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Question about using green-stuff to fill joints.

Basically, when you use GS to fill the gaps in a joint (like the arm joint on a metal model), what do you glue?

Do you just put GS in the socket, then press the ball section in, and smoothe out the seem and let it dry?
Do you remove things and apply super glue?

Do you only use this technique with pins?


In general, do people glue greenstuff into place or let it dry into place as its own glue?

Lastly, my GS never gets un-tacky. Is that too much blue or too much yellow? I can never remember.

too much yellow, sounds like... Or old GS?

Anyways, for small stuff, I find that a bit of GS in there will hold on just fine, as long as people aren´t really rough handed with the models.

And yeah, I do pin, but mostly for bigger/tricky stuff, not for small things.

I slather both sides of the joint in super glue, then push a tiny disc of freshly mixed GS into the joint. I then chop away the excess. It usually bonds rock solid.

If I'm concerned about the structural integrity of the join, I'll pin it. That way, I can take my time with the GS work around it, and not be afraid of breaking it.

Great! Thanks guys.

I had tried Eldramesha's method, but I think my glue got on the sides of the GS.

My GS is, now that I think about it, 5 years old... probably should get some new stuff.

GS does change as it ages, so try to get some new stuff.

As for "gap filling" I usually wait to see if the GS will hold by itself. Sometimes it doesn't but after it cures, it is the "perfect" shape for later super glue repairs.

When i glued my 3 Penitent Engines(which are a pain to assemble) I just smeared the contact points full of GS and applied a dot of the strongest glue i could find. Then i just removed the excessive GS... too bad i figured this out when i did my last Penitent.

Well it worked like a charm.