How do you apply cement? By brush? By the needle applicator that comes along with it? Which is better between the two? What are the different advantages one has over the other?

Hi GIBeregovoy,
I have both types. I use the thin needle in small hard to reach areas, and use the brush type most. I also have the Testors clear plastic cement that I use on canopies and other clear parts. I also use the clear cement to fill in gaps. After the glue dries for a few days I just sand the heck out if it and so far have had no problems with it.


HTH

For large areas, (two road wheel halves, e.g.) I'll use the brush applicator . For most other applications, I use a pen from a yard sale drafting set. The amount of glue you pick up is adjusted by a set screw and you then draw a line along the seam.

I have used the syringes, touch n flows, and pens. I usually end up going back to a very fine brush. I have two brushes that I keep with me when building. a 1/0 for bigger parts, and a small 8-0 for precise stuff. I only use the brushes for cement, not paint. Both are sable too. they have as good a point, and are as accurate as my paintbrushes. I tried an off brand synthetic once, but it must have had styrene bristles, because the first time I used, it, I welded it to the firewall of a '32 Ford! I like brushes for the accuracy, and control.

I like how Ambroid's proweld works on plastic. But as mentioned above for anything small or where youcant get in behind the pieces the large brush is trouble. for this I have a bottle of tamiya glue whos applicator is afine point brush. yocan make your own probably but I'd be carful as to what material you leave siitting in that bottle. I also keepo around an ssortment of othere glues includin the old tube stuff. I have found different things work best at different times and on different materials. so I guess my answer is I prefer brushing but settle for what ever works .

Josh Weingarten Aka shiryon

Josh

Hi Guys. This is something that I have picked up on only recently. I understand from the previous entries that only sable brushes are good for this.
Do you leave the brush sitting in the glue? Ds it harden if you leave it laying around for periods of 5 minutes or more? how do you clean the brush? And loads of more questions like this ????
I recently bought a bottle of testors with an internal brush but it is quite big. I wanted it for roughing up the texture on sand cast hulls etc. But I never thought on using a brush for small parts. This sounds a great idea and I would like to know more about this. Any helpers? Thanks in advance for any help given. Cheers!!

I use a sable brush, and I usually use Tenax 7R. This is a solvent cement, and totally evaporates, so the brush does not get gummed up. I just keep the brush in a holder on my workbench. (Alligator clip secured to my lamp frame with duct tape) and I open my cement, and dip the brush only when I need to use it. The brush stays soft, and after a few sessions, I dip it in clean paint thinner, and gie it a bit of a washing out. I don't know if this is necessary or not though. I usually don't use the adhesives that have anything sticky mixed in them, although lately I have been using Testors in the black plastic bottle, for gluing on little bits and pieces. I imagine most of these glues would gum up a brush pretty quickly. I use toothpicks for those types of glues, or a fine piece of wire. (Guitar string about .009, or .010) I play, and build guitars, so I always have little bits of E strings laying around.