Having finally had enough of superglue cracking and failing every time I bump a mini, I bought some two-part epoxy today at Wal-mart. Lock-tite brand had one that included "mixing nozzles" so you didn't have to mix the epoxy yourself. "How convenient," I thought, and bought that brand. It came with two nozzles, which should have been a clue…
So this evening I get out my 10mm Smaug miniature to finally glue it together. I decide to start with gluing the head to the body. I manage to cut off the end of the epoxy syringe like the instructions say (though there is no clear indication of where you're supposed to cut), attached the nozzle, and pumped epoxy to the end. I place a small dab on the model and hold the head in place for 60 seconds so it sets, just like the instructions say. Great! Head in place! On to the next part…
ONLY when that 60 seconds was up, guess what had also set… yes, the glue in the mixing nozzle! No more comes out. It's done. Now I notice the last instruction printed on the glue packaging: "Remove nozzle and discard." Basically, all the epoxy in the nozzle (which is a good four inches long) is wasted, and there's no real way to glue multiple little parts together at one sitting because you have to hold the parts in place while they set. So if you think, "Ah, I'll just put glue on all the parts, then attach them," well, you'd better be Kali, 'cause unless you can hold multiple parts at the same time (and there's no real way to clamp a dragon head in place), the glue is going to set on the other unattached parts while you're waiting for the first part to stick in place! It's one part at a time, and that's all. Which also means that with this epoxy the highest number of parts you can glue with the nozzles… is two. :-P
Oh, yes, I can just put the epoxy out on something and mix it up myself. But that's not why I bought this stupid thing.
Grrr. I hate falling for over-done products. I should have stopped to consider why other manufacturers didn't include this "mixing feature." Now I know.
