling this as a creative product instead of just a special glue. Sugru has an interesting blog (don’t miss it), a monthly prize for creative uses and more kudos for making maximum use of social media to promote this stuff. Sugru is deserving of all that attention. I like it a lot and can’t wait to find a use for the other 11 packs I have. It’s everything they claim it is.
