{"id":7356,"date":"2011-11-19T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2011-11-19T20:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=7356"},"modified":"2011-11-20T05:02:58","modified_gmt":"2011-11-20T13:02:58","slug":"super-glue-chemically-reacts-with-cotton-and-wool-to-generate-enough-heat-to-start-a-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/super-glue-chemically-reacts-with-cotton-and-wool-to-generate-enough-heat-to-start-a-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Glue Chemically Reacts with Cotton or Wool to Generate Enough Heat to Start a Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/super-glue-fire-starter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7357\" title=\"super-glue-fire-starter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/super-glue-fire-starter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"559\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/super-glue-fire-starter.jpg 559w, https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/super-glue-fire-starter-340x365.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Applying Super Glue (cyanoacrylate) to cotton or wool results in a rapid chemical reaction that releases enough heat to cause minor burns, so typically this should be avoided.\u00a0 However, if enough cyanoacrylate is added to the cotton or wool, the fabric will catch on fire, making this a great trick to keep in mind in survival situations.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, cotton and wool are readily available and cyanoacrylate is always a good thing to have on hand in first aid kits, due to its wound sealing ability.\u00a0 So if you ever find yourself lost in the woods with nothing but a first aid kit and no other easy means to start a fire, this little trick might help you out.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Super Glue Facts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2011\/04\/super-glue-was-invented-by-accident-twice\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applying Super Glue (cyanoacrylate) to cotton or wool results in a rapid chemical reaction that releases enough heat to cause minor burns, so typically this should be avoided.\u00a0 However, if enough cyanoacrylate is added to the cotton or wool, the fabric will catch on fire, making this a great trick to keep in mind in survival situations. Generally, cotton and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[689],"tags":[1427,1426,1425],"class_list":["post-7356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quick-facts","tag-fire-starting-methods","tag-super-glue-fire-starter","tag-super-glue-first-aid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7356"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7435,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7356\/revisions\/7435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}