Best Glue

Mercury Adhesives.  You can get it via Amazon.  Do a search on the name.   I'm using it now to build some model houses, etc and it is great.  They have a bunch of different "flavors".

Scott

Sinbad Glue

What kind of plastic?

Whatever happened to good old Testor's Model Airplane Glue?    Anybody still use it?  It would literally melt two pieces of plastic together.

Sinbad and Mercury are two brands of Cyanoacrylate Glue (CA glue).  I think they are Medium.

John

I use Testors.

John

Do a search for glue this to that for an answer.

@Mannyrock posted:

Whatever happened to good old Testor's Model Airplane Glue?    Anybody still use it?  It would literally melt two pieces of plastic together.

Yes, I still use it for plastic. I use the black container with the long spout. I also use the liquid type depending on what I am building.

Sometimes I  will put a small amount of the liquid in a clean small testers paint bottle and add plastic shavings. When the proper ratio of cement/shavings melt together, I will use this as a body filler in small areas.

Depends what i want for an end result: Styrene to styrene - Plastruct Plastic Weld or Tenax7R (both permanent) ; Plastic to other materials (metal, wood, etc.) - Loctite 380 (Permanent); Plastic to other plastic or other materials (metal, wood, etc., ie people to platforms) Walther's GOO (semi permanent).

@modeltrainsparts posted:

Depends what i want for an end result: Styrene to styrene - Plastruct Plastic Weld or Tenax7R (both permanent) ; Plastic to other materials (metal, wood, etc.) - Loctite 380 (Permanent); Plastic to other plastic or other materials (metal, wood, etc., ie people to platforms) Walther's GOO (semi permanent).

For people to platforms, I like a little dab of rubber cement.

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

For people to platforms, I like a little dab of rubber cement.

If you are doing that for easy removal you can also use Aleene's Original Tacky Glue.  Comes right off.

          John

I use CA glue because I always have it for my RC planes.  But about a year ago I bought Loc-Tite from Sam's Club.  I love the control.  Especially the gel.  Fast set up too.

Ron

@Ron045 posted:

I use CA glue because I always have it for my RC planes.  But about a year ago I bought Loc-Tite from Sam's Club.  I love the control.  Especially the gel.  Fast set up too.

Ron

I've been using the Loctite gel lately too. The fact that it stays put is great. Doesn't set up quite as quickly as liquid CA, but not gluing everything to my fingers is a huge plus! And being able to slightly reposition small pieces before it sets is also great.

Thanks everyone!

@Mannyrock posted:

Whatever happened to good old Testor's Model Airplane Glue?    Anybody still use it?  It would literally melt two pieces of plastic together.

Yes, because Testor's "model airplane glue" isn't a glue, it's a solvent, so it did actually melt the pieces together. CA, for example, useful as it can be, is merely a cement, and can shear with age and vibration.

When the plastic is in the styrene family, and I'd say most is in the model world, Testor's or similar is all I use. A rubber cement (like Walther's Goo) is also very useful when bonding dissimilar substances. It's  strong and resistant to vibration. Also it's messy, so I tend to keep it away from visible surfaces.