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Forgot one quick question about the Tenax......

I bought the kit that comes with the Touch-n-Flow and the EASI-FILL bottle. Does anyone use the bottle??? If so, do you return any leftover Tenax to its glass bottle when your done for the day??? I'm just wondering if I fill the bottle, will it evaporate away? 

I think I just answered the question about the bottle.......it won't get used again. Impossible to control.

The Touch-n-Flow worked pretty well, but filling it seems a bit of a pain since you can only put in as much as the depth of Tenax in your bottle.

All the same, its some really cool stuff.  

Granite will scratch as well.  Many people use a piece of glass.  Btw, does a little scratching really matter?

With liquid cements, I use a red sable brush (00?).  I haven't even seen the bottle but I can tell you that I have sworn off of the Touch-n-Flow.  I got tired of it getting clogged and it is easy to break if you are careless like me.  I have found that I make much less mess using the brush any way.  Many people suggest using an old brush, I just buy one that I dedicate to cement.  I have tried synthetic brushes with less than ideal results, natural is what I prefer. 

Good luck to you, I hope to have been of some help.

Interestnig .. a natural brush for cement.  Doesn't the cement dry on the brush and clog the bristles?  I'll have to try this.

 JB
 

No, not really.   I use MEK (methyl ethyl ketone) from the hardware store as my solvent cement of choice.   The MEK evaporates, leaving no residue in the brush.   I'm not sure what the chemical makeup of Tenax or Proweld are, but they too dry by evaporation.

I have found that a heavy application of MEK (like when I'm trying to anchor a heavy bracing part) will disolve and carry some plastic onto the brush.  A couple of dunkings in MEK followed by wiping the brush gets most of it out of the bristles.