Someone told me superglue is the same as CA glue . Is this true !

yes, BUT the quality of the CA type glues in the hobby shop are WAY better suited for our use.

Far as I know true but what we get in the hobby is available in 3 viscosities, thin med thick. Also have accillerator available.

Yep! they are both Cyanoacrylate

Different names you might see it called:

Krazy Glue
Crazy Glue
Hot Stuff
CA
Cyanoacrylate
Super Glue
Insta bond

Cais short for Cyanoacrylates. Super glue is a cyanocrylate. CA you will find in a hobby store has several different applications. A thin blend will creep into every crack and pour. An example would be to seal up a spar on a balsa wing is already glued but coming loose a little. Medium and thick CA are used when the application needs a little thicker glue so is does not run all over the place. An example would be to glue together a foam wing.

The main differences between super glue and other CA types are the different applications. Thin, medium, thick, and foam safe. None foam safe CA will has a good chance of melting foam when it starts to cure.

I hope this helps. Every beginner should get a foam super cub, a bottle of foam safe CA, and some accelerator.</p>

Thin CA is the same as Crazy/Super glue. In fact, I go to local dollar store and by the little 3 tube pack they sell there and keep in my tool box for quick field repairs.

Ken

Hate to correct you Ken, but Crazy/Super Glue is more like MEDIUM CA, not THIN

I get the super glue from the dollar tree myself, it comes in thin and gel at my local store, course the reason they are at the dollar tree is because the tubes are all half empty....Rog

I too have heard this claim, but don't know specifically why this is. Can you elaborate? Does it have to do with the property of the glue when it has dried?

I hate to be the negative nathan here,,,and this is just my opinion, but glue is glue is glue......I bought one bottle of zap and used about half of it and watched it turn into half a bottle of hard clear plastic....the 3 paks I buy, if I get distracted and leave a tube open, I'm out 33 cents....so I tend to over glue, but I look at that as a good thing,,or on an arf, I'll pour a tube down each side top and bottom,,now granted there are some tips that come in handy, but in my case if I cant reach it, just pour it on,,,you may have a favorite brand, and theres nothing wrong with that, ....its a sales pitch...right up there with "clothes make the man".......Rog

I'm with you Rog

Same here. The glue inside it the same regardless of the label that's on the bottle.

Ken

how many ounces are in each bottle of the 3 pack you buy at the dollar store? Ive never bought any but Im open to new and cheaper suggestions.

I don't know how much, but it's not much. There are 3 small tubes in the package. Like I said, it's great to keep in the toolbox for field repairs.

Ken

I buy larger CA bottles hoping to save money since the cost per oz is less, but then I usually end up with half a bottle (or more) of hard or gelled glue after a year or so. If the cheap stuff at the dollar store is really as good as the "hobby" stuff, I'd probably save money going with that instead! I do buy the dollar store stuff to have in my field box and junk drawer for misc. repairs, but I've yet to bring myself to rely on it for gluing important stuff in/on my planes. Maybe after my current bottles of Tower CA dry up, I'll try using the cheap stuff instead.

CA goes bad because of moisture. That is what causes CA to "kick off" and harden, and larger bottles of CA go bad because of the moisture in the air. If you want to store CA so that it doesn't go bad you need to store it so that air doesn't come in contact with it. If you have a large jar or other airtight container it will help your CA stay fresh longer. If you have any of those silica gel packets shipped in electronics or other packages drop them in as well as they remove moisture from the air. As for my CA, I vacuum store it. I have a Food Saver vacuum machine that we use to vacuum store food. I have one of the large plastic storage containers for that system that I set my CA bottles in and then vacuum seal it to keep any moisture out of it.

Ken</p>

I end up having to keep going back to the store to buy more because I am always running out. I buy the 2 ounce bottles because I probably go through about an ounce or more of glue a month. I got several planes under construction one being a 1/2 scale biplane. I read, though, that someone was selling glue in 16 oz bottles and I decided to try them out. I got one bottle and I use it to refil my little bottles. I now store the big bottle in the fridge until I need it and so far so good.