Bobs battle with PE, latest score PE 1 - bob 1

[BattleshipBob]

After yesterday's continuous problems with the joys of PE and CA. I spent a while today experimenting, a few surprises and I think I am finally on the right track.

Used a old Tamiya StuG skirt and scrap PE and a PE King Tiger mudguard. Used the glue I used on KGV and applied with a looper.

Cleaned the PE with a fibreglass pen, and yes same issues. Both types of PE struggled to stick, when they did after 5 mins they came off just by a gentle touch. You could see the glue but it constantly failed to grab the PE.

Going through a box of odds and sods to my surprise found a Flex I file CA looper and a applicator, both new. Same needle as suggested by Scottie. I have no idea when I bought them!!

So used them both and they worked a treat BUT CA still did not attach the pe at all well!

Next used MIG CA

Finally worked very well, used both the looper and the needle applicator, when I had placed a few drops of CA along the seam I then dragged them together using both tools to form a thin line. Stuck well, hard to pull to get the PE off again.

So there seems to be a problem with the zap CA, I assume it's gone off, cannot see a use by date on the bottom? So back to KGV but with MIG CA and my new found applicators.

We will see lol

[Steve Jones]

Well done Bob. You certainly have the tools for the job

[Tim Marlow]

Good man, stick at it until it sticks Bob……we can all give you fifty different ways to do this, but just find the one that works for you and run with it :thumb2:

[BattleshipBob]

Good man, stick at it until it sticks Bob……we can all give you fifty different ways to do this, but just find the one that works for you and run with it :thumb2:

Cheers Tim, any idea how long CA lasts in a bottle? The Zap is about 80% full

[Tim Marlow]

Not really Bob……..until it doesn’t stick any more? :tongue-out3: It’s one of the reasons I only buy small bottles. You could use it for porous stuff I suppose……it should still work there.

[boatman]

WELL Bob did you do what i was sayin to you about roughin up both surfases with a bit of sand paper ?
chrisb

[BattleshipBob]

Not really Bob……..until it doesn’t stick any more? :tongue-out3: It’s one of the reasons I only buy small bottles. You could use it for porous stuff I suppose……it should still work there.

I can now see the logic in not buying bi bottles!

[BattleshipBob]

WELL Bob did you do what i was sayin to you about roughin up both surfases with a bit of sand paper ?
chrisb

Yep Chris, used a glassware pen

[boatman]

Yep Chris, used a glassware pen

whats that then?

[Ian M]

whats that then?

It is a bit like a propelling pencil but instead of a pencil lead it has a stick of glass fibres that scratches that surface up.

[BattleshipBob]

It is a bit like a propelling pencil but instead of a pencil lead it has a stick of glass fibres that scratches that surface up.

Just do not get it on your finger tip, OUCH lol

[BattleshipBob]

One thing I cannot get on with is a cocktail stick, always seems to put a very small drop of CA, despite dipping it in a pool of CA, or am I missing the point ( boom boom )!

[Tim Marlow]

Just do not get it on your finger tip, OUCH lol

Use the brush damp Bob. Dip it in a dish of dilute washing up liquid before use and the fibres won’t fly……as a bonus it cleans the grease and grime off the surface at the same time it removes the oxide layer :thumb2:

[BattleshipBob]

Use the brush damp Bob. Dip it in a dish of dilute washing up liquid before use and the fibres won’t fly……as a bonus it cleans the grease and grime off the surface at the same time it removes the oxide layer :thumb2:

Ta Tim, bounching chq on the way, honest guv!

[Steve Jones]

When CA starts to go off Bob it takes longer to stick. You find you are holding the pieces together for a minute rather than a few seconds. Its all down to how much air it gets exposed too in the bottle so try and remember to keep the lid on it.