C/A glue bottle messy or drying out fast? Solution

[vavavroom]

I know my glue posts tend to be regarded as spam. So no more advice regarding the choice of adhesives from me. However, some may find the following helpful. I frequently use C/A glue and I tend to buy it in a 2 or 4-oz bottle because that's more cost-efficient. However, the tips of the bottles tend to gunk up and even if I use disposable precision applicators it's all very messy and tedious and once the bottle is partially depleted the remaining adhesive tends to thicken and finally harden, rendering it unusable.

I fill translucent 10ml C/A glue bottles with the adhesive. These tiny bottles come with precision metal applicator tips and silicone caps that don't get damaged by the adhesive. For $10 bucks you get a bag of bottles and tips and you don't end up wasting half the glue you bought. If the metal applicator tip clogs, a standard straight pin can be used to clean it out.

 

[benjamming]

Do you have a link for the bag of small bottles?

 

[JohnnyG]

Pretty nice! I keep mine in the freezer! keeps very well for over a year.

 

[vavavroom]

Do you have a link for the bag of small bottles?

I'm tired of going back and forth with moderators over linked content so I won't be posting any linked content other than my own images anymore. If you look for 'precision needle tip applicator glue bottles' you can find them in different sizes on Amazon.

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[JimPghPA]

Also, if you have ca kicker, store it far away from the ca.

The owner of a hobby shop once told me he found out the hard way that you don't store the kicker and the same display case as the ca. It doesn't take a lot of fumes from the kicker to get to the ca to cause the whole bottle to go bad.

 

[vavavroom]

Pretty nice! I keep mine in the freezer! keeps very well for over a year.

Do you keep only partially filled bottles in the freezer? Do you keep them in a bag to help prevent condensation? I use C/A glue almost every day and would have to take it out and put it back into the freezer constantly.

 

[vavavroom]

Also, if you have ca kicker, store it far away from the ca.

The owner of a hobby shop once told me he found out the hard way that you don't store the kicker and the same display case as the ca. It doesn't take a lot of fumes from the kicker to get to the ca to cause the whole bottle to go bad.

I have never kept accelerator near the glue. It can get humid here and moisture acts like accelerator. The C/A glue in a partially filled bottle may spontaneously thicken or outright cure overnight. Common problems are gunked up nozzles and caps that don't seal well.

 

[JohnnyG]

Do you keep only partially filled bottles in the freezer? Do you keep them in a bag to help prevent condensation? I use C/A glue almost every day and would have to take it out and put it back into the freezer constantly.

I don't use the glue every day, so my use is different than yours. I've kept both new and partial bottlles in there, and they do get a little condensation on them when removed. The condensation goes away quickly, and small bottles warm up pretty fast. But I have not lost a bottle to setting up since I started this practice.