Matthew Gregory
Chief Executive in charge of Entertainment
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...so I picked up a bottle of Loctite Speedbonder 324 from Mr. Mickley last week, and decided to test it under conditions of extreme duress.
Upon arriving at work yesterday morning I proceeded to clean off a small area of concrete on the sidewalk approximately 12 feet from the front door of the store. A few quick swipes with some denatured alcohol, a dab of 324 on the concrete, a quick spraying of the activator to a Sacagawea dollar coin, and a pinch of pressure to get the two together.
I covered it in duct tape for 5 minutes until everything got a chance to cure, then away we went!
It took about 20 minutes for passersby to start noticing it... some tried to pick it up, some kicked at it, many just ignored it. Two hours into the test, a pair of teens came across our test subject. They kicked it. Nothing. Pushed. Tried to get their fingers on it, their nails under it, the tips of their basketball sneakers to grab the edge of it.
Nothing.
A minute later, they disappear, leaving the battlefield empty-handed...
Only to return 45 minutes later - with tools!
This time, equipped with implements of mass destruction (claw hammer and putty knife), they go to town on our poor little Miss Sacagawea. Hitting and bashing and prying and chiseling. I was beginning to get concerned for the condition of the sidewalk when one of Darwin Award future candidates hits his own hand with the putty knife, jumping around in true Daffy Duck fashion while shaking his bruised hand and swearing colorfully.
It required a full 30 seconds for the other chap to concede defeat.
20 minutes later I wandered out with a propane torch, heated the coin up quickly, and knocked the adhesive loose, regaining Miss Sacagawea for a future endeavor. Her face and sides showed the obvious scars of combat, but her position on the battlefield never stammered.
Street zombies: 0
Speedbonder 324: 1
Tracy, shouldn't this test be added to the glue wars?
Upon arriving at work yesterday morning I proceeded to clean off a small area of concrete on the sidewalk approximately 12 feet from the front door of the store. A few quick swipes with some denatured alcohol, a dab of 324 on the concrete, a quick spraying of the activator to a Sacagawea dollar coin, and a pinch of pressure to get the two together.
I covered it in duct tape for 5 minutes until everything got a chance to cure, then away we went!
It took about 20 minutes for passersby to start noticing it... some tried to pick it up, some kicked at it, many just ignored it. Two hours into the test, a pair of teens came across our test subject. They kicked it. Nothing. Pushed. Tried to get their fingers on it, their nails under it, the tips of their basketball sneakers to grab the edge of it.
Nothing.
A minute later, they disappear, leaving the battlefield empty-handed...
Only to return 45 minutes later - with tools!
This time, equipped with implements of mass destruction (claw hammer and putty knife), they go to town on our poor little Miss Sacagawea. Hitting and bashing and prying and chiseling. I was beginning to get concerned for the condition of the sidewalk when one of Darwin Award future candidates hits his own hand with the putty knife, jumping around in true Daffy Duck fashion while shaking his bruised hand and swearing colorfully.
It required a full 30 seconds for the other chap to concede defeat.
20 minutes later I wandered out with a propane torch, heated the coin up quickly, and knocked the adhesive loose, regaining Miss Sacagawea for a future endeavor. Her face and sides showed the obvious scars of combat, but her position on the battlefield never stammered.
Street zombies: 0
Speedbonder 324: 1
Tracy, shouldn't this test be added to the glue wars?
