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Thanks...might have to get some and give it a try. Will be a little different way of gluing things but I am game to try new stuff. Hope it holds up well. I did look at the web site and it does claim to hold stronger than traditional stuff, seems iffy to me since welding things together seems to hold pretty good to me.
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Hercmech Micro weld works pretty good for you? I have not tried it but it sounds pretty interesting.
Micro weld works pretty good for you? I have not tried it but it sounds pretty interesting.
I have used Micro Weld on several kits and it works fine.
Hercmech Looking at the MSDS it looks like some pretty nasty stuff...not saying any other glue is any better but man.
Looking at the MSDS it looks like some pretty nasty stuff...not saying any other glue is any better but man.
That is why I use Micro Weld, it is non-toxic. So no fussing about with clogging touch-and-flows, respirators or extra ventilation. Just brush on and stick together, it is magical!
NervousEnergy If you're looking for something faster/hotter, see if you can get IPS Weld-On 3. It's readily available in the states and is considerably hotter than Tenax. I've got a bottle of Tenax and it's virtually unused since the Weld-On 3 came in
If you're looking for something faster/hotter, see if you can get IPS Weld-On 3. It's readily available in the states and is considerably hotter than Tenax. I've got a bottle of Tenax and it's virtually unused since the Weld-On 3 came in
DoogsATX NervousEnergy: If you're looking for something faster/hotter, see if you can get IPS Weld-On 3. It's readily available in the states and is considerably hotter than Tenax. I've got a bottle of Tenax and it's virtually unused since the Weld-On 3 came in I've seen this stuff referenced from time to time, but from where is it readily available? I've glanced at Home Depot and Lowes with no luck. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place?
NervousEnergy: If you're looking for something faster/hotter, see if you can get IPS Weld-On 3. It's readily available in the states and is considerably hotter than Tenax. I've got a bottle of Tenax and it's virtually unused since the Weld-On 3 came in
I've seen this stuff referenced from time to time, but from where is it readily available? I've glanced at Home Depot and Lowes with no luck. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place?
I looked online for 30 minutes or so for a shop in the Dallas / Ft. Worth area selling it and couldn't find anything, so I just ordered it online and had it shipped. I think I paid $19 for a can and $6 shipping. I can't remember the volume of the can while sitting here at work, but if I recall correctly it was a pint. Or, in other words, enough to build models at my pace (1 every 10 weeks, at best) for the next 20 years.
I bought it through an eBay vendor as I was also bidding on a couple of kits at the time (got the Trumpy TBF in 1/32 for $55!), but there are a number of 'regular' acrylic supply places that carry it and will ship. Heck, it's on Amazon now for $22. It has to go ground, of course. And yes, it's pretty hot and has a noxious smell if you're anywhere near the open can, so exercise caution. I still find the smell of basic CA more atrocious, though.
I generally only use it for visible seams as it's certainly a pain to use next to good old CA or even modeling cement with a precision applicator. It does do the trick, though, as long as you've got a well-matched join. I read it about first from Hawkeye's Reading the Seams articles.
DoogsATX Hercmech: Looking at the MSDS it looks like some pretty nasty stuff...not saying any other glue is any better but man. Can't be any worse than the well tequila at that bar I used to frequent in college...
Hercmech: Looking at the MSDS it looks like some pretty nasty stuff...not saying any other glue is any better but man.
Can't be any worse than the well tequila at that bar I used to frequent in college...
True...so true
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Thanks Gerald.
I knew that Alpha had taken over Flexi, but had missed the introduction of their adhesive.
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Tenax is still in business...they had a nice display at this years iHobby Expo. Whether or not a UK distributor is importing it and letting their customers know they have it is another matter.
The two are close in 'heat" from my experience.
The folks at Flex-i-File which make the Touch N Flow (now owned by Alpha Precision Abrasives) have a product called Plast-I-Weld which seems to be also in the same "heat" range as the two mentioned. This is a Canadian company so you might be able to source products easier from them in the UK as opposed to getting Tenax.
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Does anybody know if Ambroid (the company that took them over anyway) are still producing / operating?
From what I can make out, Tenax is done & Ambroid may be going that way as well, leaving as far as I can see only Micro Mark "Same Stuff" (without going commercial / industrial), has anyone used "Same Stuff" & how similar to Ambroid Pro Weld or Tenax is it (faster / slower......)?
Thanks.
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