Bob Smith industry glue

[fordlover632]

Can I use bob Smith industry glue If I can use it what kind of glue should I buy ?

[Joe Handley]

Bob Smith is typically CA glue, Epoxy, and they have a really good foam glue too. The CA or epoxy should be determined by need, since they have a variety of both. I like their tire and foam save gold label CA glues, they all work well. Some of their other CA's that are supposed to have different setting times and thicknesses, you will probaly need the kicker if it gas to stick NOW and it isn't your fingers to what ever you're holding (I found that to be a common rule for any CA), but are also good. The epoxies, 5 minute should be fine for our uses here, but if you're looking at wood R/C planes, consider the 30 minute or better epoxies. If you are building something from foam and it needs to be flexible, they have a great glue for that too, but it's not a CA like the gold label is.

[Bainford]

I use Bob Smith almost exclusively for CA glue, though I will also occasionally use those cheap single-use tubes often seen in grocery and hardware stores. Anyway, the Bob Smith CA is great stuff. It is available in several viscosities, from extra thin to gel. The viscosity, or thickness chosen will largely depend on personal preference. I generally keep a bottle of extra thin and a bottle of thick on the bench, though it is the extra thin that gets used 90% of the time. The stuff tends to thicken up after the bottle has been opened for a couple of months (all CAs will). I also use (and highly recommend) the Bob Smith CA accelerator or 'kicker'. Though it comes in a pump spray, I load some of the stuff into a pipette for application. When not using CA for a long time, or for storage of new product, keep it in the fridge for extended life.

[Miatatom]

7 hours ago, Bainford said:

I use Bob Smith almost exclusively for CA glue, though I will also occasionally use those cheap single-use tubes often seen in grocery and hardware stores. Anyway, the Bob Smith CA is great stuff. It is available in several viscosities, from extra thin to gel. The viscosity, or thickness chosen will largely depend on personal preference. I generally keep a bottle of extra thin and a bottle of thick on the bench, though it is the extra thin that gets used 90% of the time. The stuff tends to thicken up after the bottle has been opened for a couple of months (all CAs will). I also use (and highly recommend) the Bob Smith CA accelerator or 'kicker'. Though it comes in a pump spray, I load some of the stuff into a pipette for application. When not using CA for a long time, or for storage of new product, keep it in the fridge for extended life.

+1 Everything Trevor said. I use the thin and the thick with the kicker about 90% of the time.

[SfanGoch]

1 hour ago, Miatatom said:

When not using CA for a long time, or for storage of new product, keep it in the fridge for extended life.

Here's what I wrote in another thread in this section regarding storage of opened CA bottles:

Contrary to what the experten swear by, storing opened bottles in the fridge is a bad idea. Cyanoacrylate polymerizes in the presence of water. The opened bottle contains air, which contains moisture. The humidity of air already brings a sufficient amount of water for cyanoacrylate to polymerize.  When cooled, the moisture condenses and contaminates the CA, drastically shortening its shelf life. Store your opened bottles in a glass (preferably a mason jar with a rubber gasketed screw cap) or metal container with a screw on lid. Place a couple silica gel bags inside and place the CA in the container. The silica will absorb the moisture and keep the CA from deteriorating. I have 6+ year old bottles of CA stored this way and they are still good. Every month or so, take the silica bags and toss them into the oven, heating them at 225° for 15 minutes to remove the absorbed moisture.

Doubt it? That's what Google's for, gents. 

[Miatatom]

Great tip, Joe. Thanks! Where's a good source for the silica bags?

[SfanGoch]

The wife's shoe boxes. Manufacturers throw them in to keep the leather from rotting. Of course, I require them for far more important things.  

You can also get them at Office Max, Home Depot, Lowe's, Target, etc.

Edited July 14, 2018 by SfanGoch

[peteski]

Yes, I also use BSI (Bob Smith Industries) adhesives.  I especially like their CA accelerator. It is almost odorless, and does not attack styrene like some other accelerators do.

Which adhesives to get?  Whenever will suit the job at hand.  I have thin, thick and gap filling versions (for various tasks). I also often use the odorless CA for gluing clear parts (it does not fog them as regular CA does).