Weld Glues

i use EMA plastic weld and flex-i-file plast-i-weld with the touch and flow appplicator. both these evaporatre very quickly if put on thin with a brush though. you really do not want too much as they will melt the plastic fast.

Weld-On will evaporate just as quickly as Tenax. My recommendation - outside of a Touch-n-Flow - is to get some of those microbrushes (believe they're also sold as dental brushes) and use those as applicators. In my experience they work a LOT better than a paintbrush. Just hold the parts together, or with a very slight gap, apply and press together. Done. I actually use the microbrushes over the Touch-n-Flow on thin joins like the trailing edges of wings, since the TnF tends to dribble around those areas.

Somebody turned me on to Fingernail Polish Thinner (not remover - Thinner - different stuff). It is hard to find, I had to order some from a beauty supply site on-line. It works a little slower then Pro-weld and Tennax and is cheaper (per ounce).

I really like the stuff.

I went to the Microscale website and found they have a new micro-weld solvent cement .Maybe its as good or better than the old ? Scroll down the page to # 136 .

http://www.bare-metal.com/Microscale-Model-Finishing-Products.html

I envy you guys that can use this stuff! I either get to little glue and the seam doesn't weld or I get to much and it runs down the sides. I also get little "divets" where I start and stop the application.

do you mean the flexible interdental brushes; thin wound wire with plastic bristles?

I just use Testor's Liquid (Pink Label), or Testor's Black (needle appicator)... For the times I need a "hotter" cement, I use straight MEK (Methyl-Ethyl Ketone, but that stuff is getting hard to find)... MEK is a primary ingredient in most of the liquid styrene cements anyway, Testor's, Tenax, Weld-On, etc ... Add to that that a quart of MEK will probably last you a lifetime, and costs about the same as two 1-oz bottles of model cements...  

For the past 20 or so years, I've used Pleximent Chloride (Aka IPS Weld-On #3) bought in bulk from a commercial plastic supply (usually in gallons) and apply it with very fine paint brushes.  Takes me 3.5 to 4 years to go thru a gallon (you still have to watch getting the lid on tight on the container when you quit for the evening)