2006-09-23 00:47:50 · 17 answers · asked by a_teladia 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
What a great question, if there were 10points for great questions, I would award them to you.
Sorry I don't have an answer for you though
2006-09-23 00:50:44 · answer #1 · answered by Ya-sai 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
A Teladia,
If you're serious, it's because the glue needs contact with air to make it work. Once you open the package it will stick to the inside and completely set up after a period of time, because the cap can not seal the tube completely and air will get in.
TDCWH
2006-09-23 07:54:58 · answer #2 · answered by TDCWH 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the glue, but usually the container is made of a plastic to which the glue will not stick. Also, as a few others said, it needs air to solidify.
2006-09-23 07:54:25 · answer #3 · answered by end337 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The glue needs oxygen to 'stick.' The tube is sealed so this doesn't happen
2006-09-23 07:49:57 · answer #4 · answered by ben 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The glue only become super sticky when it reacts with oxygen in the open air.
2006-09-23 07:55:35 · answer #5 · answered by tfd 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wrong, wrong, wrong. It's moisture it needs to set, not oxygen. While some say air - this is partially true - it's moisture. And there ain't any inside the tube.
2006-09-26 04:11:43 · answer #6 · answered by blueeyedboy3004 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The tube has non sticky surface on its inside.
Also there s something for the Air to do with Sticking.
2006-09-23 07:50:19 · answer #7 · answered by kummu 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
O2 required, thats why it makes a good job of sticking the bloody lid shut!
2006-09-23 07:58:18 · answer #8 · answered by ChrisAds 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
BECAUSE THE TUBE IS AIR TIGHT AND NO AIR CAN GET AT THE GLUE AND CURE IT
2006-09-26 15:55:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does. After you've finished a tube .... cut it open .... turn it inside out .... and watch it stick after it dries .....
2006-09-23 07:57:07 · answer #10 · answered by burlingtony 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Needs air to cause the reaction that makes it set, its why it goes hard if you leave the lid off..
2006-09-26 12:59:58 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋