Liquid cements

I have the following...

Testors liquid cement
Tenax 7R plastic welder
Super glue (or some form of it)

I use the testors liquid cement.I use to use the tube kind but found out that the liquid brush on was MUCH better

I use Ambroid ProWeld.
Great stuff but it suffers from what plagues most liquid cements. Bad application brush. When using liquid cement, replace the brush it comes in the bottle with a low cost size 00 brush. It will make your cementing career a lot cleaner.

Yes,most brushes arent that great..especially the ones I use!

Testors works great and I highly recommend it. Another nice brand of liquid cement is Tamiya.

Testors with the applicator needle works well. I also use Weld on 3 which has to be applied with a seperate applicator or a paint brush. However, Weld on evaporates rather quickly from the bottle.

I usually use the Testors liquid with the brush built into the bottle cap.
The brush has held up amazingly well for me.

I have also used Tenax with a small paint brush for application --- also works great. I honestly couldn't say one holds or welds better than the other.

Buy a gallon of MEK at your local hardware store. Decant it (carefully) into an old Tenax bottle. This stuff beats all the commercially available glues in terms of welding plastic.
That said, I'm also a fan of Tamiya liquid cement. It's not as "hot" as MEK and the applicator brush inside the cap is very precise.

Tenax 7 or Ambroids for me... with Tenax use a capillary glue pen (about $5.00 from www.greatmodels.com you guide that thing down the seam and it is almost invisible when done (just don't push it, always pull it... when you push it the plastic gets into the tip and clogs it) Ambroids is good for quicky jobs but as said, get a smaller brush to apply it with... less cleanup later.

I like them because you can go an inch or even less at a time making sure the seam is aligned perfectly the whole length.. this means a lot less sanding and filling.

I still find uses for my MM Cement, inside the cockpit, or anywhere there is a pin and hole type part needing to be stuck on... I usually use the liquid types for the long seams along the body and wings of aircraft...

Revel Contacta is also very good when a slightly thicker glue is required. The needle applicator gives good control. For a more liquid glue I am currently using Plastruct Plastic Weld. I also use 5 minute epoxy, medium viscosity CA and PVA for different tasks.

Simon - that sounds a lot like the Model Master liquid cement I use, it comes in a black plastic triangular bottle with a metal needle applicator. it's thinner than the tube stuff but not as thin as Ambroids and Plastruct and the such...

Humbrol Liquid Poly-Cement works amazing. It comes with a needle point so you can squeeze miniscule amounts on small peices. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

QUOTE: Originally posted by ryanpm Testors works great and I highly recommend it. Another nice brand of liquid cement is Tamiya.

Roger that !
Tamiya make great liquid cement, and a nice applicator brush (good size)
I normally use Revell Contacta for a thicker glue or even a combination of both depending on the part I am working with ...

BY THE WAY --- I am new here guys ! Great forum :-)

My liquid glue is a Wal-Mart one gallon jug of laquer thinner. You'd be surprised how long one gallon of liquid glue lasts. It lasts forever.

QUOTE: Originally posted by leeroy Buy a gallon of MEK at your local hardware store. Decant it (carefully) into an old Tenax bottle. This stuff beats all the commercially available glues in terms of welding plastic.

Preach on! My dad got me hooked on using MEK as a kid and I never looked back.

I use Revell contacta, super glue, and Humbrol Liquid Poly.
Worls all very good.

Cheers,

Jürgen