Speed Glue

On my first ever visit to Beijing, in 2007, my wife arranged for me to hit with a coach. I'm not sure what she told him but he looked kind of annoyed when he arrived and saw some American guy he was supposed to play with (or maybe it was just the traffic he had to deal with, we couldn't speak each other's language, so I am just guessing).  He grabbed a paddle from his bag and we started hitting.  After about 30 seconds, he paid me a compliment -- he said he had to stop so he could glue up.  He had some sort of Haifu stuff, which didn't smell much.  To be social, I went with him and glued up also, using his glue.  I remember it was weak compared to what I was used to (in those days I usually used something called Tibhar Rapid Clean, or something like that, or vulcanizing fluid because I could buy it at auto parts stores for cheap). 

You are right, the smell is awful and I am glad to be done with it, and it can't be healthy.

I think if there had been a way to really extend it's effects back in the day, someone would have found it.  People experimented a lot with all sorts of things (which is how I know, for example, that acetone, i.e. nail polish remover, doesn't work very well.) 

frogger wrote: I'm happy speed gluing days are over! What a mess and hassle that was plus all the bad stuff that got into your skin and fumes going into your lungs.