Easy CA application

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I know very few people read the last comment on a thread. I have been making pens at the DMZ here in Korea for two years now and have had to think outside the box a few times. The easiest method I have found for appling CA glue to a pen blank is:

NITRILE INDUSTRIAL GLOVES! Buy a box of gloves, cut the finger off the glove, slide the finger condom on and ues it to smooth a thin bead of glue on your pen blank. Wipe the CA off the finger tip with a cloth and you can apply several coats with the same finger tip. The box comes with 100 gloves, five fingers each, so 500 applicators.:biggrin:
Most be NITRILE, CA glue will melt latex! The nitrile does not soak up the glue like the paper towel and you can smooth the glue better with the glove. Doesn't leave fussies either or lint. Plus it does not smoke like the paper towels. Since it does not soak up the glue more glue for the pens none for the towels. Plus it stays on your finger unlike the plastic baggies:usflag:

 

[leehljp]

I use gloves as you noted and have used latex (Japanese versions when I was there.) But you are right, those gloves do make it go on smooth. I have been doing that for about 5 to 6 years.

I still use Paper Towel on a rare occasion so that I don't lose my touch with it and so I can then claim from experience why I use gloves - and sometimes other applicators like the foam pads or flat nylon like applicators. Gloves are the easiest and prevent CA from building layers on the fingers.