What are Some of the Different Types of Glue?
• Three principle types of glue will hold together most of the plastic models you’re likely to build. • The first is the “tube” glue familiar to many who learned modeling a couple of decades ago. The second is liquid glue. Both work by melting the mating surfaces of the plastic parts. • Tube glue is simply liquid glue with familiar agents added to make it easier to apply and slower to set up so you can reposition parts. However, tube glue becomes stringy as it dries, and all the time that it’s drying, it’s eating away at your plastic, leaving familiar seems. • Liquid cement usually is applied with a brush or toothpick; it sets faster, bonds better, and is less messy. • On your first few kits, you may need more time to position pieces, so the longer setting time of tube glue may be desirable. Even better would be a slow-setting liquid cement, which combines the advantages of liquid cement with slower drying of tube glue to allow repositioning of parts. • Cyanoacrylate adhesive, often ca
