Styrene cements

[Cato]

I regularly use Tamiya Extra Thin and Flexifile, am familiar with Weld-On, which are all about the same (being MEK); good for capillary joining and very fast. But I'd like to know if there's a similar cement which has some more working time and is a bit thicker. I'm not talking about Ambroid or tube glues (too thick) and not talking CA's. That's another whole topic.

Anything available that fits my description?

[SSNJim]

Model Master 8872C is what I use. It seems to be a little thick, and has a good working time. It comes in a baseball diamond shaped bottle with a long thin applicator. The Model Master version has a metal applicator, and the Testors version has a plastic one. Same cement, different bottles - I prefer the metal.

[greger]

i just got some humbrol precision poly cement and i really like it. 

[peteski]

I regularly use Tamiya Extra Thin and Flexifile, am familiar with Weld-On, which are all about the same (being MEK); good for capillary joining and very fast. But I'd like to know if there's a similar cement which has some more working time and is a bit thicker. I'm not talking about Ambroid or tube glues (too thick) and not talking CA's. That's another whole topic.

Anything available that fits my description?

The Tamiya liquid cement I have (don't remember which one) is acetone-based and WeldOn I have is methylene chloride. Both are very fast (methylene chloride is the fastest).   My Testors Liquid Cement is MEK-based and it is much slower evaporating that the other 2 I mentioned.  That is the slowest liquid cement I have encountered.

 

There are also some non-toxic liquid cement (they use some sort of citrus oils). They have much slower evaporating time but I would stay away from them because they never really fully evaporate.  Especially when large areas are glued. Even after few months you can see some distortion on the styrene develop from where the cement was applied.

[Cato]

Great help and chemistry lesson too! Thanks all...

[Snake45]

The Tamiya liquid cement I have (don't remember which one) is acetone-based and WeldOn I have is methylene chloride. Both are very fast (methylene chloride is the fastest).   My Testors Liquid Cement is MEK-based and it is much slower evaporating that the other 2 I mentioned.  That is the slowest liquid cement I have encountered.

 

Agree with this completely.