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Poll Question : What type of glue do you prefer to use when framing a model?
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277 [ 44.82% ]
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18 [ 2.91% ]
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Posted: January/18/2012 at 1:02pm  Quote
 
Polls are almost always too simplistic, and this one is no exception. As several others have said, different adhesives for different framing projects. Typically, aliphatic for big stuff, Ambroid for very small stuff, epoxy for high stress areas, etc. CA, IMHO, is just for tacking stuff that's otherwise difficult to hold while the main adhesive sets.

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Posted: January/24/2012 at 3:13pm  Quote
 

Quote: Geoffinpdx
Polls are almost always too simplistic, and this one is no exception.

Hence the "Other" choice in the poll.



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I use mainly CA for framing, I love the stuff, it's quick, it wicks down deep into good fitting joints ..... and I can have a completed structure in minutes .... but beware !!  I wear a carbon filter mask, and keep fresh air coming into my workshop. Also if I've glued up a large area / structure with ribs ... formers etc with a slower setting CA, I leave the workshop for about 20mins with the door open (my workshop is seperate from my house) and go make a coffee . The odd quick drop of CA on a small item is ok if you glue up and put it aside for a few minutes,    ... but take it from my experience .... long unprotected exposer to CA fumes is simply ...... BAD ! ....... you may think as I did, that the fumes don't bother you now, but it will effect you later with prolonged use. 

My next favourite is epoxy. A good selction of 5mins, 12mins, and 30mins bottles. And some epoxy thinners for thinning and brushing onto firewalls as a fuel proofer.

And also never underestimate a good PVA or alphatic glue, they work very well on wood.  This is good if you have a fiddly job where you need to still be able to move around any glued up hardwood, balsa or ply parts to get a good fit, and don't mind leaving it clamped / jigged up overnight to set. And if you are still not happy with the fit of whatever you are constructing, providing its within a few minutes and it hasn't set you can take the structure apart, clean off the PVA with a damp cloth and start again.  

Happy building, now it's back into my workshop

 

 


 
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Jet med CA for most things and 45 min epoxy for firewalls and landing gear blocks

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I will use many types of glues/adhesives, where I think one type may be better suited to a particular glue joint.  However, I mostly use CAs.
 
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I have one more type of glue than Don Rice
At last count he claimed to have 37 different types so I have 38
Don't ask how many go bad in the tubes before I use them up.
I rarely empty a bottle of CA before it gets too thick.
I remember buying CA when it was Eastman-Kodak product at $30 for 1/4 oz!
Tite bond for general construction.
Ambroid for glueing sheeting together.
All day or slow cure epoxy for ply wood.
HySol for formers in glass fuse/landing gear.
Monkey glue for hinges.
E6000 for silicon glue substitute glueing down
Then the other 33 varieties for special applications.
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I'm a superphatic fan as well.

I use it for most everything except where expoxy is needed.

Wicks fairly well, has a pretty setup time even though it is an aliphatic glue.

Tried it on a whim and never looked back.

Andy



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Basically its depend on project. I mostly use the CA but some times i also use titebond.
 
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