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  • Member since
    May 2013
  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Friday, September 2, 2016 10:54 AM

I think this is a personal preference call.

My 2 cents is as time goes by I dislike working with CA more and more, and I tend to use it when I feel it's the best option.

Like Don, when I do use CA, it is often gel which I also find very useful.

For styrene, I use cements formulated for styrene.

For PE I mostly use Gator's Grip new thin blend (this is not the same Gator Grip sold at big box stores).

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Friday, September 2, 2016 9:24 AM

Gel CA is much slower setting than the regular, thin stuff.  It has two advantages.  First, it fills gaps, so parts do not have to fit perfectly.  Second, it sets slower so you can position the part(s) more carefully.  Once you get it just where you want the piece, application of CA accelerator sets it almost instantly.  So I use the gel stuff as my regular glue, but keep the thin, quick setting stuff for when I know the fit will make a good bond, and the part will be located accurately by pin or some other feature.

 

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: Sydney, Australia
Posted by Phil_H on Friday, September 2, 2016 1:51 AM

I mostly use Tamiya extra-thin and regular liquid cements.

I also like Faller Expert cement with the needle applicator.

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Friday, September 2, 2016 12:47 AM

Like Blacksheep, i have several on hand. I kep CA mainly for PE parts. For most of the time i use Plastic Weld.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    January 2013
Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Friday, September 2, 2016 12:03 AM

I use a variety of glues - CA, liquid glue, canopy glue (for clear parts), and rarely used tube glue.

  • Member since
    March 2016
glues?
Posted by ardvark002 on Thursday, September 1, 2016 9:24 PM

Hi all,  I know this question has come up before i'm sure , but here goes. I have been useing ca more often, and becoming less of a fan. No wiggle room to make parts are right. I have been going back to good old testors orange tube cement. I would appericate any feedback on other slow set glue.    thx   Aardvark

 

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