What glues are you using ?

Never thought of mod podge Steve, cool

I use Loctite CA, both gel and thin

Epoxy

White glue including canopy/window variant.

I have solvent glue on bench but very seldom use it.

I almost exclusivly use Tamiya Extra Thin,and a little CA from my LHS

How do you like the gel bottle Don ? works great don't

you think, the Lepage version has the same

bottle for pin point glue placement.

I use tamiya extra thin 

And intsta-set CA..micro Krista klear for canopies ..oh and micro liquitap for temporary holds .

5 minute epoxy for landing gear (if needed ) 

That's about all .

Pete 

Dash8

How do you like the gel bottle Don ? works great don't

you think, the Lepage version has the same

bottle for pin point glue placement.

 

Yes, I do like that bottle- one of the reasons I like the Loctite.

BTW, the main place I use epoxy is on windows in airliners and bombers- windows that glue in from the inside.  I need a REALLY strong bond there- stronger than those white glue type canopy glues- because if a window pops inside during masking or finishing, it is a real disaster.

I primarily use Tamiya extra thin cement, but I like Gunze's Mr Cement better.  But no one brings it in here, and I can't have it mailed.  I use gap filler and thin CA only when I must.  I buy whatever CA I can get but I like the Zap brand.  I use Kristal Kleer for canopies where I cannot use the Tamiya extra thin.  I do keep a bottle of Testors liquid cement when I need time to wiggle a delicate part into position.  I also have their thicker cement in the black squeeze bottle, but rarely use it nowadays. I think it is decent stuff, but other glues can do the same or better job.

Seems like I must be one of the odd-men out here. I primarily use Plastruct Plastic Weld and Bondene as my glues of choice. I also have a bottle of Flex-I-File Plastiweld. I occasionally use BSI medium and thin CA with accelerator. For clear parts I use Gator-Grip PVA (thick and thin) or Testors clear parts cement. I will also use regular white glue for temporary holding of parts for painting.

• Extra Thin Cement: Mr. Hobby Mr. Cement S. Someone demonstrated in an ISM review that it dried slightly faster than Tamiya's extra-thin. I got some on Ebay, and it works well enough. I haven't decided if I'll find some more Mr. Cement, or just buy some Tamiya extra-thin when this bottle is unuseable. 
• Normal Cement: Revell Contacta Professional, Hamilkar Barkas's go-to glue...he barely ever uses extra-thin! I've been trying to get my hands on some for quite a while, and I finally have. It's currently somewhere in transit.
• Super Glue: various thicknesses of what I assume is a generic cyano brand, "Extreme Power". I'm considering shelling out a bit of money and trying a name-brand cyano at some point. 

That's basically it. I haven't had need of epoxy or other glue types yet.

Pretty much whats pictured, although I usually keep a bottle of thin CA on hand, at the moment I have run out.

quick question , probably been asked a 100 times , what are the different uses for thin , medium and thick ,ca glue's please .

It depends on what I pick up at the time! 

Actually, for long seams, and where I can, I use my flex-i-file Touch-N-Flo applicator with the flex-i-file plasti-weld.  For flat area to flat area, or smaller pieces, I've used Testors plastic cement (the one in the black 'square-ish' bottle.  For clear parts, I use the Testors clear parts cement, or Elmer's. 

I'm also very fond of 5-minute epoxy, and use it a LOT, especially on photo-etch, or small parts.  I've also used clear enamel on flat photo-etch parts with great success. 

I've had very little luck with the super-glues.  I think our environment has too high a humidity (even in an air conditioned house) that the glues frequently set up in the bottle between uses.  And it's not because I don't cap the bottle well.  We've had unopened bottles set up.

Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas

CrashTestDummy

For flat area to flat area, or smaller pieces, I've used Testors plastic cement (the one in the black 'square-ish' bottle. 

I absolutely HATE that stuff. There's nothing particularly wrong with the glue, but the bottle is so annoying. You have to squeeze it for 5 minutes before getting anything out if it, and that's before the glue starts blocking the nozzle and reacting with the plastic of the bottle.