What Type glue for Cornerstone kit?

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I started a Walthers Cornerstone concrete coaling station kit today. I bought some CA Zap (the thin stuff) and it just runs everywhere…should I use the thick stuff or is there another good product??

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I use either super glue gel or testors plastic cement, whichever one I have. I avoid the thin runny stuff like the plague.

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I do not have the instructions for the coaling station in front of me but the Walthers MODULARS call for Liquid Cement for Styrene Plastics. I’m sure all their kits call for the same. CA will not dissovle plastic and the joints will not last.

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ok thanks
back to the hobby shop,should’ve asked the LHS what it took[:(]

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I use nothing but liquid cement. One of the best purchases I ever made was a clamp sold under the name The Right Clamp. It works great to hold walls at 90 degree angles and has slots in it for applying cement.

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I can think of the name of it right off, but it’s very thin… almost like water… and it actually melts the two pieces together. I believe it’s ProWeld. Just apply it to the inside of the joint with the bru***hats made into the bottle cap, it instantly flows into the joint and within 10 seconds or so it holds great. It’s the thicker stuff that I tend to get everywhere but where I want it, including my fingers.
Jarrell

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these the ones ur talking about?
http://www.coffmaneng.com/default.cfm

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Thats what my finger look like…the plague!!

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I use Tenex 7.

Nick

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I use MEK (Methyl Ethyl Ketone) and buy it by the gallon at Lowes/Home Depot. It is the same stuff that is in most of the liquid plastic glues but it seems to dry much faster and it is WAY cheaper.

We use a lot of this stuff so buying by the gallon is the way to go!

BOB H – Clarion PA

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I’ll have to check some of this glue out (ProWeld). I tried using elmers school glue for an elevator and ended up using clear tape (on the inside) to hold it together, along with some glue. But the glue won’t hold on it’s own.

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I use the Zap CA+ stuff. You just have to be careful and use it sparingly. Make sure you just have a pin hole for the glue to come out.

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Ambroid ProWeld! YES! Gotta love that stuff…It’s nuts how awesome it works. You don’t need very much of it at all, and the joints will last quite a while.

When I worked for a train store, I would use them on Bachmann Plasticville kits because they couldn’t hold themselves together half the time…Well…They wouldn’t come apart for anything without breaking after I used the ProWeld on them. [tup]