CA glue for PE?

[stillp]

As it is the pressure that activates the glue.

It also needs some moisture. Simply breathing on the joint can sometimes be enough, but with porous materials it helps if you wet one surface then apply the CA to the other.

Pete

[Guest]

Hi Jens.

Getting back into my modelling and finding i need to stock up on a number of items that have gone off over the years.

I always seemed to have problems with brittle glue with etch parts coming cleanly away from the glue even having cleaning and roughed them with a file.

I have read some good things about the following. Only recently ordered so cannot add a personal comment as to what its like but based on reviews its the one i am going to try.

https://www.vms-supplies.com/product...r-photo-etched

That sounds really interesting! I'm going to have to read up on this in more detail...
Thanks!

[Guest]

It also needs some moisture. Simply breathing on the joint can sometimes be enough, but with porous materials it helps if you wet one surface then apply the CA to the other.

Pete

Yep. Pressure and breathing/blowing on the glued parts but still variable results... (good thing I'm on my own doing this because the breathing part when it doesn't work makes you breath harder, and I'm sure it looks silly has hell... )

[Ian M]

You could always try an accelerator, Some work CA on the one part accelerator on the other. Set on contact. Others work as a spray. Glue the parts and squirt with the accelerator. Both have their uses. Both have their issues.
Personally Never used either. That might change.

[Guest]

You could always try an accelerator, Some work CA on the one part accelerator on the other. Set on contact. Others work as a spray. Glue the parts and squirt with the accelerator. Both have their uses. Both have their issues.
Personally Never used either. That might change.

Only that the accelerator will totally chew any plastic that comes in its way so I've hidden my bottle of accelerator after trying it on one of the first models I built when I got back into the game again... That panel looked like the surface of the moon after being treated to uncle accelerator.
If applied with a kebab skewer/toothpick then it works, but then there's the issue of not having enough hands whilst doing the glue-up...

Zaphod Beeblebrox added an extra head for some outlandish reason. I'd like to add another arm, or two. That could be really useful in many cases! (not buying clothes though...)

[stillp]

Wrong accelerator Jens - I've used a couple, that don't attack the kit. Problem is that if you apply the accelerator before gluing the parts together it sets before the parts are in the right place, but if you try to apply it afterwards you need three hands!

Pete

[Guest]

I use Grip odorless (foam safe), as I am allergic to the smell of CA.

[Guest]

Some feedback now that I've found the solution to my troubles and the Zap green has turned my failures into professional (in my opinion ) PE jobs and I use the Zap pink where I need it to float more.
Huge thanks for the tip John and others!!!

I've also started to clean my PE parts much thoroughly with iso before gluing, but if that was part of the solution, or the problem, I don't know, but my PE parts are now sticking in place and especially the Zap green is fantastic to use on small PE parts since it's not runny.

In case someone searches for CA glue and PE in the future, here's the answer!