Clearing a glue bottle "needle".

[JR]

I have recently started using this myself. when I have finished I lean the bottle against something making sure the tip is pointing at a angle upwards. I find this allows the remaining glue in the tip to run back into the bottle. Yet to have a blocked tip?

You haven't lived until your tip is blocked Bob

[Guest]

Some 35 years ago, my then best friend also built models, and he always used the Revell glue bottles, that they sold back then already too. I very much remember him using a cigarette lighter to clear the needle numerous times, and did so myself as well back when I used to use it too. I soon switched to liquid cement with a brush, though, and in fact used the same Italeri bottle for something like 20 years until the brush was finally too far gone. (I refilled the bottle any time it got close to empty, of course.)

[BattleshipBob]

You haven't lived until your tip is blocked Bob

Oh ere misses, does it make you walk funny, if so must get cream or a airline!!

[A_J_Rimmer]

I blooming hate those fine applicator needles - If I need to use that type of glue I generally use Tube glue applied with a needle or cocktail stick.

But both the flame and wire method works well. The wire from those ties you get in freezer bag packs works well.

[Madstacks83]

Thanks for the tips! just fixed a bottle I had left from a couple of years ago.

[boatman]

WELL if my glue end gets blocked then i use a big darning needle to shove in the tube end an soon unblocked
chrisb

[simontie]

Late to this sticky question, but i keep the bottle up right with out the lid on for a few mins after use, as mentioned it dribbles back in the bottle, also from time to time clean it unblock it, I use the freezer bag ties strip off the plastic/paper coating and its the perfect size.
lastly i generally squirt it on to a glass plate like all my other glues and apply with a cocktail stick for the more precise application.
simon

[Airborne01]

I think I've solved the problem - well, it certainly works for me! I made a needle protector by using a clear paintbrush-tip protector with an internal diameter the same width as the housing for the needle, it's longer than the needle itself and the end is plugged with a piece of shaped sprue that can be removed (if necessary) for clearing. This method avoids the build up of cement in the end of the blue 'things' that come with the bottle and are a major cause of blockages, is clear so that any accumulation can be seen, and any accumulation is easily removed! I haven't had any blockages since I made it!
Steve

[Airborne01]

WELL if my glue end gets blocked then i use a big darning needle to shove in the tube end an soon unblocked
chrisb

Matron is adept in the use of such devices I'm led to believe :thinking:
Steve

[boatman]

Matron is adept in the use of such devices I'm led to believe :thinking:
Steve

YES she is Steve HAVE you been on the recevicein end of one of her big blunt needels as she caught me an could not sit down for days LOL an she is a bloomin menace but dont tell her that lol as i dont want another treatment LOL
i dont know why she has to do this to us healthy forum memembers but i think she is just bloody minded Aaaaarrrrccchhhhh an one of the downsides of this wonderfull forum lol
Chrisb

[JR]

WELL if my glue end gets blocked then i use a big darning needle to shove in the tube end an soon unblocked
chrisb

Chris that's a great way , but far better is a flame burns off quickly, and of course is great fun .:nerd:

[boatman]

Chris that's a great way , but far better is a flame burns off quickly, and of course is great fun .:nerd:

YOU would JR LOL like to do any thing that consists of usein a flame WHATEVER would you do if your matches turn out damp an would not strike ? LOL AN i think Flame is intermeshed in your DNA lol
chrisb

[JR]

YOU would JR LOL like to do any thing that consists of usein a flame WHATEVER would you do if your matches turn out damp an would not strike ? LOL AN i think Flame is intermeshed in your DNA lol
chrisb

I've had damp matches in the past Chris, inc heads that fly off. Tend to use decent matches these days , as nothing worse in repeated attempts to light the wood burner , and of course any dios that needs burnt wood :smiling3: