Boredom creates a great idea.

[sapper23]

So I use alot of extra thin cement. I also use mainly for big or structural pieces old schools testirs red tube glue. Yes there are some annoying things with that glue. It can be clumpy, sometimes it puts out more glue than you want so on and also can have the stringy glue effect.

One of the things I like about the extra thin cement is how it can get into anything and the way it dries. It does drive me crazy though when you reach that point in the container where the glue no longer contacts the brush.


I wanted an in-between so to say something that would maintain property's of both to a degree, would have the brush alternative and be watery but have strength of the red tube so ... I was at point of no brush contact on the bottle of extra thin.

I decided to drop a tube of old red cement into the extra thin... 1 tube to just where the extra thin was beyond the brush. I am beyond happy with the result. So far in my experimentation it has all the quality's I mentioned above.. is strong, does not dry to fast, can seep some into crevices, but best of all I don't waste the extra thin that's left over. It is very controllable the amount put down so on.

I will continue to experiment with it today so on and will let everyone know results. I need to see more of it and try it little bit more for a full verdict. But is a great way to use those old red tubes if works out lol.

 

[kevin]

Wow, I haven't thought of that, I'm very interested in the final results.
I still use the Testors tube glue, (the blue one) as well.
When the brush no longer reaches the extra thin I refill it to the top with the next bottle.

 

[Eagle-1]

Try this to replace your Tamiya Extra Thin at 3 times less the price and your bottle will go dry far less often.



Same quality as Extra Thin, but you'll get over 3 bottles for far less than 1 bottle of Extra Thin. NOT to replace the idea you're posting about, but to get extra thin cheaper.

Rob.