Good uses for old tamiya glue bottles

[durangod]

I washed the old jar out with alchohol then soap n water then thinner, soap n water again.

From time to time i do need small bottles for the shop for leftover liquids in small amounts. I dont want to contaminate another liquid or mix chemicals in case there is still glue residue in the jar. So i am considering how i can repurpose the jars.

Ideas?

 

[Jim62]

My best idea would be to sniff it and if it smells clean you are good.

 

[urumomo]

That " glue " is all volatile solvent .
1/2 acetone , 1/2 butyl acetate .
No need for using paint thinner , that actually just adds something you need to remove .
Acetone and butyl acetate are both miscible in water so washing the bottle with hot water is all that's needed .
Those 2 solvents will evaporate completely all on their own too . No washing needed .

 

[Pantherman]

That " glue " is all volatile solvent .
1/2 acetone , 1/2 butyl acetate .
No need for using paint thinner , that actually just adds something you need to remove .
Acetone and butyl acetate are both miscible in water so washing the bottle with hot water is all that's needed .
Those 2 solvents will evaporate completely all on their own too . No washing needed .

So basically just leave the lid off........hehe. Pantherman

 

[urumomo]

Yeah , but there will probably be some styrene contaminant in there from the brush that will not evaporate and remain .

 

[durangod]

After some thought, it might be good for water to either water down some paint quickly, or rinse off a tamiya glue brush when gluing painted parts.

If acetone or alchohol would actually losen losen superglue then that would be a good use, but in my testing they do nothing to superglue.

It would be great for wood glue for the shop for small projects. I dont think the brush would hold up to the thick wood glue, but i could change out the brush as long as the mount stem holds up.

 

[urumomo]

Acetone will definitely dissolve CA adhesive .
and the plastic too

 

[the Baron]

That " glue " is all volatile solvent .
1/2 acetone , 1/2 butyl acetate .
No need for using paint thinner , that actually just adds something you need to remove .
Acetone and butyl acetate are both miscible in water so washing the bottle with hot water is all that's needed .
Those 2 solvents will evaporate completely all on their own too . No washing needed .

Uh-oh! Chemistry!

 

[the Baron]

I haven't finished a bottle of Tamiya glue yet, but I have finished jars of the X/XF paint and I reuse those. I like the interior seal. I use them for carrying small working amounts in my tool kit, for mixing colors, and for dry product, like mixes of powdered pastel chalk, things like that.

I used to reuse Model Master jars, and also little jam and jelly jars, but the Tamiya jars work better for me. I can recommend using them.

 

[the Baron]

Acetone will definitely dissolve CA adhesive .
and the plastic too

I use acetone to dissolve CA joins when necessary, but right-in very small amounts, with an old paintbrush, to avoid damaging the material.

 

[durangod]

That " glue " is all volatile solvent .
1/2 acetone , 1/2 butyl acetate .
No need for using paint thinner , that actually just adds something you need to remove .
Acetone and butyl acetate are both miscible in water so washing the bottle with hot water is all that's needed .
Those 2 solvents will evaporate completely all on their own too . No washing needed .

I forgot you did tell me that, oops my memory sucks.

First i tried hydrogin peroxide (?) with a brush, nothing. Then i went to the shop n got some acetone, still nothing after 30 min of applying with brush. I finally had to break the part to remove it.

 

[urumomo]

You're talking about a joint bonded with CA ?
What part are we talking about ?

 

[durangod]

Yes, i wanted to remove the ratlines from my ship i had them on backwards at first, but they did not move at all.

Maybe the acetone was too old, its been at least 6mo since i used that bottle.

 

[urumomo]

Acetone wouldn't debond super glue ?
No idea .
makes no sense -- especially with that amount of exposure to it

 

[urumomo]

Unless ,
the acetone degraded the CA joint but there was enough acetone to also solvent weld the styrene at the same time .
Traded one bond for another ?

 

[durangod]

Unless ,
the acetone degraded the CA joint but there was enough acetone to also solvent weld the styrene at the same time .
Traded one bond for another ?

Yes your most likely correct, very logical. So should i have stuck with hydrogen peroxide ?

 

[urumomo]

Yeah . hydrogen peroxide will have zero effect upon plastics but will break down the CA .
It needs to stay wet with it though , so submerging it is the best method , although that isn't always possible with the size of the assembly so you just need to keep wetting it and attempting to pull it apart .
Submerging the joint in just water will also often work .
Or freezing the parts will embrittle the CA .
both of those alternate methods are also constrained by the size of the assembly of course .
Ya gotta pull all that frozen shrimp out to fit that pirate ship in , lulz .

 

[Jim62]

I haven't finished a bottle of Tamiya glue yet, but I have finished jars of the X/XF paint and I reuse those. I like the interior seal. I use them for carrying small working amounts in my tool kit, for mixing colors, and for dry product, like mixes of powdered pastel chalk, things like that.

I used to reuse Model Master jars, and also little jam and jelly jars, but the Tamiya jars work better for me. I can recommend using them.

Same here. I am still using the first bottle of extra thin I opened in 2018 and I have a large collection of cleaned up empty Tamiya paint jars and use those to store colors I have to mix that will be used regularly.

 

[durangod]

Yeah . hydrogen peroxide will have zero effect upon plastics but will break down the CA .
It needs to stay wet with it though , so submerging it is the best method , although that isn't always possible with the size of the assembly so you just need to keep wetting it and attempting to pull it apart .
Submerging the joint in just water will also often work .
Or freezing the parts will embrittle the CA .
both of those alternate methods are also constrained by the size of the assembly of course .
Ya gotta pull all that frozen shrimp out to fit that pirate ship in , lulz .

winter diorama, sailing for the locker to rescue jack.

 

[urumomo]