Re: Re: Duco cement alternatives

From: Jake Palmer <82.jake_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 14:53:17 -0800

4 models per oz seems awfully low to me. I haven't kept track, but I feel
like I can build at least 20 models with a tube. I would need to do a lot
of math with my building notes to say for sure, but I think an F1D has
perhaps 50mg of glue in the entire model. Models without rolled tubes or
boron have much less.

I guess I just don't worry about it when I have $50 in wood, covering,
wire, thrust bearing, boron, and carbon fiber, plus dozens of hours of my
time.

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 2:17 PM, linardic_at_yahoo.com [Indoor_Construction] <
Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
>
> Dear all
> Regarding duco cement alternatives
>
> Duco is available from devcon in usa and u.k. direct. I have purchased it
> in bulk 25 tubes in a carton a store display worked out appx 1.50 us a
> piece when I factored in the shipping. This takes some legwork but the
> folks were very helpfull and interested when I discussed my application, in
> fact i exchanged a few pics and they threw in a free carton of the glue
> thats 25 tubes free guys! Had to buy 3 cartons got 4! Great deal. I bought
> direct from Devcon as I cant get it locally but never found the adhesive
> for indoor models an issue. I more grind my teeth buying zap cya!!! By
> comparison one oz of duco I can build 4 f1d models for a glue value of
> 1.50, to make a molded carbon kevlar fuse I need 30 dollars of epoxy!
> It is the cheapest adhesive i know of.
>
> Today ambroid is not the same as it used to be so got away from it. It is
> more liquidy and lighter in colour and shrinks so much more than the old
> stuff. When plasticiced needs so much plasticizer it became useless. I
> still use it when sheetingnleading edges on outdoor models.
>
> Also in europe guys use uhu cement maybe available in us am not sure but
> expensive around 5 dollars per oz.
> Vladimir Linardic
>
>
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