CA tips ... tippettes

[Willee]

Sorry for the post.

Monty can fix you up with something that is the right color.

 

[Skye]

You're using something called 'tippettes' and using CA with a pink label and cap. That's just not right.

 

[jskeen]

You're using something called 'tippettes' and using CA with a pink label and cap. That's just not right.

You're a funny Guy

Don't mind him, if he don't behave we just make him leave for a while, but he keeps coming back.

 

[rjwolfe3]

I need to use some of your CA. My medium always clogs at the tip and then over time turns into thick and then a hard blob and that is with the cap on. I normally lose about 1/3 of each medium bottle. I guess I need to use it up quicker lol.

BTW I am using Monty's glue if that matters.

I never put any caps/tips on CA bottles anymore..
They don't clog now, and they don't stick

 

[olsenla]

I never cap my CA after I'm done putting a finish on and it stays good for months without setting-up.

Larry

 

[Monty]

I need to use some of your CA. My medium always clogs at the tip and then over time turns into thick and then a hard blob and that is with the cap on. I normally lose about 1/3 of each medium bottle. I guess I need to use it up quicker lol.

BTW I am using Monty's glue if that matters.

I never put any caps/tips on CA bottles anymore..
They don't clog now, and they don't stick

Then you are touching the tip to something and causing the CA to set. I have found that as I'm applying the CA, if I'm careful and don't touch the tip to the blank or towel and contaminate it with something like dust or moisture, the tip will stay clean.

 

[rjwolfe3]

Monty, I didn't mean to imply that your glue was bad or anything. On the contrary I love your glue, it's the only glue I buy. I was just relating what happens when I leave the cap off. Keep in mind it takes me over a year to go through a bottle of medium so I think that is why the glue thickens/hardens over time.

I need to use some of your CA. My medium always clogs at the tip and then over time turns into thick and then a hard blob and that is with the cap on. I normally lose about 1/3 of each medium bottle. I guess I need to use it up quicker lol.

BTW I am using Monty's glue if that matters.

I never put any caps/tips on CA bottles anymore..
They don't clog now, and they don't stick

Then you are touching the tip to something and causing the CA to set. I have found that as I'm applying the CA, if I'm careful and don't touch the tip to the blank or towel and contaminate it with something like dust or moisture, the tip will stay clean.

 

[Monty]

Monty, I didn't mean to imply that your glue was bad or anything. On the contrary I love your glue, it's the only glue I buy. I was just relating what happens when I leave the cap off. Keep in mind it takes me over a year to go through a bottle of medium so I think that is why the glue thickens/hardens over time.

I need to use some of your CA. My medium always clogs at the tip and then over time turns into thick and then a hard blob and that is with the cap on. I normally lose about 1/3 of each medium bottle. I guess I need to use it up quicker lol.

BTW I am using Monty's glue if that matters.

I never put any caps/tips on CA bottles anymore..
They don't clog now, and they don't stick

Then you are touching the tip to something and causing the CA to set. I have found that as I'm applying the CA, if I'm careful and don't touch the tip to the blank or towel and contaminate it with something like dust or moisture, the tip will stay clean.

Didn't take it that way. I was pointing out what can cause the tip to get clogged.

 

[Padre]

You're using something called 'tippettes' and using CA with a pink label and cap. That's just not right.

:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: Now that's funny! :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

 

[Padre]

Keep in mind it takes me over a year to go through a bottle of medium so I think that is why the glue thickens/hardens over time.

I think the glue would just go bad in that time, cap or no cap. But leaving
the cap off doesn't make it go bad sooner.. and all of my caps were getting
stuck on the bottles so I'd have to use pliers to get them off.
Now I'm more careful, and as Monty mentioned, I don't touch the tips to
anything. Open bottles.. good for months and months and no clogs.

Do you keep the glue in the fridge???

 

[byounghusband]

OK... I'll bite... How much does a bag of 1000 cost?

 

[ed4copies]

I think the glue gets "thicker" if the humidity is high.

I also don't cap it, and store it in my basement shop. Summertime it seems my medium turns to thick by the end of the summer!!

Also found out you can add thin to thick (that is a little too thick) and it turns thinner--let sit for a day or so to mix--no stirring required--but it helps speed the process.

 

[tool-man]

They come in many sizes - the question might be which ones fit Manny's bottles of CA. Prices on Amazon are as low as $12.99 a thousand.

OK... I'll bite... How much does a bag of 1000 cost?

 

[Woodlvr]

[Then you are touching the tip to something and causing the CA to set. I have found that as I'm applying the CA, if I'm careful and don't touch the tip to the blank or towel and contaminate it with something like dust or moisture, the tip will stay clean.]

Thanks Monty- That is what must be happening to my glue. I do not use it very fast but I am not very careful when I use it, now I know better.

 

[PenMan1]

I think the glue gets "thicker" if the humidity is high.

I also don't cap it, and store it in my basement shop. Summertime it seems my medium turns to thick by the end of the summer!!

Also found out you can add thin to thick (that is a little too thick) and it turns thinner--let sit for a day or so to mix--no stirring required--but it helps speed the process.

Living in an area where summer conditions are typicall 100 degrees and 85 to 99% humidity ( unless it's raining, then it is more humid), I can tell you for a fact that temp and humidity WILL significantly increase the viscosity of CA.

I buy CA, usually a pint or quart at the time, and a bunch of little 2 oz bottles. When the CA arrives, I immediately transfer the big bottles into the little bottles, leaving no room for air and then seal each bottle with an "uncut nozzle". I put all but one of the 2 oz bottles in the shop refrigerator. When the bottle left out of the refrigerator is only 1/4 full, I pull another small bottle out of the fridge to warm up for a few hours.

That is the only way I can keep fresh CA here.

 

[ctubbs]

Thanks for the lesson on CA. I always let the tip touch what it is being aplied to and then have to throw away half full bottles that are hard.

 

[Grizz]

I think this thread was stolen. :redface:

 

[rjwolfe3]

Not stolen, hijacked and I apologize to the OP for my part in that.:frown:

I think this thread was stolen. :redface:

 

[Skye]

$13 for 1000? Good gravy, that's a lot of tips!