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Don;
Hi, what I do is this . You know the spare bottles for airbrushes ? Well I put the accelerator in one of those .Then when I need some I use a " Q " tip to apply it a small distance from the glued joint .
This way I don't have to worry about getting it on the joint . Just get the " Q " tip close and press . That squeezes out just enough to drip on the CA , setting it . As far as evaporation of the ACC. I have noticed only a minimal amount . T.B.
The reason I don't pour it out into something is how fast it evaporates- at least the brand I use. I used to spray it on the fork before I picked up the model, but that stuff is gone in less than a minute, and sometimes I was not picking the model up and positioning it soon enough- the stuff would be gone already.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
I have a piece of very thin plywood on my workbench, maybe 10"x12", with several different sized "cut-outs" in it. They are sized for different size round and square bottles. The square holes have a low "fence" on all four sides that forms a wall of shorts that holds the bottle in place. You can see a bit of what I'm describing in this pic. The 35mm film can holding stir sticks is in a round cut-out.
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Don. Thanks for the tip. I agree that is one of the most frustrating parts of modeling. The problem I run into with that technique is that it takes so much pressure to push down the plunger that I have often had the accelerator bottle shoot out from under my finger instead of spray some accelerator. I wish I could find a roll of tape or something with the right size center opening that I can sit the bottle into to help keep it stable. Any suggestions for that? Barrett
Jay Jay I put my accelerator in a dropper bottle like the kind Velajo paint comes in. I just put a drop of acc. right from the botlle onto my ca'd part. easy
I put my accelerator in a dropper bottle like the kind Velajo paint comes in. I just put a drop of acc. right from the botlle onto my ca'd part. easy
Oh, I like that idea too! Thanks Jay, I'm using that one.
Gary
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That's a good idea Don. Myself, I keep a small amount of accelerator in one of those little square Testors bottles, and then use a small brush to apply.
I often have trouble applying CA accelerator to a model when I have to hold the model in my left hand. Ships and seaplanes, in particular, or hard to set down on a benchtop at many points during their building, so I have to hold it in hand. I use CA gel, which has much longer set times than the thin stuff, so I use the accelerator, using a fork tool I built. But with left hand holding model, right hand holding the tool, I had no hand left to push down the spray cap on the accelerator bottle. I have now acquired a three-finger technique- hold tool in thumb and index finger, push spray cap down with middle finger! I seem to have it down okay, now, and can do it regularly.
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