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Do It Yourself

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Yes, now it looks like frankenshelf. Adds character. What do you think?

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[โ€“] renard_roux 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You know where the 'cyano' in cyanoacrylate comes from, right? Maybe don't use it for stuff that touches food/drink... ๐Ÿ˜ณ

[โ€“] SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not worried about fully cured CA glue on a non-contact surface of a shelf that holds bottles/milk packs etc., or honestly even fruit whose peel you don't eat.

Given that CA-based glues are used for wound closure and apparently even as dental adhesives, I'll trust https://www.ontariopoisoncentre.ca/household-hazards-items/super-glue/ over the many sites that look like ChatGPT wrote them (mostly trying to sell some food safe alternative). It's not food safe, so I wouldn't glue e.g. a soup bowl with it, but eating an orange that sat on a cured seam in a fridge isn't going to poison you.

[โ€“] renard_roux 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That sounds reasonable enough ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘

Keep in mind that not all CA glues are intended for wound closure, that's mainly Dermabond/2-octyl cyanoacrylate, which is only "less toxic", and not for all wound types. Thought it was worth pointing out of others see this ๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ‘Œ

[โ€“] Lowbird 2 points 1 year ago

This might be a non-food-bearing shelf, like from one of those rolling plastic drawer sets? I think? It's hard to tell, admittedly.