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But what if Gorilla Glue was 169.3 psi…?
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That would be approaching movie theatre floor level adhesion!
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Unless they glue a hard hat to a steel girder, I’m not believing anything.
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With Anthony Michael Hall. Classic!
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Safety tip for those planning their own tests at home: When testing suspended dead loads, wear your steel toed boots, kids.
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I learned long ago how difficult and nearly impossible it is to get Liquid Nail off the skin after it dries. It took me hours with a pumice stone.
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Among the pantheon of product demos with Dawn dish soap drop in the greasy pan and the memory foam bowling ball/egg! I should make a list!
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The testing seemed rather unsafe, yes.
It was the flesh that came off. The Liquid Nails was just attached to it. 
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I’ll second this. Used this in the construction of the last lizard habitat I built. Then used it to re-stick a brick that had come loose from a wall, then in playhouse construction…
If you need something stuck, and it’s a weird shape, weird materials, or needs some gap filling, construction adhesive is wonderful stuff.
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