Glue over Paint

Gerry · Post by **Gerry** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:50 am

Noob question for you.

Question: What glue do you use over paint? I know glues tend to disolve paint so how do I glue windows to the inside of a primered model?

Reason for Asking: I'm doing my first attempt at lighting. Which means I've always just glued to the inside plastic. but now it's painted with primer and ... you get the idea.

I'm not really stupid [maybe sometimes].... but some simple concepts just escape me while I quickly grasp complex ones.

eeun · Post by **eeun** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:43 am

Something that dries clear like a white glue for wood or paper will work well.

Superglues can cause frosting on clear parts, and anything solvent based can, as you predicted, damage the paint as well as the clear parts.

Gerry · Post by **Gerry** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:31 pm

Thank you. I hadn't consired regular household glues. I get caught up wanting it all to look "professional" so I forget that simple things sometimes work best..

I know some people use tape, but I don't trust tape to stay sticky in the long term so I never use it.

Floyd Walker · Post by **Floyd Walker** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 4:49 pm

Watch crystal cement.
Dries perfectly clear and is tough as all get out.

Wug · Post by **Wug** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 4:53 pm

Your local hobby shop probably sells Testors Clear Parts Cement.

Ace Airspeed · Post by **Ace Airspeed** » Fri May 21, 2010 6:51 pm

Floyd Walker wrote:Watch crystal cement.
Dries perfectly clear and is tough as all get out.

That would be what I would use.

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Fri May 21, 2010 7:46 pm

Watch crystal or Testor's Canopy Cement.

The only problem is they are fairly low energy glues and only as strong as the paint they stick to.