Conductive Glue? Anyone tried this yet?

Hey All,

Thinkgeek.com is selling conductive glue that can be used instead of solder. I can definitely see some uses for this but I was wondering if anyone has used it yet? I'm curious to see what kind of resistance it adds (if any) and how it handles heat.

Here's the link: Wire Glue!

Look at the reviews here: Amazon.com: WIRE GLUE: Home Improvement

Looks good.

Hmm I need this!!

It has been around for over 9000 years I have never used it tho IIRC it's not that great (from what I've heard/read about it).

Might be ok for some things but no replacement for solder. Conductive Epoxy is also available.

In the 12 hours you spend waiting for it to dry, you may as well learn how to use a soldering iron.

I have that stuff. Never used it, but I have it. Let me know if you want me to test it out or anything.

RA_pierce said:

In the 12 hours you spend waiting for it to dry, you may as well learn how to use a soldering iron.

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Exactly...... Plus it is only good for Low Voltages and there are
no stats on conductivity per cross section..

Might be good/safe for kids.... but I don't think they would have
the patience to wait for it to dry...


Jerry

i had a similar product (not exactly this one, but very similar in the principle, just using silver particles instead carbon ones), and i used it only for one thing ..... re-wiring with very thin wires an LCD display of a machine that had one of these LCD displays connected with a strip of plastic, where the contacts are made with conductive ink ..... there's no way for solder or do any other connection types, on these displays, and there was no spare parts available, so i had to use that system, and it worked (but' hell, was a damn pain you-know-where to do it )

Sincerely, i don't trust it for any other type of use that may involve medium/high voltages or medium/high currents ..... or that need stability ..... imho, it's a "geeky" gadget, but not too much more of this, sorry .....

I have this stuff, it takes forever to dry. It's really liquidy too so it's hard to keep things in contact while it drys.

Solder is SO much more reliable and robust. Soldering IS a skill worth taking the time to learn.