Is there a substitute for Walthers Goo that i can buy at either an AC Moore or a Home Depot / Lowes ?
Thank you in advance,
Mark
“Goop” brand adhesives are available and I’ve used that. It’s a solvent based glue, dries to a rubbery state. I’m sure you could find it at Home Despot as well as Lowest. Or Ace, or even the “hardware/home supplies” aisle in the supermarket. One warning, be sure to wipe the threads on the tube well when you recap it, these kinds of rubbery glues tend to drie up fast if they’re not sealed well.
Good luck in your glueing adventures.
Lou
I’ve kept a tube of Walther’s Goo on hand for a good 25 years or more. Its not as strong as epoxy, but not as hard or smelly to use. It has worked well for me over a wide range of projects, and for certain uses, there is no substitute.
Pliobond. Roughly the same stuff. Made by Goodyear if memory serves. And I have good results using silicone bathtub caulk for things I used to do with Goo. For instance securing weights inside rolling stock.
Better than goo, most parts stores carry it.
About 50 years ago, I bought a tube of Goo. Used it once and threw it out. I found Plibond to be easier to use and a better adhesive. I have seen too much rolling stock ruined by modellers using Goo to affix the weights in place, with the floors absolutely destroyed by excessive amounts and improper useage.
Nowadays, I prefer gelled contact cement. It’s offered by both LePages and Weldbond, and comes in quart or gallon cans. For hobby use, a quart is usually sufficient, and it also has many uses around the house. It’s a lot less messy than tube-type contact cements, with very little of the stringiness associated with such products. Follow the directions on the can, especially the ones about allowing it to dry before trying to join one item to another.
If you’re using it to cement styrene to another material, such as wood or metal, first brush a coat of lacquer thinner onto the styrene. While it’s doing its thing, apply the cement to the other item, then to the styrene.
I discovered this accidentally when gluing down some sheet styrene as pavement atop plywood. Even though I had followed the directions faithfully, the styrene lifted easily as I was trying to trim it. When I easily peeled up the entire sheet, only those areas to which the gelled material had been intitially applied (basically a glob of cement on a fairly stiff 2" brush, which was then spread around with the brush) still had the cement firmly attached. I surmised that the solvent in the cement reacted with the styrene (as does lacquer thinner), but when I spread the glob around with the brush, there was insufficient solvent remaining in it, resulting in a poor bond. I tried the trick with the lacquer thinner and the “pavement” is still solidly affixed in place.
Wayne