Gorilla glue

[whopper]

Anyone use this for models?

Supposedly it sticks anything.

[Kylwell]

Not for plastic. I've used in dio work.

[DennisH]

I was just looking (yesterday actually) at two chunks of left over resin I stuck together with GG years ago.

I tried to pry them apart. Really tried. They aren't budging.



Dennis "why do I still have years old chunks of resin?" H.

[Spacephrawg]

I havnt tried it with styrene, ABS, or resin, but for other plastics it does not work. Perhaps the surfaces need to be roughed up first? It definitly works on other things tho.

[TER-OR]

It's polyurethane glue. You will need to rough the surface a bit.

Also, it requires moisture to cure, and can be cleaned before it's cured with paint thinner.

I like it in woodworking - it gives plenty of work time, is waterproof, stainable and strong. It's not reversable, though, and does expand as it cures - so you need to securely clamp your parts together. A little bit goes a long way - and that expansion can help with an irregular surface.

Generally, for modeling, I use epoxy cement instead.

[Go Flight]

I use GG when I pin and glue large pieces of resin.

Typically I apply just a little bit on one side of the part and wet the opposite side. I also use it to secure the pin into the resin. As Ter-or says it will "foam" a little bit as it cures which can be cleaned away before drying. It also expands a little (which is why the foam comes out the sides) The foam that comes out has never ruined a model of mine.
So the name of the game is when you think it's not enuff - it's enuff!

[Jestermon]

No, I used it once with a small project and was trying it out, since at my job we use it to glue together steel and aluminum rods, but for small applications and on plastic it seems to not work.

It did nothing but harden and grow(expand) on the thing I used it for then I had to sand it off and redo the project.

It is definitely better for large things where swelling will not be a problem.