"A new not messy 5 minute epoxy" Topic
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 John the OFM  | 10 Apr 2017 8:54 a.m. PST |
JB Weld has branched out into general adhesives. Previous 2 part tubes needed to have the end of the tubes snipped off, and then the thoughtfully provided cap put over the snipped ends to keep glue from oozing out.
But, the JB Weld has a sort of twist off lock cap that comes on the tubes already. No snips, no mess.
And of course the glue costs just as much and works just as well as others.
My new go-to source for when i run out of the larger bottles, and don't have time to go to Hobby L0bby. |
| 79thPA | 10 Apr 2017 9:16 a.m. PST |
Do you use it for gluing figures together, for mounting figs on bases, or both? |
| Winston Smith | 10 Apr 2017 9:40 a.m. PST |
Both.
Figures to washers or wood based.
Riders to horses. |
| Kelly Armstrong | 10 Apr 2017 10:05 a.m. PST |
I love jb weld epoxy so I'll try their new adhesives at some point. Epoxy is great for assembling resin, plastic, metal models and fills gaps. Good bit of wastage though as you have to keep mixing every 10 minutes or so. I don't use CA adhesives any more. White glue or JB Weld are my choices. Ok, maybe I use some gesso now and then. |
| Zeelow | 10 Apr 2017 7:25 p.m. PST |
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| Sydney Gamer | 11 Apr 2017 6:30 a.m. PST |
Slow setting epoxy is generally more useful since it provides more time to work and less wastage. Hopefully, the twist top will be extended to that! |
| John Treadaway | 11 Apr 2017 9:31 a.m. PST |
I've not used JB, although I've heard good reports about it, but I've not had tubes of two part epoxy without screw on caps in 40 years… Am I missing something here? John T |
| goragrad | 11 Apr 2017 11:05 p.m. PST |
My problem with the Quick 5 minute epoxy is that it has about half the ultimate strength and is less heat resistant. Most of my epoxy use is for broken mini repairs and having repaired figure break off again at the ankles is not good. The other point being that I do repairs in batches and the 5 minute working time leads to much more waste. |
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