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I've just received news that no miniature modeler ever wants to hear - I've become hyper-sensitized (and thus, by all rights allergic) to cyanoacrylate... the special ingredient that makes things like Zap-A-Gap and many other super glues so good at what they do. My question: does anyone have any gluing alternatives that specifically don't have cyanoacrylate listed in the ingredients? How good are they?

Yeah, I'll use plastic glue on my plastic minis if I have to, but I like to use magnets on units that can swap out weapons and also I use a lot of resin and metal models (for games like Mordheim... and also just because they look cool!), and I've never really used green stuff as a bond, only to add details to the models themselves... does it create a strong bond at all, or would I be fixing things all the time?

Thanks for the thoughts so far, folks. @Sean_OBrien @BrotherVord, what 5-minute epoxies have you used? I know Gorilla Glue makes one, but I'm not sure if there are better blends out there.

@Badablack, having been someone who hasn't simply "globbed it everywhere" and uses the needle applier exclusively, I can say with experience to anyone entering the hobby to work in a well-ventilated area with fans blowing as a precaution, not after becoming hyper-sensitized. I cannot get away with any light usage (light as in gluing together 3 metal models in an evening), lest I want to feel flu-like symptoms for 2-3 days after gluing models together. It sucks, but having lived in apartments for the better part of a decade has made it difficult to find those choice areas with good ventilation... and I'm now paying the price for it.