dusty_shelf Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 I am sure some of the older builders here will remember using child-safe model glue that was orange scented. Do not recall the name but remember the smell! Moving on to "real" cement was a right-of-passage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ambrose Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 My kids didn't like the solvent smell, so they used that instead. It uses orange oil as the solvent. It isn't anywhere near as strong as the solvent based glue. My daughter used it to assemble a model rocket. The rocket promptly disassembled itself on launch. Last time she ever used that stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 MPC had a lemon-scented cement. "Smells like lemon, sticks like crazy", they said. "Smells like lemon, sticks like lemon" we said. Even now, if you break apart cemented parts, you can still get a whiff of lemon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89AKurt Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Yea I remember that! So many other products have devolved the same way, safe but sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plastic trucker Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Didn't Testors have a lemon scented tube glue also? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 17 minutes ago, 89AKurt said: Yea I remember that! So many other products have devolved the same way, safe but sucks. The bigger the skull and cross bones are on the package, the better it works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 No Tox I think it may have been called ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, plastic trucker said: Didn't Testors have a lemon scented tube glue also? Yes. It also had a lemon scent and came in a blue tube. You can still buy it. Although I don't know why you would want to. Steve Edited August 9, 2019 by StevenGuthmiller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 49 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said: ...You can still buy it. Although I don't know why you would want to... As a dessert topping? A tasty dipping sauce for fruit? A thickener for hollandaise sauce? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said: As a dessert topping? A tasty dipping sauce for fruit? A thickener for hollandaise sauce? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Colmer Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 3 hours ago, cobraman said: No Tox I think it may have been called ??? Yep - NOTOX - black tube with yellow letters, smelled good, safe, unusable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 They should have called it No Stick ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 7 minutes ago, cobraman said: They should have called it No Stick ! We should be thankful for these glues today! It makes it so much easier to take apart old annuals! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Never used it. I think it came out after I discovered liquid cements and superglue. I last bought a tube of "model glue"--Testor orange tube--back in the '70 and I still have it, unopened, today. Might be a collector's item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Sniff Proof glue is another name for it. Just plain junk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 12 hours ago, Snake45 said: Never used it. I think it came out after I discovered liquid cements and superglue. I last bought a tube of "model glue"--Testor orange tube--back in the '70 and I still have it, unopened, today. Might be a collector's item. I still use tube cement...not by itself, but mixed with liquid cement. Best of both...doesn't run but is great for body and chassis work, provided you give it time to dry. But I don't remember the last time I actually bought a tube. I've usually got one laying around when needed, pulled out of a parts box or a started kit that I picked up. Same goes for X-Acto knife handles...find those in parts boxes or on "everything for a price" piles at flea markets. Soak the end in oil, get it apart to take out the busted-off blade, and it's good to go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim N Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Yes, the glues were not good, but we have to put this into historical perspective. In the 1960's and early 1970's kids were sniffing solvent based glues to get high. As I recall, a number of them did suffer brain damage. Mush like some of today's kids are inhaling the contents of the aerosol cans we use to remove dust from computer equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 My dad walked down to the hobby shop and bought my glue with me. I asked him why I could not buy it he told me the truth, but I said it stinks to bad. I had a cool and great dad always told me the truth, if I was old enough. I never sniffed glue or had the desire. That talk happened when I was 7, God rest his soul... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
440 Dakota Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 (edited) Edited August 13, 2019 by 440 Dakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotrod 97 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 I always used the “real” tube glue (until I discovered superglue), but I have experienced the blue tube lemon scented semi-bonder for a build or two. On 8/10/2019 at 8:54 AM, Snake45 said: Never used it. I think it came out after I discovered liquid cements and superglue. I last bought a tube of "model glue"--Testor orange tube--back in the '70 and I still have it, unopened, today. Might be a collector's item. I found an unopened tube of the old Orange Label model glue in a box of my Dad’s old model building tools. It very well could be a collector’s item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTrucker Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Didn't take long to figure out it didn't work worth a hoot! Went back to the original tube glue and still using it! Took an old yard sale kit apart a while back that used the lemon stuff. Not only can you still smell it for the most part it didn't set up hard at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 I remember those safe glues, none of them seemed to work as well as the old dangerous stuff. I remember Microscale Micro Weld cement, great stuff until they changed to safe cement...use MEK now, stuff works great... have to admit, I like the smell... Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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