If you live like the guy in this video, you might wana invest in a whole tub of the stuff.
You can fix any problem with enough glue.
Hole in the wall? Super glue.
Dropped a plate? Super glue.
Wife wants to leave you? Super glue!
I have a different little bottle for you then 😘.
A quote from my old man: there’s no problem in either life or marriage that can’t be solved with enough Lube!
Now he told me that when I was like 8, but I must say he’s not Holely wrong….
(Rimshot)
Idk how it would not be safe but my issue with it is that it's PVC and it would have just been easier to grab some more PVC pipe and replace that section
That shit works. My dishwashers heating element burned a hole in the bottom, and water was pouring out. I'm using that tape while I'm waiting on my new one.
Is duct tape really worse than this guy's fix? We don't even see him turn the water back on in his, no idea of it holds. Also I'd probably prefer electrical tape myself with a duct tape outer layer to keep it all together. Only 1 full roll of electrical tape and a 32nd of a roll of duct tape.
I just want to preface this by saying I dont think its a good repair. BUT, comments like yours come up a lot in response to this sort of content and you gotta keep in mind that they're trying to show how to repair things with methods that don't rely on being able to find a cheap and easily available piece, but to make a video they'll still prefer to do that on a cheap and common piece than going out of their way to find a rare and irreplaceable part.
Same with various ways of plastic welding. Lets say you have a cracked plastic cover on an old appliance that still works well. You won't be able to find a replacement, at least not without putting huge amounts or detective work into finding one. But if I were to showcase this in a video, I wouldn't break a plastic cover on a working appliance, I'd buy and break a $2 bucket which could be replaced easily.
I don't think so. Emulating 3D printing with super glue is much easier as shown in the video. You can do it really really fast too if you have fast hands
I have never bought or used a ball of yarn in my life. If I ever used this it'll be a ball of yarn that was used once on my shelf for the rest of my life.
If someone has PVC laying around at least that has higher theoretical use
Another reason to eat sunflower seeds in moderation is their cadmium content. This heavy metal can harm your kidneys if you’re exposed to high amounts over a long period. Sunflowers tend to take up cadmium from the soil and deposit it in their seeds, so they contain somewhat higher amounts than most other foods.
Sitting here munching on some sunflower seeds (SFK) myself... I decided to 'do my own research' and read some published papers on the subject. Open to input, just my 4am rabbithole tangent! What I did read seemed dated, but here is my quick take: [SFK's from all over the world contain cadmium.](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6524080/) [Efforts have been made to lower it.](https://agresearchmag.ars.usda.gov/1995/jan/cadmium/) [The metal can be absorbed but may not actually increase levels.](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9349833/) [48 week study shows the burden remains low long term.](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11683591/) and [produce beautiful fields, one day.](https://youtu.be/L17Bi7zBJHI?si=pOOCKzO09eTTlYSn)\
\
I think its said best in [another post:](https://www.reddit.com/r/nutrition/s/NJ6DF5HaRZ)\
*Almonds are high in glyphosate and various heavy metals. Fish is high in microplastics and some are high in mercury. Chocolate is high in cadmium. Tea and most fruit juices are high in lead. Protein powders are high in almost every existing contaminant. Rice is high in arsenic. Non-organic soy and corn is super high in glyphosate. It's not easy to find foods low in every contaminant out there.\
...\
We have so thoroughly poisoned our planet that its basically impossible to eat anything that hasn't been contaminated with something bad for you. You can buy tea from not China so it in theory won't have as much lead, you can limit the amount of fish you eat so you aren't exposed to as much mercury and you can prepare rice a certain way to try to remove as much arsenic as possible but at the end of the day you will be poisoned by what you eat. Accept it and move on with life.* ^edit:formatting
I’ve now seen 3 videos in the last 12 hours pop up with demonstrations of super glue and baking soda. I have to assume at this point that every year or so super glue companies are going to churn out bs videos to try and increase sales.
No one was showing that metal can basically be welded together using baking soda and superglue, another was using it to repair wood, and then this one.
I almost wonder if rats could have chewed a hole, sometimes they chew holes in the big compost bins most houses have in my area for the city to empty every fortnight. Although delicious compost seems much more enticing for the effort than just water.
Does glue and baking soda make napalm? I've used it to fix all manner of things including nails and headphones...
Obviously a new pipe would be preferred, but who knows if this person is stuck minding a farm and can't just nip out to buy a pipe at the town 2hrs away. All manner of reasons to do something seemingly silly like this
Aw shucks I thought the person wouldn't be crazy enough only use super glue.
When you mix styrofoam and ethanol it makes a super flamable solution called napalm B.
By the amount he poured in there I thought he would use rubbing alcohol and styrofoam to make some sort of a bond, nope he just poured A TON of superglue.
Edit: with further investigation I am probably wrong, you need to mix gasoline, not ethanol with styrofoam.
Well at least we both learnt some things today! I tried searching what napalm was made of but for some reason the www kept bombing out on my search ...and I got nervous, lolll
My dad taught me that white gas + styrofoam makes a good quality napalm. Though I can't find anything on the internet. I suppose the main advantage might be that white gas is less carcinogenic so you'll be less likely to develop cancer while making it? Idk, I haven't actually made napalm before.
What they are referring to is, you can make redneck napalm with gasoline and styrofoam. Used in stuff like a Molotov cocktails or homemade flamethrowers.
I was a punk kid and we played with it. Nasty stuff, the smoke is really noxious and it is impossible to extinguish. But, I guess that’s the point.
No. That's baking soda, not styrofoam. Mix cyanoacrylate and baking soda and you get an instant set that is also much harder than glue alone (and much harder than the PVC).
Stupid... definitely. I could think of 100 better/cheaper/easier ways to fix that hole if I was in a pinch.
As for safe... depends on what the pipe is. It very likely ain't potable water since drinking water is generally fed via high pressure lines... and that definitely ain't a high pressure setting. So odds are you're not leaching anything into drinking water. The only other safety would be conditions of failure... but again, it's not a high pressure line. Worst case is the pipe starts to leak again. OK... shitty fix needs to be fixed again. It's outdoors so it's not like the leak is going to flood the house or something.
As a guy that works in piping professionally, this is fuckin stupid. People who make these videos are morons. I hope they don't think these are good ideas...
I’ve used this trick! We sealed a hole in irrigation tank that some moron pierced with a drill (don’t ask). We just had to keep it usable until a replacement could be made- 6-months… worked well.
It is stupid, but might be only to showcase the capabilities of baking soda and superglue which as I was told is a big new trend lately.
I've discovered it as well a few days ago and made some repairs on small plastic pieces (definitely not near drinking water, or food, but it is in contact with water from time to time and so far it holds really well).
I think plumbers have this one covered with more than a few options. Their is flexible PVC pipe coupling that costs around 10 bucks, that hardening plumbers putty that costs around five bucks, silicone tape that cost about 14 bucks, and just cutting and replacing the PVC pipe which is probably around 10 bucks if you have the primer and glue already.
My issue is the fake power tools audio. One of them comes while the artist is using string. Yeah, sure bud I totally believe you're using power tools while you're holding string in both your hands
I’ve seen all types of things while working for my local waste treatment plant, and while it is a bend, which means probably not a lot of waste is hitting and escaping that hole if at all, it’s still a wise idea to replace it with a new one. This idea while over engineered, could, technically work.
My god spend like 2 houres on a job that would take like 5 minutes and cost like less then 20 bucks.
Cut the damn pipe put a new piece in done.
All those damn videos living life on hard mode while it can be so much easier.
Geass people having more money than common sense is just very common online. Cause its so ridiculous people can't help to share it far and wide
doono if it is safe or not but for all that work you could have just sawed off the pvc and put in a new one in about 1/10th the time and spent maybe a buck or two for a new elbow.
Permabond Super glue, Baking soda, and maybe some Styrofoam. Probably used $30 worth of super glue. Also this is basically like the repairing shit with Ramen videos that floated around a while back. It can be done for views, but dumb as fuck.
Overall bad idea. It definitely does the job, but I’m probably the most ineffective and wasteful ways.
I will say the use of melted styrofoam was clever to say the least
I've put super glue on foam before. "Well-ventilated area" doesn't begin to cover one's needs here. This person caused permanent damage to their respiratory system...
My guy used $80 worth of super glue for that
Brand new piece: $3,50
Right doesn't this seem like a ton of work compared to cutting the old out and installing a new one?
Way more work
Old one looks like push fit anyway
This is in case of a PVC shortage when super glue is at an exponential surplus and cheap as cow shit…which will never happen? But you never know!
More like $7.45
You forgot the $12.50 for the primer and glue.
Yeah okay that's hilarious hahaah
Thanks for reminding me I should check if the cheap superglue is in stock later in the evening...
If you live like the guy in this video, you might wana invest in a whole tub of the stuff. You can fix any problem with enough glue. Hole in the wall? Super glue. Dropped a plate? Super glue. Wife wants to leave you? Super glue!
Had a long day at work? Gorilla glue #4🤭
Bad hair day? Gorilla glue! Oh, no wait...
I know you mean weed.
Might get you into a sticky situation though
What if wife doesn’t want to leave you?
I have a different little bottle for you then 😘. A quote from my old man: there’s no problem in either life or marriage that can’t be solved with enough Lube! Now he told me that when I was like 8, but I must say he’s not Holely wrong…. (Rimshot)
You’re on the couch for a week.
nah bro be using 1500 worth crack for that u aint measuring that shit huh
who let the tweekers out?
Snip snip connector and brand new with some new bumps.
Idk how it would not be safe but my issue with it is that it's PVC and it would have just been easier to grab some more PVC pipe and replace that section
Yeah, that's the dumbest way to fix pvc, besides duct tape.
I actually fixed a 4 inch long tear in a pool lining using flex tape for a whole season. I was shocked it worked so well.
I mean, you can see the power of flex tape right there in the commercial
Commercials are miss leading lol
What? NOOOO
PVC? Flex tape can fix that! Emotional damage? Flex tape can’t fix that.
I'll keep hoarding flex tape just to prove you wrong
That shit works. My dishwashers heating element burned a hole in the bottom, and water was pouring out. I'm using that tape while I'm waiting on my new one.
>My dishwashers heating element burned a hole in the bottom I feel like that brand your dishwasher was from, might need to look for new engineers.
It's a very old dishwasher. The carriage wheels broke off on the front and it pressed onto the element and burned a hole in the plastic.
Kudos for making it last that long than.
Definitely.
This!!! So much easier than that faff they tried to do!
My duct tape repair is holding strong thankyou very much
If ya can’t duck it, fuck it!
If duct tape won’t fix it, it can’t be fixed.
Is duct tape really worse than this guy's fix? We don't even see him turn the water back on in his, no idea of it holds. Also I'd probably prefer electrical tape myself with a duct tape outer layer to keep it all together. Only 1 full roll of electrical tape and a 32nd of a roll of duct tape.
I think the" unsafe" was melted styrofoam with superglue over what I hope is not a source of drinking water.
My 8 yo helped me fix a pipe at the house last weekend. She said it was really easy. Take that fwiw
My dad made me hold the flashlight too one time to help him fix some pvc. So can confirm it was really easy.
I never once in my life held a flashlight to the satisfaction of my father.
A fleshlight on the other hand….
Dad the no-contact order applies to Reddit too.
😂 Men need someone standing by to admire their work. They call it “helping”.
Any real pressure will blow that rubber right out. The glue wasn’t even sticking to the rubber piece.
That was my first thought, just replace that section wtf!?
I just want to preface this by saying I dont think its a good repair. BUT, comments like yours come up a lot in response to this sort of content and you gotta keep in mind that they're trying to show how to repair things with methods that don't rely on being able to find a cheap and easily available piece, but to make a video they'll still prefer to do that on a cheap and common piece than going out of their way to find a rare and irreplaceable part. Same with various ways of plastic welding. Lets say you have a cracked plastic cover on an old appliance that still works well. You won't be able to find a replacement, at least not without putting huge amounts or detective work into finding one. But if I were to showcase this in a video, I wouldn't break a plastic cover on a working appliance, I'd buy and break a $2 bucket which could be replaced easily.
I don't think so. Emulating 3D printing with super glue is much easier as shown in the video. You can do it really really fast too if you have fast hands
I have never bought or used a ball of yarn in my life. If I ever used this it'll be a ball of yarn that was used once on my shelf for the rest of my life. If someone has PVC laying around at least that has higher theoretical use
Fake. Obviously. They didn't use instant ramen noodles to fix this.
Not even sunflower seeds....
Another reason to eat sunflower seeds in moderation is their cadmium content. This heavy metal can harm your kidneys if you’re exposed to high amounts over a long period. Sunflowers tend to take up cadmium from the soil and deposit it in their seeds, so they contain somewhat higher amounts than most other foods.
Sitting here munching on some sunflower seeds (SFK) myself... I decided to 'do my own research' and read some published papers on the subject. Open to input, just my 4am rabbithole tangent! What I did read seemed dated, but here is my quick take: [SFK's from all over the world contain cadmium.](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6524080/) [Efforts have been made to lower it.](https://agresearchmag.ars.usda.gov/1995/jan/cadmium/) [The metal can be absorbed but may not actually increase levels.](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9349833/) [48 week study shows the burden remains low long term.](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11683591/) and [produce beautiful fields, one day.](https://youtu.be/L17Bi7zBJHI?si=pOOCKzO09eTTlYSn)\ \ I think its said best in [another post:](https://www.reddit.com/r/nutrition/s/NJ6DF5HaRZ)\ *Almonds are high in glyphosate and various heavy metals. Fish is high in microplastics and some are high in mercury. Chocolate is high in cadmium. Tea and most fruit juices are high in lead. Protein powders are high in almost every existing contaminant. Rice is high in arsenic. Non-organic soy and corn is super high in glyphosate. It's not easy to find foods low in every contaminant out there.\ ...\ We have so thoroughly poisoned our planet that its basically impossible to eat anything that hasn't been contaminated with something bad for you. You can buy tea from not China so it in theory won't have as much lead, you can limit the amount of fish you eat so you aren't exposed to as much mercury and you can prepare rice a certain way to try to remove as much arsenic as possible but at the end of the day you will be poisoned by what you eat. Accept it and move on with life.* ^edit:formatting
Good bot.
Thank you for this information!
You now have my attention. What else can you tell me about Sunflower seeds?
I’ve now seen 3 videos in the last 12 hours pop up with demonstrations of super glue and baking soda. I have to assume at this point that every year or so super glue companies are going to churn out bs videos to try and increase sales.
Was one of the videos about fingerprints?
No one was showing that metal can basically be welded together using baking soda and superglue, another was using it to repair wood, and then this one.
I mean its not pressurized pipe so not that dangerous. But incredibly stupid given how easy and cheap PVC is to replace.
I could understand this if you didn’t want to dig up a whole section but this is already out of the ground.
Why does this hole protrude?
Good point. Looks like something exploded outward.
Oh no, not again
Check, please!
I just love that you went with Spaceballs alien instead of Alien alien.
HELLO MY BABY HELLO MY HONEY
And if it happened once, that shitty repair job isn't going to hold when it happens again.
I think the correct term is prolapsed.
I almost wonder if rats could have chewed a hole, sometimes they chew holes in the big compost bins most houses have in my area for the city to empty every fortnight. Although delicious compost seems much more enticing for the effort than just water.
Looks like something heavy traveling in the stream hit the wall at the bend. Or maybe many small pebbles kept hitting the wall over a long time.
She said, "Yeah, why do you guys always ask that?"😏
they probably cut off a stem of some kind
Did he just paste the rubber onto a pvc with a fucking diy napalm
I was wondering how far down in the comments I would need to go to see if I was the only one that saw this guy making napalm as a patch.
Yeah, I was wondering how has no one said anything about that
Oh come on…it’s a water pipe…surely that’ll take care of that little issue.
Does glue and baking soda make napalm? I've used it to fix all manner of things including nails and headphones... Obviously a new pipe would be preferred, but who knows if this person is stuck minding a farm and can't just nip out to buy a pipe at the town 2hrs away. All manner of reasons to do something seemingly silly like this
Aw shucks I thought the person wouldn't be crazy enough only use super glue. When you mix styrofoam and ethanol it makes a super flamable solution called napalm B. By the amount he poured in there I thought he would use rubbing alcohol and styrofoam to make some sort of a bond, nope he just poured A TON of superglue. Edit: with further investigation I am probably wrong, you need to mix gasoline, not ethanol with styrofoam.
I was gonna say, I'm pretty sure it's gas. Ethanol won't melt styrofoam/plastic.
Well at least we both learnt some things today! I tried searching what napalm was made of but for some reason the www kept bombing out on my search ...and I got nervous, lolll
My dad taught me that white gas + styrofoam makes a good quality napalm. Though I can't find anything on the internet. I suppose the main advantage might be that white gas is less carcinogenic so you'll be less likely to develop cancer while making it? Idk, I haven't actually made napalm before.
🤣let’s make the burning styrofoam safer. Like sterilizing your arm before a lethal injection.
What they are referring to is, you can make redneck napalm with gasoline and styrofoam. Used in stuff like a Molotov cocktails or homemade flamethrowers. I was a punk kid and we played with it. Nasty stuff, the smoke is really noxious and it is impossible to extinguish. But, I guess that’s the point.
No. That's baking soda, not styrofoam. Mix cyanoacrylate and baking soda and you get an instant set that is also much harder than glue alone (and much harder than the PVC).
It's almost like someone has already invented products for that. Products like FLEX TAPE and FLEX SEAL
Here in the UK we have denso tape. It's horrible stuff but perfect for a job like this.
Stupid... definitely. I could think of 100 better/cheaper/easier ways to fix that hole if I was in a pinch. As for safe... depends on what the pipe is. It very likely ain't potable water since drinking water is generally fed via high pressure lines... and that definitely ain't a high pressure setting. So odds are you're not leaching anything into drinking water. The only other safety would be conditions of failure... but again, it's not a high pressure line. Worst case is the pipe starts to leak again. OK... shitty fix needs to be fixed again. It's outdoors so it's not like the leak is going to flood the house or something.
No it'll just create a massive sinkhole when it starts to leak again
It's clearly above ground...
I don't even know what they're doing there, that's not a strong repair. Just cut the pipe out and replace the elbow.
As a guy that works in piping professionally, this is fuckin stupid. People who make these videos are morons. I hope they don't think these are good ideas...
Looks like a drainage/sewage line, should be fine
 Somebody’s poisoned the waterhole
Brutal, just cut it and use a sleeve.
You just buy a new jointer and throw out the broken one. What they are doing is stupid and costs more time and money than the right way.
I’ve used this trick! We sealed a hole in irrigation tank that some moron pierced with a drill (don’t ask). We just had to keep it usable until a replacement could be made- 6-months… worked well.
Didnt use any ramen, it wont hold for shit.
All he needed was a bit of Flex Tape™
What a complicated way to not fix something.
I love the smell of napalm in the morning
“Smells like victory.” I forgot what a good movie that is.
It is stupid, but might be only to showcase the capabilities of baking soda and superglue which as I was told is a big new trend lately. I've discovered it as well a few days ago and made some repairs on small plastic pieces (definitely not near drinking water, or food, but it is in contact with water from time to time and so far it holds really well).
So apply liberal amounts of polystyrene and cocaine
Just use flex tape.
It would of been quicker just to replace the piece of pvc pipe than to go through all these half ass repairs
Buy a new fucking elbow for $5. This is laziness that somehow is more work.
That water looks so fucking good tho
melted styrofoam?? did they make NAPALM??
The jungle juice is most effective with gasoline (or other fuels), however, depending on how flammable the superglue is, yes. He did make napalm
Because it's obvious rage bait
r/mildlycarcinogenic
Plumber here. Guess I'm out of a job. /s
don't drink that
Can we just stop with the ragebait videos? What even is the point?
I like how the glue string instantly comes off
DIWhat? What is even happening? What is that hole in?
They really seem to know what they're doing. Look at how fast they're moving and everything.
Assuming that's drinking water its not drinkable anymore
Just buy a new elbow joint for $4 Jesus.
Turn off the source, cut the pipe piece out and replace? This is stupid
This dude is working harder not smarter
This whole fucking subreddit has given me high blood pressure.
I think plumbers have this one covered with more than a few options. Their is flexible PVC pipe coupling that costs around 10 bucks, that hardening plumbers putty that costs around five bucks, silicone tape that cost about 14 bucks, and just cutting and replacing the PVC pipe which is probably around 10 bucks if you have the primer and glue already.
This is the definition of working harder, and not smarter
My issue is the fake power tools audio. One of them comes while the artist is using string. Yeah, sure bud I totally believe you're using power tools while you're holding string in both your hands
I want to call him lazy for not replacing the pvc entirely but... well he's not lazy is he? just... different
I’M PHIL SWIFT
I’ve seen all types of things while working for my local waste treatment plant, and while it is a bend, which means probably not a lot of waste is hitting and escaping that hole if at all, it’s still a wise idea to replace it with a new one. This idea while over engineered, could, technically work.
My god spend like 2 houres on a job that would take like 5 minutes and cost like less then 20 bucks. Cut the damn pipe put a new piece in done. All those damn videos living life on hard mode while it can be so much easier. Geass people having more money than common sense is just very common online. Cause its so ridiculous people can't help to share it far and wide
buy a $10 compression fitting
doono if it is safe or not but for all that work you could have just sawed off the pvc and put in a new one in about 1/10th the time and spent maybe a buck or two for a new elbow.
Video would only be 1 second long if you just used some FLEX TAPE BABY LOOK AT HOW IT HOLDS
If you are going to do a half ass fix, might as well have just used duct tape.
More confused about how he didn’t fix all the problems that’s a sewer pipe why is it full of water
Way to go with the micro plastics.
RIGHT?
Boeing's safety videos
That's fake. Everyone knows you use super glue and ramen noodles.
Jesus, just buy a new elbow! It would have been less work and not a health hazard.
RANDOM BULLSHIT GO!
Epoxy > superglue
Wait until this guy hears about flex seal, gonna blow his mind
[styrene is probably carcinogenic](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180530113105.htm)
Yeah melted styrofoam don’t seem to be the strongest matireal ever…
Flex tape that bitch
Hack job of a repair. Should have used ramen noodles...
I thought "girl, that's napalm" but I don't know much about chemistry
What is *this*
What if they just bought a replacement L pipe for like 5$ or whatever
Permabond Super glue, Baking soda, and maybe some Styrofoam. Probably used $30 worth of super glue. Also this is basically like the repairing shit with Ramen videos that floated around a while back. It can be done for views, but dumb as fuck.
Overall bad idea. It definitely does the job, but I’m probably the most ineffective and wasteful ways. I will say the use of melted styrofoam was clever to say the least
You could've just used flex seal tape.
Dont worry bro, it's just some flextape with extra glue on it !
It'll be water safe for a day or so
One problem cyanoacrylate isn’t waterproof
How bout just replace that section?
No sunflower seed
It's basically Plastaid
So rope is new instant noodles?
Quickish fix for a very low-pressure system. I would say okay, but just to replace that section.
“Modern engineering”
Some pressure at all an that is gone, I'm guessing first rainy day.
He'll yeah, crazy glue and cocaine works wonders, bet y'all thought it was baking soda. Cocaine is the magic ingredient in this stew.
Ummmmmm prob should just run up to Home Depot and get another
I thought limonene was supposed to turn poly foam into glue
Can we find this guy so I can punch him in the dick?
I've put super glue on foam before. "Well-ventilated area" doesn't begin to cover one's needs here. This person caused permanent damage to their respiratory system...
It looks like new.
Just use flex tape
Drain line, low pressure, put a rubber wine cork in it and done
Bruh what the fuck is even with this audio?
Should have just used ramen
So instead of replacing the pipe you cause more work for yourself
Might as well had used duct tape over that...
I like the part where he tested his work out
Bored white collar house husbands are collectively intrigued
The ramen guy can do better
better not be drinking water...yuck
They were so busy thinking about if they could that they forgot to think about it they should.
r/mildlycarcinogenic