An absolutely perfectly good assessment of that product, couldn't have said it any better myself.
But WHY do people continue to use this type of gunk for a glue ?
If you want the thing to stay together, then use something that will REALLY hold it together.
There is a product, that is cheaper than any of the so called plastic glues, that ANYBODY can name, that does the job properly.
Go down to your local hardware store, look in the plumbing section for this stuff, Methyl Ethyl Keytone, it is sold as a cleaning agent for plastic pipes, it is used before you apply the red glue to the pipes, you clean them down with this stuff. The link is to just ONE brand name of this stuff, there will be different brand names where ever you live.
http://www.bostik.com.au/browse.php?cat=Pl...0Pipe%20Cements
What your after is called " priming fluid ", the one to get is the CLEAR one, do not get the red one, it has had a red die added to it and it will die the plastic red.
This stuff is just about the same as Testors Clear Liquid, which is Methyl Isobutyl Keytone ( MIK ), this Testors clear liquid is twice as good as any other glues on the market.
Now this other stuff MEK, ( methyl ethyl ketone ) is even better, you use less and it costs less for about ten times the quantity of any of the others.
The same rules apply to this MEK as do ANY glue used for plastic, ie - well ventilated, don't breath fumes, all that sort of stuff that is by law printed on the containers.
When the plastic kit is being made, the plastic is heated to a molten stage so that it can be extruded into the moulds, when it has been cooled and the moulds cracked open, well this stuff MEK evaporates into the air, so you are only using what was originally part of the make up of the plastic anyway.
For those that choose to stick to there well worn glues that allow bits to fall of their models, ask yourself why the bits fall off.
The reason is, because the crud glues that you use DO NOT actually soften the plastic or actually melt the top layer of the styrene, they ONLY fill in the gaps, like concrete between bricks that are in a brick wall, so your just asking for the bits to fall off.
The MEK or Testors MIK, actually melt the top layer and when you press the bits together, the two soft bits are being squeezed/joined and the two bits of plastic then become ONE.
If you don't believe this, then go get some and try it, after you have tried it you'll soon be looking for the garbage can to chuck that other lot into.
For those that WILL say, that their preferred type of liquid glue is better, then they better go find out just what's in their preferred type glue, the main ingredient WILL be MEK ,with a few other bits thrown into it, just so that the name can be changed, but it's still the MEK that does the job.
Why not do yourself a favour and go get some and try it.
regards radish
