Tenax-7R sentiment

Wow Chris, I just started my first bottle of Tenax and am still in a state of euphoria. I can’t even begin to imagine how I’ll feel when it gone, I sure didn’t know what I was missing before I “discovered” it, I’m a slow learner. I did however lay to rest my first empty bottle of CA glue purchased specifically for modeling today, so I feel your pain.

OK so whats Tenax-7R.............

Chris..........
You idiot.

(and before you all get all in a huff, it WAS A JOKE!!!!!!!!)

Saltydog just open the next bottle and keep on building ! They'll keep
making more bottles to bond with.
j.s. Tenax-7R is a Space age plastic welder (fast drying liquid cement).
Great stuff !
Harry

LOL Lee.........don't make me get on a plane to Aussy bubba!!!

Julian, tenax-7R is a plastic welder capable of "welding" 2 pieces of styrene together....and it will melt chips of sprue into what they call "molten sprue" for seem repair and other useful things. it found at most LHS, and you will need a "Touch n Flow" applicator. when i discovered the stuff, i don't use nothin' else except when gluing resin or PE parts on. here is a pic of it. later.

Keep building and buying the stuff. My relatives need the jobs.

Chris, just pitch it in the trash. Can't be getting sentimental about an empty bottle of Tenax . Course, I still remember the brand new, full bottle that I managed to dump all over a 1/2 finished Hasegawa 1/48 Typhoon. Talk about instant destruction .

Regards, Rick

hah..........
been there....done that....got a (FSM) T-shirt & a baga chips...
suck it up BUUUUBBBBAAAAAAAAAAA........
now, try some Abroid Pro Weld....
tsk
tsk......

Just keep building, Chris. Each bottle gets better than the next!!!
Before long, you'll be wishing the bottles would evaporatte quicker so you can open the next and see if it's any better!!!!

Randie

Yep just finished my last of 2 bottles on tenex......but surprise, surprise, surprise....I get to open my new box of 12 bottles of ambroid pro weld (savoring the thought)

DANG!!! a half a case?!! LOL

hey rik.........i gotta a bottle of Ambroid dude!! its about half full..........or half empty......half full.

Go to the LHS and get another bottle of Tenax. Pour half into the first bottle and just keep on using it. Some day you'll be able to say that you've been on your first bottle of Tenax for the past 8 years.

Chris,

Have you been sniffing the Tenax Bubba?
Throw it away and move on to another bottle.
How dare these guys try and compare Ambroid to Tenax. [:0]
That's sacrilege I tell you!

Mike

Mikey no, i haven't been sniffin' it, but i did get a tad in my mouth the other day while trying to "suck" it up into the applicator like a straw!!! please don't tell styrene ok?!! i surely don't want to get scolded by him!!LOL i survived, and, i don't have any a/dlnf ; orzdt[pgoisdlk./iv/t ma'uo2LCIV4BFJ..............................sorry............side effects either!! i spat for about 30 minutes so i don't think any got down the old gullet. later.

QUOTE: Originally posted by saltydog Mikey no, i haven't been sniffin' it, but i did get a tad in my mouth the other day while trying to "suck" it up into the applicator like a straw!!! please don't tell styrene ok?!! i surely don't want to get scolded by him!!LOL

How about getting scolded by me instead?
Don't ever do that again young man!

Mike

don't worry friend!! in all seriousness though, it kinda tasted good!!LOL had a sweet taste. nothin' i'd pour over pancakes or anything, but fairly sweet.

anybody got a good way to refill the applicator if capillary action is not fast enough? later.

PS. DON'T SUCK TENAX-7R INTO YOUR APPLICATOR LIKE A STAW....ITS NOT A GOOD THING.

Only Salty... only salty. use a brush to put it on if you gonna suck that stuff up sheesh

Chris........ever try an old #1 paint brush for applying your liquid cocktail ?
.....& consider yourselves scolded by me as well.....
a better way = p a t i e n c e.........LOL

Hey, guys -
I went to the hardware store and bought a bottle of Plaskem Plumbers Fluid - a P.V.C. pipe joining compound - it's MEK - methyl ethyl ketone. $4 for 250ml - about a fifth of the price of Plastruct Bondene or Tenax......and man, does this stuff bond styrene!
Someone else has posted about this stuff - and they're right.
Just don't get careless when you use the stuff!!

Funny, after all these years of modeling, and having gone through all those bottles of differnent liquid cements, I've bought Tenax, then let it evaporate or get lost without using it. Now I keep a bottle of it stuck in a lump of clay on my tiny work table (I live in Brooklyn, remember) on the right, and on the left, sitting in a palette cup clipped to a tile, I have a bottle of the latest incarnation of MicroWeld. They have differnent properties, and I use them for different types of parts. But I was afraid of Tenax for a long time, having heard horror stories about its unstoppable solvant power, which turned out to be bunk. It evaporates too fast to destroy much. The MicroWeld does not evaporate so fast, so I tend to use it on long seams, then back it up with some Tenax. It works really well that way.
Tom

QUOTE: How about getting scolded by me instead? Don't ever do that again young man!

Are you gonna make me go and hunt down that post where you told Gip that you do the same thing? Both of you STOP IT!!

Ok, I haven't made to the only LHS in the area to carry Tenax (you'd think I lived in the third world by the shortage of modelling paraphenalia around here, no more MM Acryl, JUST got Tenax in stock etc...) I did get a bottle of Ambroids though.... WOW! I like it... I think tomorrow I might go the extra distance and get the Tenax and check it out too... Let's just say my eyes lit up as I gently swabbed the ambroids on and watched it evaporate.... then.... slowly after 10 seconds... I let up my death grip on the seat side of the the Harrier AV8-B I am building now.... and BAM!!!! it was welded solid!!!!!

I have been using a capillary action MM solvent type cement.... gone are the ocassional glitch where I touched the side of the fuselage and didn't realize I had got a bit on my finger... gone is the endless sanding of shiny cement from the seams...

It's just too much for words... who needs Viagra when ya got Ambroids??? I guess Tenax must be the Cialis of this stuff so I better go get some tomorrow...

I got a little spring in mys step after using this stuff.. (and no... I haven't been drinking...er... siphoning the stuff like Chris, so that's not why)

QUOTE: Originally posted by saltydog what sh sh should i do with the b b bottle!! do i need to start a scrap book?!!

Chris.... put down the cute stickers and construction paper airplane model cutouts and walk towards us man... you can do it!!! you're stronger than that!!!

::rolling eyes:: you sounded like my wife for a sec with that scrapbook thing... But that's how I get away with spending so much on models... she gets to come to hobby lobby with me and browse the scrapbook section... and the LHS is right next door to a scrapbook place (you think MODELS are an expensive hobby???? ) So it all works out... I dont say a word about the scrapbooks... she lets me build my models...

Tom, be careful bubba, as tenax and ambroid both can wick under your finger while you have the death grip in place, and you'll have a nice finger print on your kit!! its happened to me on plenty of occasions, pain in the neck to sand out too!! you need a touch-n-flow applicator though, that is definetly the way to apply the stuff. i have 2, and have began to alternate them, i'll stick one in the bottle and use the other until the one i'm using is out, then, place the empty one in the bottle and use the other one thats full. beats the heck out of using the stuff for mouth wash.LOL later.

Thanks Chris! I appreciate it... I don't imagine that would sit well with the boss come Monday... <fade to early morning scene, I am on the phone to work> ::ring:: ::ring:: "this is Tom... I can't come to work because I have an AV-8B stuck to my finger..." of course she wouldn't know what that is, so it might just work... hmmmm.... (planning my next 'mental health' day...)

I will probably go out and order one of those capillary thingies tonight because I know these backwards redneck HS's around here won't have one... not within driving distance anyway... I need some resin for this kit anyway, I don't like the cockpit even though I am building it for grins... (if they make it)

Later friend!

Tom --- A group build of one. (I need to make me a graphic for that, just like the Army bumper sticker)

QUOTE: backwards redneck

HEYYY!! i resemble that remark!!LOL there is no danger in glueing yourself to the kit with tenax or ambroid, as it only welds plastic, not skin. there is nothing sticky about the stuff, only toxic enough to melt styrene together. later.

QUOTE: Originally posted by saltydog QUOTE: backwards redneck HEYYY!! i resemble that remark!!LOL

Lol! Believe me that was not an insult... I live in the land of Ford F-350 duallies and stetsons here...

no offence taken friend!! i'm not really a redneck anyway, i have all my teeth, don't own a firearm, bow and arrows, belt buckle, and i haven't modified my ride in any form or fashion, don't chew / dip tobacco, can't stand to fish, hunt, or go camping, don't race or talk/know much about engines, and don't even keep up with NASCAR!!!LOL i was born and raised here, but i've never fit in with the locals much. LOL later.

QUOTE: Originally posted by saltydog LOL i was born and raised here, but i've never fit in with the locals much. LOL later.

you and I are a lot alike then... the reason I made that comment is they have this beautiful B-36 hanging right when you enter my LHS... decalled with NASCAR stickers...

sounds good enough for Jeff Foxworthy!!!