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I know this will cause a stirr, but what is better?

If gluing plastic to plastic use poly-cememt. For anything else (metal/resin) use superglue.

If you're poor, use superglue.

If you're not, use the proper stuff.

If you want your stuff to disintegrate into its constituent pieces when it falls off the table and bounces (it will) - invariably losing that one key part, use superglue.




Sure, it's reasonably strong and quick, but it's not permanent, and it's really weak to certain stress forces (torsion especially).

Plastic "glues" (aka cements) tend to make a permanent bond on plastics that they are designed for (you can't get a good bond on polystyrene and restic with regular polycement, but PS on PS you will need a blade to separate.

If you change your mind on model poses and weapons more often than you change underwear, use magnets ...

I do alot!of customisation and i find cement better as it fuves me rhe dreedom to still change a pose ( to a segree) if simeone oneday buys the model and think that they could if done a better job...., feel free to do if

Floyd has given you the best answer.

When sticking plastic to plastic - cement
Anything else to anything else - super glue


I, superglue everything, but my models just sit on shelves so there shouldn't be any issues with them being jostled/dropped and bits snapping off.

thanks dudes

KINGPIN54 wrote:
I do alot!of customisation and i find cement better as it fuves me rhe dreedom to still change a pose ( to a segree) if simeone oneday buys the model and think that they could if done a better job...., feel free to do if

If that is the case, super glue everything. Personally, I'll never sell my stuff, and if I do I couldn't care less what troubles the new owner has. I also won't chop already painted models up.

While superglue can snap easily, it is easy to fix and still quite strong.

kb_lock wrote:

KINGPIN54 wrote:
I do alot!of customisation and i find cement better as it fuves me rhe dreedom to still change a pose ( to a segree) if simeone oneday buys the model and think that they could if done a better job...., feel free to do if

If that is the case, super glue everything. Personally, I'll never sell my stuff, and if I do I couldn't care less what troubles the new owner has. I also won't chop already painted models up.

While superglue can snap easily, it is easy to fix and still quite strong.

This is also a good indicator for your personal goals. If you want to be able to separate pieces again in the future, use super glue. You will have a better chance at getting said separation again. With the cement the bond is essentially a permanent solution on something you happy with. With cement you will have to cut the pieces you want removed as opposed to the super glue, where the bond itself is a lot weaker and easier to meddle with. That said, other than extreme cases, I have never had a Super Glue bond break where the fix was not just a clean and re glue.

I know cent is "forever" but how do you get so many parts to work with superglue? It took me a whole night of cutting and regluing to get to this ..... How do you fo about getting it done with sg?


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By the wAy kb! Read your wY of doing yellow a while ago and. Oy does it help me with gold! Thanks bud