"Super glue is failing me this week!" Topic

I blame the total lack of humidity…

My usual Flames of War prep is to glue the metal figures to the plastic base with cheap Dollar Tree super glue gel. THREE TUBES FOR A DOLLAR!!!! Outrageous!
I do them at night, and by the morning they are "dry", or fully polymerized.
However, trying to save on oil for my heating, the thermostat is turned way down, and the gel is still … gelly.
so, I put them on an old china plate, and put them on top of the furnace. I put a pool of water in the bottom of the plate to provide humidity.

THEN, I tried to glue some riders to horses. I now favor Gorilla Glue Superglue. It is not runny, but it's not gel either. Smear some on the underside of the saddle, and put them on the horse, checking to make sure that they are both wet.
Next day…. glue still wet, and it ran. Grrrrrrrr…..

I will welcome nice warm days with high humidity.

Back in my industrial days, we had to provide the assemblers with high humidity when they used CA adhesives in the winter. I should be used to this.

BTW, I ended up falling back on the Old Faithful 5 minute epoxy for the cavalry.

I just finished beating up my super glue for you most powerful OFM!

John;
Ahhhhhhh….. You trouble me Mister Pedicaris…

And your reason for NOT using 5 minute epoxy was???

Look for a box. Soon. Look inside. It might help your heating bill. Even if it IS warmer down here in SE PA.

Eric

Have you tried breathing on it?

Try hot glue to stick the figures to the bases.

Use the high temp stuff.

Or a blow dryer?

If you use a drop of crazy glue and a bit of baking powder it will bond almost instantly.

Have you tried breathing on it?

Oh, yeah. I ave that down to a science.
There are beads of hot OFM breath on the figure.

And your reason for NOT using 5 minute epoxy was???

Change of habit?

this is not a problem when the cellar is warm and the humidity s high.

Weather seems to ever be the enemy of miniature wargamers. The Western humidity still makes priming an excessively dodgy business..

Superglue isn't…….

What you can do is use a dab of superglue gel surrounded by white glue – smoosh the parts together, and wipe off excess white glue. It'll provide the wetness needed to set the superglue, and fill any voids.

I just add a drop of water to the fig, then the glue. Zap! Done.

Thanks,

John

I gave up using super glue years ago. Now I always use UHU impact adhesive to stick anything metal to something else.

Try using Zap-a-Gap. Has always worked like a charm for me.

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Move to a different climate? been really humid here today..

Never used super glue much. Nasty, treacherous stuff. It has some specific uses, but I don't know why hobbyists cling to using it for everything. There are better alternatives for general purpose gluing like UHU, E6000, Weldbond even epoxy if you must etc.

It is surprising how often this question comes up here on TMP. Apparently folks just don't want to try anything new. You can lead a horse to water…

I use the generic Hobbytown super glue gel.
Never had a problem with it.
I live in Arizona with very low humidity.

I have noticed that it dries even faster if the air is moving and I generally have a small desk fan going nearby.

Yeah, I use epoxy for most of my metal-on-metal action. I recently decided to try out 60sec epoxy rather than the ol' standby 5-minute. Worked pretty well, though I only use this in assemblies where I have to hold the parts together while it cures.

Damon.

Ain't givin' it my Krazy Glue till it fails me. (probably by next week with my luck)

Well as I always say . . . It's true that some figures I glued with superglue haven't come apart . . . yet.

Use epoxy.

I use CA all the time. Never had a problem. Keep it stored in fridge when not in use.

Regards,

J. P. Kelly