Thanks Alan the advice is a great help.I have a few different glues for different things.
Superglue and Gators Grip Acrylic for PE and aerial wires
Micro Kristal Klear for canopys/clear parts
Mr. Hobby Cement S and Revell Contacta for general modelling
I make rigging and aerial wires from stretched sprue
The most commonly used polystyrene solvent is methyl ethyl ketone, often shortened to MEK, also known by its more modern name - butanone
Al , top man, I'm glad you pointed this out, I would have ordered some had I not read you timely post. As an asthmatic it would have probably finished me off !You would be also wise to point out that MEK is VERY flammable and also VERY toxic. The vapours can cause you a lot of damage to your nervous and breathing systems. MEK was the replacement Trichloroethane or Trich as it's known (now banned). Ventilation is paramount and the use of a recognised vapour mask is also advised. I am saying this as i have a first hand knowledge of just how bad MEK is. I was placed on oxygen because i was overcome by the vapours. I was also witness to an explosion when MEK vapours ignited due to a static discharge. It's not a liquid to be messed with.
At last someone else who uses thinners . Ive been using cellulose thinners as a liquid glue for years . I get a 5 litre tin for about £15 ( this will last me years and years) then decant some into an old marmite jar then apply it with a reeves synthetic hair brush , it sticks in just the same way as any proprietary liquid cement by melting the plastic . Obviously thinners can be a bit smelly but in the small quantities no more so than any other liquid cement.For the Dutch people in the audience only, I suppose:
€7.50 or so for 250 ml, and glues just as well as liquid cement that costs a similar amount of money for 30–40 ml.
This is one of the constituents of the ontvetter (“degreaser”) I posted above, IIRC about one-third by volume.The most commonly used polystyrene solvent is methyl ethyl ketone, often shortened to MEK
The risk depends a lot on how you use it and how much. If you have a small bottle of it that you keep closed when you don’t actively need it, the risk is rather smaller than, say, having open vats of it standing around. Given the quantities modellers use and the small openings on glue bottles, the risk should be pretty low.You would be also wise to point out that MEK is VERY flammable and also VERY toxic.
I was given the tip to use this Bison stuff about 25 years ago by the late J.L.A. de Grave (well-known to many Twenot members), and never bought a bottle of model cement again until, I think, two years ago when the brush on my old one finally gave up the ghost entirely.At last someone else who uses thinners .
One of these 250 ml tins lasts me a couple of years, I think. I just top up my liquid cement bottle (originally an Italeri one, now a Gunze Sangyo) when I can’t reach the fluid inside anymore with the brush.I get a 5 litre tin for about £15 ( this will last me years and years) then decant some into an old marmite jar
This is one of the constituents of the ontvetter (“degreaser”) I posted above, IIRC about one-third by volume.
The risk depends a lot on how you use it and how much. If you have a small bottle of it that you keep closed when you don’t actively need it, the risk is rather smaller than, say, having open vats of it standing around. Given the quantities modellers use and the small openings on glue bottles, the risk should be pretty low.
I was given the tip to use this Bison stuff about 25 years ago by the late J.L.A. de Grave (well-known to many Twenot members), and never bought a bottle of model cement again until, I think, two years ago when the brush on my old one finally gave up the ghost entirely.
One of these 250 ml tins lasts me a couple of years, I think. I just top up my liquid cement bottle (originally an Italeri one, now a Gunze Sangyo) when I can’t reach the fluid inside anymore with the brush.
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