I have seen many posts on here regarding the wonders of tenax. There is also a lot of talk about how to apply it to the parts you are working with. Ive read posts on everthing from Touch and Go applicators to tooth picks.
Can you post pics or explain the tools that you use for this product. Im espically interested in the Touch n go application. I cant seem to find it and cant explain it to my LHS cause i dont know what it looks like. Please help if you can
Regards
Swandive76
I use the Touch and Flow, which is what you are probably referring to, for Tenax, and find the tool well worth the cost of buying it. I purchased mine from Micromark:
HTH,
Mark
[#ditto] I have even purchased several of them. The reason, mine rolled off of the modeling desk and broke. I ordered four of them and still have three left. Well worth the price.
hey i couldnt get a touch n flow applicator here so i made my own…
just get urself as hypodermic needle point, the cut the tip off so its flat (the hole may block up, use a dremel with a cutting disc , if u doint have a dremel, cut it with pliers than sand/file it down till its open.), then just sand the tip so the edge is bevelled (no sharp edges!), then attach the needle tip to a pen casing or something similar and ur ready to go!!!
just a word of advice, i did the above technique, and tried it with water, but it wouldnt work, so if ur testing it to c if itll work, use t6enax or tamiya extra thin, not water…
my mum is a nurse so she brought me a whole heap of tips of diff sizes, so i have two, one thick and one thin
hope this helps…
One of my favorite tools for applying liquid cements like Tenax is the drafting pen.Here is a pic of a couple different size pens from my tool kit.
here ya go… sorry about the quality I haven’t had my coffee yet… click on the pic for the enlargement…
the case it comes in:
the pen itself:
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if ya feel like ordering online here is the exact link…
http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?MerchantID=RET01229&Action=Catalog&Type=Product&ID=81778
thats actually a cool idea! you dont have probs with it evaporating too fast fron the tip?
It works great for me and doesn’t evaporate too fast. You can control the flow of the cement by the distance between the pen tips. I have a Touch-N-Flow (you can see it in the tool box drawer above) but the drafting pen works better for me 95% of the time. Another bonus is you can use the drafting pen for CA glues. If you choose to use it for “Super Glues” you just clean up with straight acetone.
cool! yeah I used to draft so I saw that and hit myself on the head and said “why didn’t I think of that” … oh well, I’m happy with what I use but thought that was a neat way to use them…