filling with super glue?

How exactly do you fill gaps with super glue? Wouldn’t the glue just flow everywhere, thus ruining your model? Also, super glue leaves a type of white, flaky residue on the surface of my models, how do I get rid of that, and will that occur while filling with superglue?

Medium and thick CA glues do have gap filling capabilities. Thin on the other hand is the stuff that will run absolutely everywhere. Yes sometimes a residue will appear on the surface but can be sanded off quite easily.

RF,

For large gaps, try filling the hole / seam / whatever with baking soda first, then apply the super glue. If you put some SG on a card or piece of glass and dip some small dia. wire into it and apply w/ that, you get really good control - even w/ the thin stuff. Be sure to sand ASAP after it dries 'cuz SG can dry harder than the plastic.

RF
Most thick CA glue has printed right on the bottle GAP FILLING, it should do the trick and as Hoser said sand immediately because it is a horror to do after it cures 100%

hi why use super glue to fill , stretch some plastic sprue in a different colour to the kit and lay that in the gap , glue in the usual way leave for a couple of days and sand , can be used by pulling sprue though a hole till it fits , glue and cut off and sand , i very rarely use supper glue - after all the kit sprue is thrown away so why not use it cheers ian

Ian,

SG is faster to use. Thats the biggest plus for those of us that have no patience. [:)]

Hey robert,
SG is the best way to go in filling minor gaps and chips. Also for a lil more strength one can use baking soda mixed w/ the SG.
SG mixed w/ baking soda is a good method for fixing resin parts(minor chips,scrapes and the like).
Flaps up, Mike

hey guys why won’t you use just putty?

True, why not use some Squadron putty in the gap, cut away and sand the excess…? I get decent results with that.

i like the Zap a Gap for filling small holes because it dries so freakin fast…i dont have to wait to sand like with putty…just squirt it on, run my finger over it, sand, done…for big gaps i totally use putty, but little dents are easily fixed with the thick CA

I agree w/ mer1122, u go girl…[:p][:p][:p][;)]
Flaps up, Mike

Meridith and Butz are right. CA is fast, easy to work with and dries quickly. Really hard to screw it up if you do it right.