Hot glue safe in a tank??

[beckyd]

Just curious. I'm building some rock decor. I am using silicon, but I find a project inherently more challenging when I can regulary burn my fingertips and fight to control my cursing in front of the children. Oh, and hot glue sets faster and the gun is easier to manipulate than a caulking gun (despite the probability of injury).

 

[paperdog9]

Well, I have used it before, but that doesn't nessisarily meen it is perfectly safe, I don't really know. I experienced no problems, except make sure that the decore you are gluing isn't prefectly smooth, if it is, the hot glue will kind of deattach when submerged. Hope I helped

 

[littletankbigworld]

Hot glue is tank safe, in my experience. However, it doesn't hold a bond as long as aquarium silicone.

 

[Doomhed]

and make sure you arent using ultra cheapo hot glue, some chinese companies make a slightly orangish glue that contains dimethyl sulfide, which is used as a pesticide and mold killer.

 

[littletankbigworld]

Doomhed: Ew...that's disgusting. I never knew that before.

 

[Doomhed]

yeah apparently it makes the glue "stickier". It also causes a funny smell and breathing in enough of it can give you Parkinson's.

 

[littletankbigworld]

Wow. I've never heard of such a thing. I'll watch out for that. Thank you for the tidbit of information.

 

[Newman]

lol Doom, stop scaring the locals with these little random facts of doom (no pun intended)
xD

 

[beckyd]

Got it. Hot glue-good. Ultra cheapo hot glue-bad.

So, how does a fish with Parkinson's act? OK, don't answer that. Sometimes I get a little out of hand...

 

[lauraf]

Got it. Hot glue-good. Ultra cheapo hot glue-bad.

So, how does a fish with Parkinson's act? OK, don't answer that. Sometimes I get a little out of hand...

He get-t-t-t-s a li-tt-le bi-t-t-t sh-a-a-a-k-yyyyy

Sorry, Becky, you know I had to answer that.

But Parkinson's is no laughing matter. One of my childhood icons on TV (and he's also Canadian - actually, from my hometown!) is Michael J. Fox, who is a truly dignified ambassador for and educator of people who suffer from Parkinson's as he does.

Okay, back to laughing.

 

[Doomhed]

I only know because I used to re-seal unsealed transformers action figures and sell them on ebay and I had to use orange glue to do so...

 

[Newman]

my apologies, my comment was unnecessary.

 

[robj6767]

It's better to use silicone. It will hold better than hot glue.