Luke Pighetti
08-18-2012, 11:44 AM
I bought some superglue gel at the hardware store just to try out CA glue. It was nearby and it was just a hair over a two dollar fee to enter the world of CA.
I block sanded a piece of curly maple to 120 grit, and then used my trusty chisel to make a few "imperfections" that I was going to try filling with CA.
Well, when I first squeezed it out, it came out a really nice thick gel... then POP out comes pure solvent?? I wiped it up, dropped the rag in my water bucket OF SCIENCE! *cue trumpets* (for safety). Put on the cap, kneaded the tube a little, then finished filling my "imperfections."
Anyway, 30 minutes later and it's still goopy. I thought this stuff cured almost instantly?
So I dug it out, kneaded the CA tube, and tried again. This time I used very thin coats with the intent of building it up.
5 minutes later and it's still wet.
What the heck? Am I doing something blatantly wrong?
I block sanded a piece of curly maple to 120 grit, and then used my trusty chisel to make a few "imperfections" that I was going to try filling with CA.
Well, when I first squeezed it out, it came out a really nice thick gel... then POP out comes pure solvent?? I wiped it up, dropped the rag in my water bucket OF SCIENCE! *cue trumpets* (for safety). Put on the cap, kneaded the tube a little, then finished filling my "imperfections."
Anyway, 30 minutes later and it's still goopy. I thought this stuff cured almost instantly?
So I dug it out, kneaded the CA tube, and tried again. This time I used very thin coats with the intent of building it up.
5 minutes later and it's still wet.
What the heck? Am I doing something blatantly wrong?