08-01-2011, 05:13 PM
If you use the cheap little tubes of CA, you can make a bunch of good applicators for cheap. Do you have a hobby shop that sells supplies for building radio control airplanes?
They should have lengths of 3/16" nylon tubing (this is used to sheath control cables).
Cut this into lengths of about 3". Heat the center of each length of tubing over a candle flame.
When it softens and begins to sag, stretch it out to about 8" or so.
Snip this into two, and you'll have very precise applicators (1mm or less) that fit over the tips of the CA tubes. You can buy these ready made but you can make a lot of these in a short time for a lot less money.
As others have said, the quality of CA varies. These cheap tubes from the 99ยข store are ok for some purposes but depending on what you're doing it might pay to use the Loctite stuff.
They should have lengths of 3/16" nylon tubing (this is used to sheath control cables).
Cut this into lengths of about 3". Heat the center of each length of tubing over a candle flame.
When it softens and begins to sag, stretch it out to about 8" or so.
Snip this into two, and you'll have very precise applicators (1mm or less) that fit over the tips of the CA tubes. You can buy these ready made but you can make a lot of these in a short time for a lot less money.
As others have said, the quality of CA varies. These cheap tubes from the 99ยข store are ok for some purposes but depending on what you're doing it might pay to use the Loctite stuff.