Willee
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Sorry for the post.
Monty can fix you up with something that is the right color.
Monty can fix you up with something that is the right color.
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You're using something called 'tippettes' and using CA with a pink label and cap. That's just not right.
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.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.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
Didn't take it that way. I was pointing out what can cause the tip to get clogged.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.
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.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
:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: Now that's funny! :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:You're using something called 'tippettes' and using CA with a pink label and cap. That's just not right.
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.
OK... I'll bite... How much does a bag of 1000 cost?
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.
I think this thread was stolen. :redface: