Super glue not made in China

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Super glue not made in China

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I recently came across a bottle of super glue made in China. It's made of 100% cyanoacrylate, the active ingredient in every super glue brand you can think of (Super Glue, Krazy Glue, Gorilla Glue, etc.)

Here's the interesting and sad thing. When I search on Amazon, all I see are China brands. One after another. This is what China manufacturers do. Instead of marketing and improving their product, they just flood the market with as many brands as they can. Consumers (who really should educate themselves more) buy up the China brands and post rave reviews without realizing that there are non-China made alternatives that are far superior.

For example, most brands like Krazy Glue and Gorilla Glue will put additives to the cyanoacrylate to make it last longer, set faster, etc. There are very smart scientists and chemists who work for them creating these innovations. But these products and innovations never see the light of day because Amazon puts the cheap brands up front. Ironically, it's in Amazon's best interests to sell substandard glue that will dry up in the bottle quicker—this way consumers will come back and buy more.

Worse, I see that great brands like Loctite are now outsourcing to China. So pretty soon their innovations will be stolen as well. Nice move, Loctite.

Here are some brands that are still making things outside of China.

[https://amzn.to/4henlcf]Loctite[/url] - A lot of Loctite products I've seen are made in China, but a few products like this one are made in Ireland. Their bottle is by far the best I've ever used as far as clean application, no clogging, and not drying up.

Gorilla Super Glue - Made in the USA (with "imported materials", but at least someone in the USA is employed)

Woldoclean Super Glue - Made in Germany. When's the last time you had anything bad made in Germany?

Scotch Super Glue Gel - Made in Taiwan. Single-use tubes, which make a lot of sense considering that I usually buy a $8 bottle and get one use out of it before it dries up anyway

Y'allCanDiy Super Glue - Made in Turkey. Has some decent reviews.

Gluemasters 100% cyanoacrylate - Made in USA. The irony is that this American company sells the same 100% cyanoacrylate solution as China sellers, but Amazon buries them.

Not all Super Glue is created equal. Buy any of these brands and help us get un-stuck to China manufacturing.