tamiya liquid cement green lid, have you tried it?

[zorg]

anyone use the green lid bottles of tamiya's liquid cement?

i was thinking of giving it a try. it is not sold in the u.k. due to labelling issues i believe.

at the moment i use this

Javis Plastic Weld Cement 57ml - PPC2 - £2.75

i find this a little too powerful as it can warp thin plasticard quite easily, many a time i have gone back to a piece and its a mess and fit for the bin.

i watched lasse's video of the blockade runner build and he seemed to use this tamiya glue a lot, if i tried doing what he did with the plastic weld it would be trashed.


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-z

 

[masterjedi322]

I've been using it on my Fine Molds Slave I build. It works great. Super thin, so it runs very easily, dries quickly, and creates a solid bond.

It's not the strongest stuff in the world, so I had to supplement a few joints with the heavier Testors stuff.

I'd definitely recommend it though.

Sean

 

[Robiwon]

The green cap is the "extar thin" cement so not a strong as some of the others. It works well on styrene plastic as well as ABS kits like those from Pegasus. I love it and use it almost exclusively on plastic models now.

 

[JPolacchi]

I still prefer MEK.With the right dispensing bottle a drop will do the job(capilary action does the rest) and it just melts the surface of the plastic and creats an almost unbreakabler bond.Basiclly you have to break the4 model to separate where you bonded the two surfaces together.I stopped using the commercial cemets a long time ago. I think plastistruct has a ABS weld or something like that,which was more or less "MEK" and I seem to recall it working pretty well.

 

[zorg]

I still prefer MEK.With the right dispensing bottle a drop will do the job(capilary action does the rest) and it just melts the surface of the plastic and creats an almost unbreakabler bond.Basiclly you have to break the4 model to separate where you bonded the two surfaces together.I stopped using the commercial cemets a long time ago. I think plastistruct has a ABS weld or something like that,which was more or less "MEK" and I seem to recall it working pretty well.

i have a big bottle of MEK in the garage, we used to use it when i worked for a metal detector company, we used it to bond the 2 halves of the loop together (the big round bit on the end) you can also colour it by putting plastic in it to dissolve, not sure that would be any use to you guys?

i think it would be too strong for what i'm wanting though.

-z

 

[zorg]

have any of the guys that use the tamiya stuff noticed any warping at all when using thin plastic styrene.?

-z

 

[Blackbirdcd]

Tamiya will attack styrene, both thin parts and sheets as well as surfaces (if you're not careful). I agree it's not as strong as Ambroid ProWeld, or the other liquid cements but it does well on small part. The brush that comes with it is very nice.

I'm with you on the MEK idea. It's pretty much the main active ingredient in many of these.

 

[Robiwon]

I have never has a problem with it distorting plastic. Just remember how to use it. A drop and capilary action does the rest. It's not paint and does not have to slathered on like I have seen some do.

 

[zorg]

whilst rummaging around in my garage tonight looking for some gloss varnish i came across a tamiya cement pen!, i must have bought it 20-25 years ago :confused.
i remember my mate gordon trying to get high on the fumes in the school toilet cubicles. i didn't work as he came back to maths class looking disgruntled and gave it back to me. :lol

ah them were the days.

anyway i tried it out (yes its still ok!) i can definitely tell its not as powerful as the stuff im using at the moment but it did not too bad a job.

the two thinnish plates i glued i could not tear apart and there was no sign of warpage either.

looks like i will have to get some bottles of this stuff.


thanks for your replies guys :thumbsup


-z

 

[robn1]

I like using the non-toxic glues for delicate parts. They're citrus based solvents (they smell like oranges), and don't melt the plastic as much. The bond isn't as strong either, but for thin or small parts it's great. Testors makes it in a gel type (blue label tube), and Microscale makes a liquid version.