Freethinker
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Hi everyone;
I had an order for a Breast Cancer Awareness pen with a white Aquapearl blank.
I painted the brass tubes white, and was using 2 part epoxy (I really don't trust CA glue long term for things like this) to glue them in, as I always do.
I added a little white paint to the glue mixture, and it turned a putrid shade of yellow, although a somewhat pale yellow. I though -- "Ah, it probably will not show thru."
Wrong.
As soon as the blanks were rounded and nearing correct size, the sick looking yellow color came thru.
Arrrgh! Two ruined blanks. The yellow color destroyed the beautiful dazzling white effect the blanks should have given. And, it was the last white aquapearl blank i had on hand.
I use CA extensively, and finish with it on all wooden blanks, and have NO problem with using it for that...
...but I have many times had joints (wood to wood, aluminum to wood, aluminum to plastic, you name it) fail when using CA and for joints that I want to be very strong, I have always used 2 part epoxy.
So....can painted brass tubes be successfully glued into plastic blanks with CA glue? CA ,being clear, should not cause the yellow color, but it just seemed to me that CA was not strong enough for the critical connection between the tubes and blanks.
Are there any added precautions or techniques i can use to make sure the CA glued tubes (into plastic blanks) have adequate strength?
Thanks for any help you can give.
I had an order for a Breast Cancer Awareness pen with a white Aquapearl blank.
I painted the brass tubes white, and was using 2 part epoxy (I really don't trust CA glue long term for things like this) to glue them in, as I always do.
I added a little white paint to the glue mixture, and it turned a putrid shade of yellow, although a somewhat pale yellow. I though -- "Ah, it probably will not show thru."
Wrong.
As soon as the blanks were rounded and nearing correct size, the sick looking yellow color came thru.
Arrrgh! Two ruined blanks. The yellow color destroyed the beautiful dazzling white effect the blanks should have given. And, it was the last white aquapearl blank i had on hand.
I use CA extensively, and finish with it on all wooden blanks, and have NO problem with using it for that...
...but I have many times had joints (wood to wood, aluminum to wood, aluminum to plastic, you name it) fail when using CA and for joints that I want to be very strong, I have always used 2 part epoxy.
So....can painted brass tubes be successfully glued into plastic blanks with CA glue? CA ,being clear, should not cause the yellow color, but it just seemed to me that CA was not strong enough for the critical connection between the tubes and blanks.
Are there any added precautions or techniques i can use to make sure the CA glued tubes (into plastic blanks) have adequate strength?
Thanks for any help you can give.