Eli5 Why is it so hard to glue something with superglue, while it instantly glues my fingers, it’s bottle, anything it drips on instantly?

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Eli5 Why is it so hard to glue something with superglue, while it instantly glues my fingers, it’s bottle, anything it drips on instantly?

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To an extent the surface matters. Your fingers are very textured, giving it lots of surface area and nooks to cling to, and it’s a bit warm to help the solvent flash off quicker on top of that.

It also doesn’t have to cure all that well, be in perfect alignment or anything else to be annoyingly stuck for that purpose. Any glob will do.

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