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                        filling with super glue?

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        filling with super glue?
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 4, 2003 3:27 PM
                        How exactly do you fill gaps with super glue? Wouldn't the glue just flow everywhere, thus ruining your model? Also, super glue leaves a type of white, flaky residue on the surface of my models, how do I get rid of that, and will that occur while filling with superglue?
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                        shermanfreak
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                          January 2003
                        Posted by shermanfreak on Monday, August 4, 2003 5:10 PM
                        Medium and thick CA glues do have gap filling capabilities. Thin on the other hand is the stuff that will run absolutely everywhere. Yes sometimes a residue will appear on the surface but can be sanded off quite easily.
                        Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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                        Hoser
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Foothills of Colorado
                        Posted by Hoser on Friday, August 8, 2003 9:06 PM
                        RF,

                        For large gaps, try filling the hole / seam / whatever with baking soda first, then apply the super glue. If you put some SG on a card or piece of glass and dip some small dia. wire into it and apply w/ that, you get really good control - even w/ the thin stuff. Be sure to sand ASAP after it dries 'cuz SG can dry harder than the plastic.
                        "Trust no one; even those people you know and trust." - Jack S. Margolis
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                        cnstrwkr
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by cnstrwkr on Sunday, August 10, 2003 10:27 AM
                        RF
                        Most thick CA glue has printed right on the bottle GAP FILLING, it should do the trick and as Hoser said sand immediately because it is a horror to do after it cures 100%
                        Tommy difficult things take time...the impossible, a little longer!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 10, 2003 1:27 PM
                        hi why use super glue to fill , stretch some plastic sprue in a different colour to the kit and lay that in the gap , glue in the usual way leave for a couple of days and sand , can be used by pulling sprue though a hole till it fits , glue and cut off and sand , i very rarely use supper glue - after all the kit sprue is thrown away so why not use it cheers ian
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                        Hoser
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Foothills of Colorado
                        Posted by Hoser on Sunday, August 10, 2003 7:48 PM
                        Ian,

                        SG is faster to use. Thats the biggest plus for those of us that have no patience. Smile [:)]
                        "Trust no one; even those people you know and trust." - Jack S. Margolis
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                        Butz
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Niagara Falls NY
                        Posted by Butz on Sunday, August 10, 2003 8:44 PM
                        Hey robert,
                        SG is the best way to go in filling minor gaps and chips. Also for a lil more strength one can use baking soda mixed w/ the SG.
                        SG mixed w/ baking soda is a good method for fixing resin parts(minor chips,scrapes and the like).
                        Flaps up, Mike

                        If you would listen to everybody about the inaccuracies, most of the kits on your shelf would not have been built Too Close For Guns, Switching To Finger

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 15, 2003 9:36 PM
                        hey guys why won't you use just putty?
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 22, 2003 10:41 PM
                        True, why not use some Squadron putty in the gap, cut away and sand the excess..? I get decent results with that.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 22, 2003 11:08 PM
                        i like the Zap a Gap for filling small holes because it dries so freakin fast...i dont have to wait to sand like with putty...just squirt it on, run my finger over it, sand, done...for big gaps i totally use putty, but little dents are easily fixed with the thick CA
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                        Butz
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Niagara Falls NY
                        Posted by Butz on Friday, August 22, 2003 11:33 PM
                        I agree w/ mer1122, u go girl....Tongue [:P]Tongue [:P]Tongue [:P]Wink [;)]
                        Flaps up, Mike

                        If you would listen to everybody about the inaccuracies, most of the kits on your shelf would not have been built Too Close For Guns, Switching To Finger

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                        Keyworth
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: NE Georgia
                        Posted by Keyworth on Friday, August 22, 2003 11:46 PM
                        Meridith and Butz are right. CA is fast, easy to work with and dries quickly. Really hard to screw it up if you do it right.
                        "There's no problem that can't be solved with a suitable application of high explosives"
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