Superglue Woes
Sunday, April 5th, 2009 Subscribe To Our Feed
I’ve had a hard time getting a reliable good superglue that’s locally available. Of course, for a while I didn’t really know what I was looking for. So I wound up with a lot of dissappointing products. Let me see if you’ve had any similar experiences 
The cheap stuff! You know what I mean. It comes in little bitty tubes, 3-5 for a buck or two. Half the time the cap doesn’t want to puncture the seal cleanly and it leaks, or the cap won’t go back on right and it dries shut. Many a time that little tube squeezed too easily and the watery glue runs all over the model, failing to adhere the part you wanted, but managing to stick your fingers to it just fine.
I eventually got fed up with this stuff and went for some pricier stuff with spiffier looking applicators that promised to work magical wonders on my gluing experiences. First there was the basic bottle. It dried out. Then came the glue pens. The little point constantly kept getting gummed up and a lot of the glue get stuck or dried out. Then came the new twist-top with little pegs to help keep the top locked securely in place…. until they snapped off just from trying to close the lid. That bottle saw me using a piece of wire to un-clog the long neck repeatedly. Eventually I gave up when I couldn’t drill through to the 1/3rd bottle that remained liquid inside. I was getting tired of it taking 3-4 minutes to bond anyway.
Most recently I’ve been trying real superglue, also known as CA+ glue, from the local hobby store. No horror stories yet, thankfully. It’s been easy to apply and has bonded in 15 seconds or less every time. Maybe my woes are over. Only time will tell.
