G-S Hypo Cement

Great pearl stringing cement. Last a long time, but does sometimes get clogged when there is tension on the tube. Even putting the top on, the glue will fill the top and dry. Then you have to dig out the dried glue. better to make sure that it has stopped flowing before putting the cap back on.

I’ve been making stretchy bracelets for years and have had several come untied. No more… this is very easy to use and has a very fine needle to place a tiny drop in place to secure your knots. I would recommend googling a video on how to first tie a knot that makes it more secure.

I bought this when desperate to find something that would really hold the knots in a clear plastic cord I use to string large beads in a bracelet. The plastic is elastic so that the bracelets don't need fasteners, but some other glues I have used couldn't stand up to the stress of being pulled this way and that. (The cord in question is "POWERCORD, Clear 1.0mm, #1708BS, in case anyone else is having the same problem.) E6000 glue held for awhile, but then the knot I had used it on came undone. Several bracelets with G-S Hypo have been going strong for over a year or more.I am still amazed that G-S holds slippery plastic cord so well. Not only the quality of the glue, but the very fine tip where the glue comes out, is noteworthy. This tip, about the thickness of a thick hypodermic needle, fits right into the square knots I tie in the cord, and the G-S begins to harden fast enough so that I can hold the tension on the knot until it "takes," after which I do not use the bracelet and put a strain on it for about 24 hours, just to make sure.Another point (big!) in favor of G-S is that the cap contains a very thin needle that fits down into the dispenser nozzle. It never gets stuck in there, but it prevents the remaining glue from being exposed to the air or oozing out of the tube. What an ingenious solution! This is important. I am still using my first tube of G-S, while E-6000, which I have used successfully for a few other types of jewelry where a hard element had to withstand a degree of stress (like on old-fashioned tie clips), seems to lose its power rather soon. Whether that is due to its ordinary cap, I don't know, but I was very disappointed when the largish tube I had bought became worthless after just a couple of uses. I see that now the company has caught on and they are selling it in much smaller individual tubes.Anyway, G-S Hypo wins hands-down: its holding power, its cap, the thin dispenser, and the fact that it can apparently be expected to keep working until I have used all the glue in the tube have decided me to try it on other pieces as a substitute for E-6000.

Takes a long time to cure fully.

I used to make a lot of stretchy bracelets and I stopped for one reason or another, but I recently got back into it. I wanted something to secure the knots and somehow I came across this product. I am happy with my purchase thus far (especially since I just don't remember what I used to use...).One concern I had was how to keep the adhesive on the knot and not get it on the beads on either side, but this has such a small applicator (like a wire or fine needle) that it is easy to dispense a very small amount of glue in a very precise area. I let this dry for a few days, never paid attention to how long (but I like to err on the side of caution). It seems clear and flexible after drying, but it is holding knots my stretchy cord pretty well.This is best for non-porous surfaces, according to the package. My elastic cord is non porous, at least on the macroscopic level that I can see. I am also keeping this around for jewelry repair (e.g., putting rhinestones that fall out of costume jewelry back in their settings), though I have not had occasion to try that use yet. However, the precise applicator tip would definitely be useful in such a situation.This package has a lot of safety warnings about using it in a well-ventilated area and such. I am not too worried about that because of the extremely small amounts I am using at a time, but if you are gluing in large numbers of rhinestones, cabochons, etc., you may need to pay more attention to the warnings.This is NOT superglue (no cyanoacrylate). It is supposedly flammable and must travel via ground, so it may not arrive in two days. But, one tube is fairly large considering the amount of product you use at once, so it will last a long time.