"E6000 glue seems almost like rubber cement, but stronger. To use you put a thin layer of glue on both sides of the parts you want to glue. After watching a few youtube videos I first squeezed out a small pile of glue on a piece of junk mail and resealed the tube. Then I used a toothpick to transfer the glue to the parts. Just roll the tip of the toothpick in the glue, then lift (brush off any glue threads that hang on) and rub the toothpick on the parts to be glued. It's messy. I used a few toothpicks. Once the parts have glue on them WAIT for two minutes, then press the pieces together. Then use something (I used rubberbands, but different projects need different techniques) to hold the pieces together for 24 hours. Everything I read (except the tube of glue) stress the need to wait 24 hours before trusting the glue to work, so I did. The tube of e6000 did call out the two minute wait then press the parts together. I did that too. I failed the first time I tried to glue the Garmin 305. The pieces stuck together, but not forcefully enough to hold the contacts in place. The watch worked while I was squeezing it, but not after I let go. This let me discover that you can open things back up that you glued together with E6000. I was able to pry the watch open and remove the E6000 glue. It was like taking rubber cement off. Each piece of glue was sticky/stretchy. Once I get a corner of the glue up a piece of glue would eventually come off the garmin parts. When I had all the old glue removed I pried up the contacts so they would make firmer contact and I re-glued the garmin 305 using about twice as much glue. Then more tightly pressed the parts together using more rubber bands. This time the watch worked perfectly. I'm not sure which of the steps really helped (messing with the contact, using more glue or holding the case more tightly together after glueing.) NET: Very happy with the e6000 glue. It did a good job."
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"Unbelievable price. I have used E6000 for around 20 years and have paid triple the price at local retailers. This is the MOST AMAZING Jewelers Glue I've ever used. It is clear and tough. I have used it on metal, wood, cloth (for Austrian crystals). I am a dress designer and I could not live without this product. I use hundreds of dollars worth of Swarovski crystals on my dresses and costumes and I need them to stay put. Especially for stage costumes that have to be worn, bumped, folded and thrown around back stage. If the rhinestones fell off easily, I would lose business. This glue holds better than anything I have ever used. I've also used it in my home to fix lamps, glass, magnets and a host of other uses. I have had things break again, but never at the original point where I used the E6000. It soft sets in about an hour which gives you plenty of time to make adjustments on odd breaks, but fast enough to work on fabric and still allow you to do a whole dress in an 8 hour sitting. It's completely dry in 24 hours. This has been amazing for me when I'm on a deadline, gemming the night before a performance, and still having them stay in place and look beautiful. I've made pageant crowns, and costume crowns for movie sets. NO, not with solder, but with E6000. They last for years. One of the actors dropped his VERY ornate crown into traffic. It rolled all the way across the street on asphalt and didn't lose a single stone. Please use in a well ventilated area as the fumes can be strong, although not as bad as something like airplane glue. I never actually open the tube lid. I learned years ago to make a pinhole on the side near the top so that a small amount comes out at a time. When done, you just leave it and it crusts over, then when you come back next time, you can just pop off the bubble use the pin to start the flow again. I'm often working with very tiny stones. Oh, and yes, I've used this on REAL GEMS as well, topaz, amethyst and quartz. I trust it that much."
"I love this stuff. I ordered it to use on a vintage steel cabinet with glass doors left behind from an old roommate (pic attached) - the adhesive holding one of the large squares of glass to the metal frame gave out (thanks to my boyfriend who refused to listen to my "the yoga ball is not an indoor soccer ball, dummy" warning). It worked so quick and perfect, I got a little handy-girl happy and soon after, my 'honey do' list had become a 'forget it honey, it's done' list. Some of the quick repairs I knocked out: steel and glass cabinet mentioned, brass and crystal vintage lamps (the brass and glass just needed a little adhesive in places), misc. jewelry with loose or popped out rhinestones, back hooks on wall frames, a detached shoe buckle on a pair of heels, dismantled refrigerator magnets (not the free ones that come with Chinese takeout, the good ones that accommodate fridge photo hoarders - you know who you are), a loose stove knob (a constant reminder of your frozen pizza consumption), the hook screw that my blow dryer hangs from on the bathroom wall was loose via my compulsive blow-outs, so I pulled it out, squirted this stuff in the wall and popped the screw part back in - super solid now. It's clear, durable and dries quick - not super glue quick, but you have more control over precision since you can work with it for a minute before it dries. If you have a tendency to buy lower priced items and then kick yourself because they fall apart faster - this stuff lets you off the hook for a big chunk of those iffy decisions. Great price for the amount you get too (pic attached)."
"I bought this glue for my rhinestones project. It glued every single stones tightly to the case and it dries off as a transparent solid. Perfect for such uses. The downside is that the fume is cancerous and I totally recommend using it in a well ventilated place. It smells really strong but you will get used to it in a bit... still doesn't mean it is not bad for you. Also place it on top of some kitchen towels. After you squeezed once, it just wont stop in the next 2minutes. It is going to keep on coming out even if you put it upright. Great glue for craft, but really strong chemicals. Okay I just edited the rating to 2 stars. The smell is horrible. It lingers and won't go away. The item I used the glue on smells so bad there is no way you can handle it. I put the item in the bathroom with the circulation fan turned on for the whole day and the smell is still so strong. Don't buy it unless you have a separate place to store the item."
"My Garmin Forerunner 205 GPS Receiver and Sports Watch literally blew apart during a bicycle training ride recently. It was attached to my handlebar when the entire face blew off into the highway, leaving the "base", along with the strap, still attached to the handlebar. After watching the "facial plate" bounce down the roadway behind me, I turned around, picked it up before it was run over by a car, and stuffed it into my shirt's back pocket. When I returned home, the facial plate looked pretty rough. But I has able to press it back into place on the base plate, and holding it very firmly, it did initialize when I pressed the power button. Being out of warranty (of course), Garmin would "repair" for a flat $69.00, plus S&H. Enter E-6000 Adhesive. For $7.49 with free Amazon Prime shipping, I figured I would give it a shot, since it was a gel compound, and I figured that I could put a serious long term grip on the unit with heavy duty rubber bands while the adhesive dried. When the E-6000 arrived, I carefully read all the instructions paying particular attention to the warnings about adequate ventilation. Curing time was 24-72 hours. Outside with a very steady breeze, I used a toothpick to apply the glue to both parts of the bisected Garmin 205 per the directions. Waited 2-7 (closer to 7) minutes, pressed the two pieces together, then wrapped around upper and lower part of the 205 with rubber bands as snugly as I could get them, but not so tight that it squeezed all of the glue out. Nice little project, and even though I thought I had done a fine job, I gave it about a 1 in 20 chance of success. After all this was pretty sophisticated electronics I was dealing with here. All appropriate contact points had to be seated properly and hold together firmly AFTER the rubber bands were removed. And the the facial plate had taken a long series of bounces down the highway at a speed of around 20 mph. After 48 hours with the rubber bands still in place, I hit the power button and the unit initialized. After another 24 hours I removed the rubber bands, hit the power button, and Eureka, the unit initialized again! I removed the excess glue, being especially careful not to pull any cured glue from within the seams of the unit, as the dried glue is very rubbery. Now the real test. Strapped that sucker back on my bike, and hit the road for a workout. Amazingly, the Garmin 205 worked flawlessly. What more can I say? The proof is in the pudding. Not sure how long it will hold up, but I am impressed with E-6000 adhesive, and will not hesitate to use it again on future projects."
"Why is Amazon selling this?!!! Got the package yesterday. On the back, it says "WARNING: Possible CANCER Agent. Exposure may result in nausea, headache, confusion or instability. May be harmful by breathing vapors. Exposure may cause kidney damage." In other words very very toxic and poisonous. It says it contains "PERCHLOROETHYLENE". Then it goes on, Warning: This product contains a chemical to State of California to cause cancer. Avoid breathing. I don't care of you think of applying it outside the house so you don't inhale fume. I'd say, DO NOT TOUCH it and stay the heck away from it!!!! I used mine just know, fume is strong and dangerous. I am throwing it away."
"I used this adhesive to glue flexible magnets to small pieces of rubber cork and bottlecaps to rubber corks. The adhesive seems to work very well. However, I give this adhesive a low rating because the instructions and the product description don't warn the users about the fumes that this adhesive releases even 3 weeks after it has dried. I can't keep the items I glued in my room because soon enough the whole air smells of toxic fumes. If anyone is interested or cares to know what the smell is like, think about that time when you were taking some strong antibiotic and what your urine smelled like. That is almost exactly how this adhesive smells. I do not recommend it for that reason. Silicone also works to glue rubber parts together and the fumes vaporize in a few days. I don't know how many weeks it will take for the fumes of this adhesive to disappear, or if they will ever do so."
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