Making sprue goo

[Fridgy]

Hey everyone

So my bottle of tet has approx 1/3 left I her and I have got another on the shelf.
I was looking at melting some sprue chunks in the old bottle.

My question is, how thick do you guys make it?

Cheers

Mick

Edited for the spelling

[Twokidsnosleep]

Haven't done mine yet either
The smart ass says as thick as you want it....not too much, not too little
I would go thinner first as easier to add TET than take away. Some more will evaporate as well
Take some pics , man

[Fridgy]

Oh my gawd.....

Bloody phone auto correct makes my spelling look atrocious

[Fridgy]

Take some pics , man

Starting with this....



Add this.......


cap on and shake the proverbial out of it.....

have set it aside for now and will see how it is in the AM....

[digger303]

pile it up in the bottle until half the pile is not in glue, after that you adjust to your needs or mix another batch at a different constituency. You don't have to cut it up too fine 20mm bits is ok.

[digger303]

Oh my gawd.....

Bloody phone auto correct makes my spelling look atrocious

Thank god for spell check My spelling is atrocious....

[Twokidsnosleep]

Glad you are having a go at this first so I can follow along in your footsteps
It would seem no precise technique and not rocket surgery
Have had two bottles of TET in use for years now awaiting one to evaporate
More of a CA glue guy I think

I thought that language was just Foster's inspired Australian...I read all your posts with an outrageous Aussie accent btw
You too Digger, but I add a swear or crikey every third word

[Fridgy]

Glad you are having a go at this first so I can follow along in your footsteps
It would seem no precise technique and not rocket surgery
Have had two bottles of TET in use for years now awaiting one to evaporate
More of a CA glue guy I think

I thought that language was just Foster's inspired Australian...I read all your posts with an outrageous Aussie accent btw
You too Digger, but I add a swear or crikey every third word

Am I supposed to let some of the tet evaporate?

[digger303]

Glad you are having a go at this first so I can follow along in your footsteps
It would seem no precise technique and not rocket surgery
Have had two bottles of TET in use for years now awaiting one to evaporate
More of a CA glue guy I think

I thought that language was just Foster's inspired Australian...I read all your posts with an outrageous Aussie accent btw
You too Digger, but I add a swear or crikey every third word

Am I supposed to let some of the tet evaporate?

Our Canadian fiend has just muddied the waters... .... No don't let your glue evaporate.

One thing I forgot to add and that is the type of plastic you use for this makes a difference to the out come.I have yet to perform any real testing to confirm this, but I strongly suspect I'm right as some plastic don't take the glue as well as others. Same when stretching sprue. I have used a softer type to make my sludge. Once applied the thicker it is applied the longer it takes to completely dry. On a big job I might leave it a day.

[Fridgy]

Glad you are having a go at this first so I can follow along in your footsteps
It would seem no precise technique and not rocket surgery
Have had two bottles of TET in use for years now awaiting one to evaporate
More of a CA glue guy I think

I thought that language was just Foster's inspired Australian...I read all your posts with an outrageous Aussie accent btw
You too Digger, but I add a swear or crikey every third word

Am I supposed to let some of the tet evaporate?

Our Canadian fiend has just muddied the waters... .... No don't let your glue evaporate.

One thing I forgot to add and that is the type of plastic you use for this makes a difference to the out come.I have yet to perform any real testing to confirm this, but I strongly suspect I'm right as some plastic don't take the glue as well as others. Same when stretching sprue. I have used a softer type to make my sludge. Once applied the thicker it is applied the longer it takes to completely dry. On a big job I might leave it a day.

Ahh ok

I have been using the sprue from my italeri f35, it seems reasonably soft.
I have yet to check on it this morning... im being a sloth, it's cold and freaking windy, and hey I'm on long service leave so I'm allowed to be lazy

[digger303]

I thought that language was just Foster's inspired Australian...I read all your posts with an outrageous Aussie accent btw
You too Digger, but I add a swear or crikey every third word

Stero typing....how gauche

ps you forgot I'm a farmer as well....straw hanging from between my teeth cause they are so big from the inbreeding

[Fridgy]

pile it up in the bottle until half the pile is not in glue, after that you adjust to your needs or mix another batch at a different constituency. You don't have to cut it up too fine 20mm bits is ok.

Holy crap.... I completely missed this post digger...

So more sprue is going to be needed

[Fridgy]

Starting to thicken up a little

Added some more cut up sprue

Also removed the TET label so that I don"t have a moment and grab the wrong bottle....



Will wait till this afternoon to see how it goes thickness wise etc

[Twokidsnosleep]

So is there a better sprue brand to use ??
ie Is Tamiya sprue better than Revell
I have Evergreen thin sheets I could cut up, would that be even better??
Crikey

[Fridgy]

Crikey

You flaming galah!!

[Twokidsnosleep]

Crikey

You flaming galah!!

I gotta look that one up...it doesn't sound good

[Fridgy]

Crikey

You flaming galah!!

I gotta look that one up...it doesn't sound good

A Flaming Galah is Australian slang for someone who is a bit doofus, a bit of a fool, a bit of a mentalist but nonetheless is a very loveablecreature.

A Flaming Galah is a person who makes a fool of themselves but isn't afraid to laugh at themselves when everyone else starts laughing at them.

"Davo mate, you poured friggin' sugar instead ofsalt all over your burger."

"I'm gonna eat it anyway."

"Struth mate, you're a Flaming Galah."

[Twokidsnosleep]

Ahh it is a bird

[b]gaa·lah
ɡəˈlä/
noun
a small Australian cockatoo with a gray back and rosy pink head and underparts, abundant and regarded as a pest.
[/b]

I do have rosy pink underparts and in many circles am regarded as a pest
Crap, I AM a flaming galah

[Twokidsnosleep]

You flaming galah!!

I gotta look that one up...it doesn't sound good

A Flaming Galah is Australian slang for someone who is a bit doofus, a bit of a fool, a bit of a mentalist but nonetheless is a very loveablecreature.

A Flaming Galah is a person who makes a fool of themselves but isn't afraid to laugh at themselves when everyone else starts
laughing at them.


"Davo mate, you poured friggin' sugar instead ofsalt all over your burger."

"I'm gonna eat it anyway."

"Struth mate, you're a Flaming Galah."

Hey if you can't laugh at yourself, you aren't trying hard enough
Case in point, I did the Elf trick in the hotel's circular door thing tonight..you know where he goes round and round in it until he pukes.
I only went once...and my kids walked away from the General area immediately and disowned me!!!
Traitorous Koalas

[Fridgy]

I love embarrassing both my step daughter and my partner....

I have no shame.... and for someone about to turn 40 I act more like a 10 yr old

[Twokidsnosleep]

I love embarrassing both my step daughter and my partner....

I have no shame.... and for someone about to turn 40 I act more like a 10 yr old

I need to be in the correct company to act like a doofus, otherwise very quiet and conservative
Unfortunate for my kids, they ARE the right company for dooficity!!!

[Fridgy]

I love embarrassing both my step daughter and my partner....

I have no shame.... and for someone about to turn 40 I act more like a 10 yr old

I need to be in the correct company to act like a doofus, otherwise very quiet and conservative
Unfortunate for my kids, they ARE the right company for dooficity!!!

[digger303]

I love embarrassing both my step daughter and my partner....

I have no shame.... and for someone about to turn 40 I act more like a 10 yr old

I need to be in the correct company to act like a doofus, otherwise very quiet and conservative
Unfortunate for my kids, they ARE the right company for dooficity!!!

Ya hit the nail on the head Fridgy.....definitely a GALAH !....We Aussies love our galahs you would fit right in. In fact I might nominate ya as a honouree Aussie. A couple of rums in ya at a barby and the night has a very good cance of being memorable.... .....should have said a couple of bloodies in there to under line the Aussie accent.....

Hell this thread really starting to take off

[Fridgy]

I love embarrassing both my step daughter and my partner....

I have no shame.... and for someone about to turn 40 I act more like a 10 yr old

I need to be in the correct company to act like a doofus, otherwise very quiet and conservative
Unfortunate for my kids, they ARE the right company for dooficity!!!

Ya hit the nail on the head Fridgy.....definitely a GALAH !....We Aussies love our galahs you would fit right in. In fact I might nominate ya as a honouree Aussie. A couple of rums in ya at a barby and the night has a very good cance of being memorable.... .....should have said a couple of bloodies in there to under line the Aussie accent.....

Hell this thread really starting to take off

I would second that nomination

Hell I would vote for scott to be pm!

I can picture it now.... spiced rum and doofus day public holiday!

[digger303]

I need to be in the correct company to act like a doofus, otherwise very quiet and conservative
Unfortunate for my kids, they ARE the right company for dooficity!!!

Ya hit the nail on the head Fridgy.....definitely a GALAH !....We Aussies love our galahs you would fit right in. In fact I might nominate ya as a honouree Aussie. A couple of rums in ya at a barby and the night has a very good cance of being memorable.... .....should have said a couple of bloodies in there to under line the Aussie accent.....

Hell this thread really starting to take off

I would second that nomination

Hell I would vote for scott to be pm!

I can picture it now.... spiced rum and doofus day public holiday!

HECK YEAH.
A PM with a sense of humour and common sense....wouldn't that be novel !
Actually after spending the right amount of time as a Galah in a place that is a bit sparse....We may even up grade you to Character status. That's a real big deal....the skies the limit...

[Twokidsnosleep]

WOOOHOOO I am an unofficial Aussie!!!!
I can put shrimps on barbies and carry whomping big knives and everything
Now all my childhood of Jake and his middle leg, tying down kangaroos and watlzing with Matilda will not go to waste
Of course I will have a touque on and all times just to stay Canadian

You guys are a blast

[digger303]

WOOOHOOO I am an unofficial Aussie!!!!
I can put shrimps on barbies and carry whomping big knives and everything
Now all my childhood of Jake and his middle leg, tying down kangaroos and watlzing with Matilda will not go to waste
Of course I will have a touque on and all times just to stay Canadian

You guys are a blast

Might be a bit late to put the horse back in the corral, but we like to begin with understatement and a level of reserve....

[OW81]

Funny thread but, what’s the best way to make sprue goo?

How many parts of Tamiya Extra Thin to sprue / plastic?

[Gary30]

Funny thread but, what’s the best way to make sprue goo?

How many parts of Tamiya Extra Thin to sprue / plastic?

A bit and a bit, I don't think there is an exact science, I made my batch when I had about 1/4 of a bottle of TET left and then I just started adding bits of sprue, chopped up into rice sized pieces, quick shake, leave it for a few hours / days, have a look at the consistency, too thin, kept adding plastic until it was the consistency I wanted.

[digger303]

Funny thread but, what’s the best way to make sprue goo?

How many parts of Tamiya Extra Thin to sprue / plastic?

Gary's right just add enough to your happy with the consistency. I start by just putting in enough in small bits to the pile rises about a 1cm above the glue.

[Donkeywalloper]

Very interesting (strokes chin ), very interesting.
Unfortunately, still have 3/4 of bottle in use and a full tub in draws.
This below, has only worked on small gaps, i.e. where assembling figures in 1/35, the join between torso and legs, has a little gap / crevice .
I have tried a little trick recently, of sanding a spot above or below the small crack / crevice, leaving the plastic sanding dust in place, then using a bit of TET to wash the sanded plastic into the crevice.
It seems to work quite well, but only on small cracks.
If this is already known and in the domain, my apologies for being a goon .
Cheers
DW

[Twokidsnosleep]

This thread about sprue glue had slightly less silly ness...only slightly
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=23772&hilit=sprue+glue

Yes you are doing styrene glue in the same way sanding it into a seam...like how you seal a woodworking joint with glue and sawdust.

[OW81]

Cheers for the replies. I ended up making a batch out of a half bottle of TET and some cut up Pla Plate. Three 15x1cm (1.5mm) strips that I then diced up. Maybe just a bit on the thick side but I can add some more TET.