precision glue applicator

[Just Mike]

you know those long, thin glass tubes that you're supposed to be able to fill with liquid cement and touch the applicator to a surface and the cement would run down the syringe?

I have one but it doesn't work. Maybe I'm missing something but I do it as the instructions say - putting the hind end into the bottle of cement but it doesn't take any up nor will it deliver any. I mean, it's hard to tell if there's anything in there. I don't think so. Even if there were, it should flow out the needle, yes?

Nope. Just tried it. It's not taking any cement up.

 

[Elm City Hobbies]

Gotta be clogged somehow.

Word of warning with the Touch N Flows....only use it for plastic cement. No CA or similar as it will clog it up faster than you can say Supercalifragilisticexpialadotious!

 

[Just Mike]

k...

how do I declog it?

 

[13aceofspades13]

if paint thinner don't hurt it that mite work... but thats a big maybe... i use paint thinner to clean glue off brushes i use to apply glue to canopy application surfaces... maybe, just maybe paint thinner may bust it loose, but Elm Citty Hobbies may have a better solution XD

 

[Gundamhead]

Dumb question, but did ya try to blow it out with air? I never tried them, I just use a old dental pick or paintbrush.

 

[Just Mike]

soaked it for a few in cement and blew hard through it. It seems to flow through as some did come out the needle but didn't have the opportunity to test it.

 

[GalaxyChief]

My glue of choice is the black plastic testors applicator. The needle on that gets clogged on the occasion..... I use a lighter and simply touch the flame to the steel tip and a small gout of flame shoots out..... clog is cleared..... you want to stop once the flame shoots out.

These do come with small decloggers but I always seem to lose mine.

YMMV

 

[Elm City Hobbies]

To declog it....just a thin piece of wire should do the trick.

I have the same problem with the Gator Glue applicators (basically just a hypodermic needle with a blunt end), it gets slightly clogged and it is hard to intake or push out the glue, but does work very well when it is unclogged.

 

[panzerace007]

k...

how do I declog it?

;D ;D ;D That reaction is Priceless !!! I laugh because I thought th Touch-N- Flow was for C.A. as well, I mean I use Tamiya Thin & would never need to use th Touch-N-Flow for that. I wonder Why they made it for Liquid cement ? If you haven't got it cleared yet .. Try Acetone - Finger Nail Polish remover. Breaks th Bond of C.A. every time ! Don't fall for those De-bonders. It's overpriced Nail Polish remover. Just hit th Wife/Girlfriend up for some

*Does any one know how to get Mt. Dew Code Red out of an Apple Keyboard ? ( after reading that response I spit it all over th Key board, laughing , not at you Mike, but to think someone else thought it would work with C.A.*

 

[TiM]

I tip my keyboard upside down, it's a logitech though so I don't know if the same applies to those apple keyboards ... maybe the keys are closer together

 

[Just Mike]

My glue of choice is the black plastic testors applicator. The needle on that gets clogged on the occasion..... I use a lighter and simply touch the flame to the steel tip and a small gout of flame shoots out..... clog is cleared..... you want to stop once the flame shoots out.

These do come with small decloggers but I always seem to lose mine.

YMMV

clearing clogged glue

 

[Elm City Hobbies]

Blah....only a problem if you set yourself, someone else, the cat, or the house on fire.....nothing to really worry about! Love the smell of burnt styrene in the morning!