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                        Gator's Grip-Or-Gator Grip ?

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                        Armor Buff
                        • Member since
                          May 2021
                        Posted by Armor Buff on Sunday, May 2, 2021 5:28 PM

                        Always found Gator & Gorilla to both be over hyped, under deliver and equally worthless in my modeling. 

                        Common PVA aka wood glue, white glue, carpenter's glue, school glue, Elmer's glue all more useful.

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                        Glamdring
                        • Member since
                          February 2005
                        • From: Nashotah, WI
                        Posted by Glamdring on Saturday, May 1, 2021 6:23 PM

                        I am fairly certain my Mom used the same bottle of Aleene's Tacky Glue throughout the 90s. 

                         

                        I will have to give this Gator Grip a try, glad the maker has resurrected it.  From what I read after he pulled up stakes the last year, I felt like I missed out big time on it.

                        Robert 

                        "I can't get ahead no matter how hard I try, I'm gettin' really good at barely gettin' by"

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                        disastermaster
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: On my kitchen counter top somewhere in central North Carolina.
                        Posted by disastermaster on Saturday, May 1, 2021 2:00 PM

                         https://i.imgur.com/LjRRaV1.png

                         

                         

                         
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                        VintageRPM
                        • Member since
                          September 2020
                        Posted by VintageRPM on Saturday, May 1, 2021 1:28 PM
                        I bought 3 bottles of the stuff years ago (7?10?) and they are all still viable. Mike
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                        Tanker-Builder
                        • Member since
                          October 2019
                        • From: New Braunfels, Texas
                        Posted by Tanker-Builder on Saturday, May 1, 2021 8:14 AM

                        Now, that I couldn't say.

                               Based on what I see of the Bottle and the Top Mechanism it will probably last as long as my Aleens which one bottle is three years old. But, I don't keep it in a window or bright place either. Cool and dark is the preferred spots for this glue-Like a drawer.

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                        Glamdring
                        • Member since
                          February 2005
                        • From: Nashotah, WI
                        Posted by Glamdring on Friday, April 30, 2021 6:42 PM

                        Any insight on the shelf life of Gator Glue?   Like if I buy a bottle or two will it harden in the bottle  within a year?

                        Robert 

                        "I can't get ahead no matter how hard I try, I'm gettin' really good at barely gettin' by"

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                        Gamera
                        • Member since
                          November 2009
                        • From: SW Virginia
                        Posted by Gamera on Thursday, April 15, 2021 11:44 AM

                        Tojo72

                        Hey guys,found this,he's back !!!!

                        https://modelersalliance.org/threads/gators-model-studio-website-has-moved.155779/

                         

                        Thanks Tojo!!! 

                        You're a life-saver!!!!! 

                        "I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

                         

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                        Tojo72
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Western North Carolina
                        Posted by Tojo72 on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 6:07 PM

                        Hey guys,found this,he's back !!!!

                        https://modelersalliance.org/threads/gators-model-studio-website-has-moved.155779/

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                        Gamera
                        • Member since
                          November 2009
                        • From: SW Virginia
                        Posted by Gamera on Friday, April 9, 2021 11:56 AM

                        Really depressing. I use the stuff all the time. I'm lucky I bought three bottles last time and I've still got one and half left. 

                        I hate superglue, I guess I'll try Ultra Glue when I run out unless someone has a better suggestion. 

                        "I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

                         

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                        Eaglecash867
                        • Member since
                          April 2020
                        Posted by Eaglecash867 on Thursday, April 8, 2021 1:48 PM

                        I managed to get a bottle of it shortly before Gator's Grip shut down.  I had heard great things about it too, but I can't honestly say it was any better than any of the other, similar adhesives I have.  Definitely wasn't happy with it as an adhesive for PE where absolute transparency was required.  Just like all of the PVA glues out there, it didn't actually dry clear...not what I would call clear anyway.

                        "You can have my illegal fireworks when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers...which are...over there somewhere."

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                        richs26
                        • Member since
                          September 2005
                        • From: North Pole, Alaska
                        Posted by richs26 on Thursday, April 8, 2021 11:16 AM

                        Gator's Grip glue is done:

                        https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/87249-gator-glueno-more/

                        WIP:  Monogram 1/72 B-26 (Snaptite) as 73rd BS B-26, 40-1408, torpedo bomber attempt on Ryujo

                        Monogram 1/72 B-26 (Snaptite) as 22nd BG B-26, 7-Mile Drome, New Guinea

                        Minicraft 1/72 B-24D as LB-30, AL-613, "Tough Boy", 28th Composite Group

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                        Tanker-Builder
                        • Member since
                          October 2019
                        • From: New Braunfels, Texas
                        Gator's Grip-Or-Gator Grip ?
                        Posted by Tanker-Builder on Thursday, April 8, 2021 11:06 AM

                        The reason for the title is I am not sure of the name:

                             Now that said ,it has been mentioned more times than i care to count. Now here is the rub.Okay either name-Where do you get it? I have tried H.L., Micheals, Joanns, Lowe's Home Depot and the list goes on. They've heard or it but they don't carry it in deferrence to Gorilla Glue!

                             Based on what I have been told,and read, this is an adhesive I need in my shop. So, can anyone even suggest where I might obtain some?

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