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every damn time i open my UHU to glue something, a huge amount of UHU just rushing out , can anybody please advice??

many thanks!!!!

UHU expands from the heat of your fingers. There is no need to squeeze the tube. Just unscrew the lid and hold it, it should trickle out without pressure. Keep it somewhere cool.

But when i put it to rest and use it let say a day later, it still oozes out and make a mess on my table........ but i will keep in mind not to squeeze the tube, so thanks!!

Sounds like something I have happen with my Testors glue that I buy in a tube. It would sometimes do the same thing, open it up and it would ooze out.

Something I did to help that, it was getting air bubbles in the tube, so I would tap it on the table with the bottom of the tube, to force the bottles to the top to escape. Just something that works for me.

 DarkKnights44 wrote:
Sounds like something I have happen with my Testors glue that I buy in a tube. It would sometimes do the same thing, open it up and it would ooze out.

Something I did to help that, it was getting air bubbles in the tube, so I would tap it on the table with the bottom of the tube, to force the bottles to the top to escape. Just something that works for me.

thanks mate!!!

Did tapping work for you?

Use it in the shower. That way when you really need it, you will be less likely to ooze out whenever you don't want it to..

 DarkKnights44 wrote:
Did tapping work for you?

hmm, might try that, thanks!!


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Just found out putting it vertically helps, oh well.......

As well as not squeezing tubes and reducing body heat from hands, I find holding tubes either very close to cap when opening them or the very end (tail end of the tube) puts least pressure on the contents. I would recommend near the cap more so than the tail end though if you can get enough grip on it.

Cautionary tale ensuing: I once had disastrous results using the tail end thinking I was being smart, because it had more leverage for turning cap, only for me to lapse concentration put too much turn onto a stuck cap.
The result was a rather spectacular splurge as the tail end creased and doubled in half up to about a about 2inches just as the cap came undone, I reckon in terms of pressure I might as well have squeezed the tube in a clenched fist! Lucky I didn't have my work anywhere near and was working in college studios on some art experiments rather than over anything of any great value. To this day I cringe at the thought of having to clean the mess it made off carpet in the house

Mostly I'm not too precious about over spill I just tend to make a cradle for the tube to sit in/on elevated above a protected work area and let it get on with it. I use something other than the tube to apply it for for smaller/finer application work like a cocktail stick whilst it's in it's splurge phase Once you've used some of the contents, a lot of the pressure will ease off if you can keep it from getting warm in your hands. Also try letting gravity help you out keeping tubes upright when squeezing and letting gravity help slow it down,and occasionally reverse a squeeze that might spill. Also using a rest/cradle for the tube so it's tilted up is useful again putting gravity to good use.

 shifter_warg wrote:
As well as not squeezing tubes and reducing body heat from hands, I find holding tubes either very close to cap when opening them or the very end (tail end of the tube) puts least pressure on the contents. I would recommend near the cap more so than the tail end though if you can get enough grip on it.

Cautionary tale ensuing: I once had disastrous results using the tail end thinking I was being smart, because it had more leverage for turning cap, only for me to lapse concentration put too much turn onto a stuck cap.
The result was a rather spectacular splurge as the tail end creased and doubled in half up to about a about 2inches just as the cap came undone, I reckon in terms of pressure I might as well have squeezed the tube in a clenched fist! Lucky I didn't have my work anywhere near and was working in college studios on some art experiments rather than over anything of any great value. To this day I cringe at the thought of having to clean the mess it made off carpet in the house

Mostly I'm not too precious about over spill I just tend to make a cradle for the tube to sit in/on elevated above a protected work area and let it get on with it. I use something other than the tube to apply it for for smaller/finer application work like a cocktail stick whilst it's in it's splurge phase Once you've used some of the contents, a lot of the pressure will ease off if you can keep it from getting warm in your hands. Also try letting gravity help you out keeping tubes upright when squeezing and letting gravity help slow it down,and occasionally reverse a squeeze that might spill. Also using a rest/cradle for the tube so it's tilted up is useful again putting gravity to good use.

yea, what happen to you sound familiar