Tamiya Extra Thin Cement

[Sturm]

I have been using Tamiya's Extra Thin Cement for awhile and noticed that it does not adhere properly. It take a ton of amount to get the parts to stick ( no pun intended ) and takes awhile to dry.My Testors and Hornby cements work a bit better.
Just wondering if any of you have the same problem,or did I just get a defective product?

[ForbesHutton]

Are you attaching the parts and then touching the brush to the joint and letting the capillary action get it into place?

If you brush it on to one or both of the surfaces and then join then, most of it will have evaporated in a couple of seconds, before you can get the parts together.

[Sturm]

Are you attaching the parts and then touching the brush to the joint and letting the capillary action get it into place?

If you brush it on to one or both of the surfaces and then join then, most of it will have evaporated in a couple of seconds, before you can get the parts together.

Well I tried that, it worked. Who buys a product and does not know how to use it? Idiot
Thanks for the intructions mate, better delete this post before I suffer anymore humiliation

[ForbesHutton]

Don't worry. Putting the parts together, then gluing is counter to the way everyone does it, right up until they get TET.

[CharleyGnarlyP290]

Glad you got it figured out. This just goes to show that multiple tools are needed for modelling. I love the Tamiya Extra Thin and have always had great results with it, but sometimes something a bit thicker is needed, like the Testors in the black container with the long metal applicator needle. That one is handy if I need to apply the cement then affix the part... especially if I need to adjust it a bit.

[bluebottle]

Tamiya also do a regular consistency if Extra thin doesn't work for you....

[Avgas]

Normal Tam glue with the white top is pretty good if you need time to put parts together. Same bottle asTET but white top.

[Sturm]

Thanks for all the tips!

[Plopper]

I'm going to have to try the white top one then as I can't get used to the extra thin, it's just too fast for my old hands to handle!

[Stokesy44]

TET is the greatest invention since Women!

I use it almost exclusively, save for PE and canopies. I've been using it on my 1/72 Revell Fine Moulds Millennium Falcon (yes, the 900 parts one) and I tell you, I've just finished the upper engine deck and if I hadn't used TET, my hands would be stuck to the kit by now and the kit would be stuck to my face!!!!

[hockeyfan2013]

I've been using Tamiya extra thin cement for the last two years and I haven't had any problems with parts not sticking together.
I would highly recommended this product to anyone .

[RoscoRSA]

I have been using the "normal" Extra Thin religiously since I restarted this hobby about 2 years ago (I already finished 1 bottle, and have already started my second) BUT I recently got my hands on this:

http://www.tamiya.com/english/products/87182/index.htm

The Quick setting Tamiya extra thin is powerful to a degree that I have never seen before.

[Twokidsnosleep]

I was using it wrong, thanks for the tips!!!

[Stokesy44]

Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up Tamiya Extra Thin.

[Sturm]

Okay so I had another go at Tamiya Extra Thin again this time using the capillary action. Unfortunately this didn't work either, I decided to check if the Tamiya plastic on my Hetzer was the problem so I tested it on a scrap piece of revell plastic. Same results, the parts would not adhere and would easily snap off. This is proving to be a problem as I'm at the track assembly stage on my Hetzer. Tracks are constantly breaking off, I'm having to use large amounts of cement and it looks awful. I know you guys worship TET but it seems to hate me. Like I said perhaps I got a defective product, I think I'll try Tamiya's normal cement and see how it works out.

[digger303]

Okay so I had another go at Tamiya Extra Thin again this time using the capillary action. Unfortunately this didn't work either, I decided to check if the Tamiya plastic on my Hetzer was the problem so I tested it on a scrap piece of revell plastic. Same results, the parts would not adhere and would easily snap off. This is proving to be a problem as I'm at the track assembly stage on my Hetzer. Tracks are constantly breaking off, I'm having to use large amounts of cement and it looks awful. I know you guys worship TET but it seems to hate me. Like I said perhaps I got a defective product, I think I'll try Tamiya's normal cement and see how it works out.

Any possibility it was contaminated with something else.....I have a bottle like that. That I received from an ex modeler and it has actually color. I have used it and It doesn't seem to be quiet as good as my stuff.

[wookiee76]

Use a slower setting glue like revell contacta for tracks as the tet sets too quickly to be able to shape them round the sprocket etc.

[Sturm]

Any possibility it was contaminated with something else.....I have a bottle like that. That I received from an ex modeler and it has actually color. I have used it and It doesn't seem to be quiet as good as my stuff.

It might be contaminated with something however it has not colored. It's all clear liquid like it should be. If it is contaminated I have no idea what would have caused it.