Which glue

[sammy]

Thanks for your replies to my question. I will be knocking the ca on the head after Phil's comments and trying the gorilla glue, wearing gloves of course.
George

 

[sammy]

Thanks for all your replies, I will be giving the gorilla glue a go especially after Phil's comments. Edit Sorry for the repeat reply, I thought it hadn't uploaded the first time
George

 

[wm460]

After too many failures with both CA and gorilla glue I only use Aradite now.
I buy it in 200 mls tubes, last me about 12 months.

https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&...Z8kJ6YbFpX01Dz_DA&sig2=_S4wJnEcdjewcGfTiACryQ

 

[GeordieB]

epoxy for acrylic and pu for wood and whats up with all you girls that wear gloves

 

[wm460]

Afternoon,

Just to go against the flow, I use Epoxy - 5 minute version for 1 or 2 pens, and 30 minute for any bigger batches. Gloves are essential just to keep the hands clean. As mentioned above, I don't aim for an exactly equal volume of resin and hardener but I do mix up the parts for at least 20 seconds before I use the glue. I don't like CA glue, I find the stuff too aromatic (!) for my olfactory sense.

During my student days (lots of time to pursue odd research) I actually wrote a paper comparing the effect of mixing times and varying ratios of resin and hardener on the stickiness of epoxy glue. The conclusion was that thorough mixing had more effect on the stickiness than not using a 50:50 mix, and the most effective regime was mixing a ratio of 55% hardener to 45% resin for 20 seconds.

Regards,

Chriscb

Interesting, In the COLDER months I add a little more hardener.

 

[Penpal]

Full marks go to anyone with multiple pens to glue up who use 5 minute Epoxy it sure is nowhere as strong as the longer set and is fluid for such a short time. A great tip is to make a bed of green tape to mix it on.

Peter.

 

[Skil Phil]

Superglue (ca) has a bad allergic reaction with me. Will not use again. Gunk
PU - Gorilla is messy and has a short shelf life. Waste half of what you buy. Gunk
Epoxy - bit messy but no allergies and long shelf life. Use long set - not the quicky stuff - Cheaper than PU. Good.
Phil

 

[GSteer]

I pretty much echo the rest, Gorilla for woods, Epoxy for plastics.

I've mostly been using 5min epoxy (Yes Peter, even for multiple pens but generally only upto 5 tubes at a time) but want to look at getting 30min next. If anyone has suggestions for good value UK suppliers please feel free to point them out.