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Go ahead and strip your models and then see if you can pull the pieces apart without breaking anything. If the pieces have clear stuff stuck to them, it's superglue. If the piece looks sorta melted at the join spot, it's plastic cement.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/353165/2551740.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/353165/2551740.page GMT Re:Plastic Glue vs. Super Glue Sorry if that doesn't help

Aquaterry]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/353165/2551743.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/353165/2551743.page GMT Plastic Glue vs. Super Glue http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/353165/2552229.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/353165/2552229.page GMT Plastic Glue vs. Super Glue
Sometimes it's also fairly easy to break off an arm assembled with superglue which is not the case with plastic glue. You can try carefully and if it breaks off and looks white it's super glue.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/353165/2552279.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/353165/2552279.page GMT Plastic Glue vs. Super Glue
You can just try snapping a random part off (like a backpack, won't damage the model) and if it come off with a loud snap and you see dried, clear stuff then it's superglue.

If it's hard for you to snap then it's probably plastic glue.

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Mizeran wrote:If the models are in plastic which I assume it's sometimes possible to tell if there are gaps in the joints. In that case they are more likely in models assembled with superglue since plastic glue melts the two plastic components together.
The problem is that most superglues also act as fillers (think greenstuff putty) as well as glue. Given that plastic models fit together pretty tight anyway, there shouldn't be any gaps regardless of glue type.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/353165/2552798.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/353165/2552798.page GMT Plastic Glue vs. Super Glue http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/353165/2552913.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/353165/2552913.page GMT Plastic Glue vs. Super Glue
Superglue should also weaken when/if you strip the models, I know Dettol certainly did when I stripped some old metal Terminators.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/353165/2553421.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/353165/2553421.page GMT Plastic Glue vs. Super Glue
If you soak it in Simple Green for a day or so, it'll significantly weaken the bonds. The right pressure in the right direction will usually snap them clean anyway though. It's possible to use a hobby knife or similar thin blade to weasel into a crack, twist, and pop the joint that way too, although you need to be darn careful you don't snap the blade.

I've heard that freezing it works as well, but it's been an epic fail the two times I tried it (Plasic broke before the bond did).

If it IS bonded with plastic cement, you can sometimes use a razer saw to seperate the part. You'll lose a good 1/16" of material though, so you need to be pretty judicious on how you employ it. I ended up with a pair of Defilers that I had to take the saw too, but I magnetized them anyway so the bit of material I lost didn't really matter (Plus vehicles are large enough to be pretty forgiving).]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/353165/2555605.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/353165/2555605.page GMT