Quick trick on how to keep super glue tips from plugging up - three minute modeling tip
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- Here is a quick (3 minute) tip that Karyn and I use to keep the tip on our super glue open and better control the flow of glue.
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Wow, what a great couple having a lot of fun with a hobby that is fun and could be profitable as well. Very cool.
Thanks!!
One of the best tips about superglue that I've seen in a long time. Thank you for sharing. 👍
I had the same idea with the same bottles ! but they clogged up so when I saw you using them. I thought to myself no they will just clog. But then the magic with a lighter I would of never thought of that thank you thank you 👏👏👏👏
I too thought of this idea as I already use the bottles for wood glue and paints... How often do they get clogged when CA is in them?
Holy Schnikes!!! This is EXACTLY the tip I was hoping to find on CZcams. I use those 10ml bottles with the needle tips for building scale aircraft and they are perfect from putting a drop of superglue exactly where it is needed. Trouble was even after capping it, the tip fouled and I was stuck trying to clear it with wire but this is SO MUCH EASIER!! Thanks again for posting!
Glad it was helpful! Just a quick note. The new bottles that we have been buying are made out of a different kind of plastic that caused the glue to set up in the bottle! They’re super cheap so we just buy like 30 or 40 of them at a time. And then just don’t put very much glue in there because there’s a short shelf life. About a week? We keep kicker in the same bottles. Really works well
I pretty much have done the same thing of storing them in the freezer in a Mason jar .
I'm using cyano glues that are 20 years old .
Yes I said 20 years .
Let me clarify .
I put the cyano bottles in a Mason jar with the lid to the jar snug not over tighten this will allow for the exchange of air and slowly low the temperature cyano doesn't freeze in the freezer and can be used when back to room temperature .
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Just found this video, and it looks great.
This was a supremely helpful video. As a modeller I'm constantly fighting with clogged nozzles. Bought these bottles after watching your video. The flame Cure is brilliant also. Thanks to you both. 😊
Very nice! Never thought about filling super glue in another bottle. Always burned the tip of my Faller plastic glue free, but always struggled with super glue bottles.
Works really great.
Helloooo from Taylorsville👋🏻. I found those bottles about a month ago on Amazon and LOVE THEM!! I use them for my adhesive for making cards. I have had zero clogs so far! Amazing find. 👍🏼👍🏼
They are great 👍
Thanks for this, it seems to be the most promising Super Glue solution and other adhesives.
Great tip 👍 thank you hello from Detroit Michigan 👋
Your railroad is the 1 in the world. Ps thanks for good tips. Can't wait to see the next one.👍☕🇨🇦
Another tip: you can store your CA on your fridge and it will stay good for years. I put it on a zip lock bag to be the xtra safe.
Even better in the freezer is what I’ve been informed. Particularly useful for the tiny tube doses. I also use a bag or small container as you suggest.
I'm told that why this works is that the cyanoacrylate needs moisture to catalyze and emits heat in the process (hence skin-contact warning ⚠️ may cause burns ⚠️ ) ...ziploc bag keeps out some moisture and the cool temp freezes any catalyzition...
ACC can be dissolved with acetone or any ketone solvent. (Finger nail polish remover). I have stored my ACC in a zip lock bag in the frig for many years.
Needed this! I have using the 3ml multi packs that a cheaper per volume than the larger ones,even these clog and you have waste or they dry up before next use.
Hey thanks for posting this this was actually a great tip and I didn’t know anything about this it will definitely help me.
It’s really cool. Works so well
I'm in love with you both.. Great tip, great channel, great video! Thank you
Hi. Thanks!!
Thank You dear couple of kind people and artists.
We have found that the newer bottles we are getting tend to react with the glue, causing it to dry out in the bottle after about a week. Our solution is been to keep very little glue in the bottle.
After watching this video, I immediately went to Hobby Lobby and bought that exact bottle. I filled it with super glue and used it a couple of times. The next day I went to use it and the tip on the inside of the bottle plugged up, and I had to take the whole metal tip out and burn it. This worked, but not the greatest.
We have run into a problem with the newer bottles. There’s something in the plastic that’s reacting with the glue. So it will actually set up in the bottle after a couple of days. We are still using this but it doesn’t work nearly as well. I wish we could find some of those original bottles. They’re all made in China, and they all look alike.
Amazon only had the 20 ml bottles left so I ordered them. Thank you, I have half a dozen bottles of CA glue that I can no longer use because I can't get the lid off them! Now I will just transfer them over. I was using a drill bit to unclog them before.
Don’t put too much in. It sometimes hardens in the bottle. Just fill as needed. I keep about 1/8” in the bottle.
Or 1/4”. If I’m doing a big project.
@@ToyManTelevision I will put in a zip lock snack bag to see if that helps. 🙂
LOL....you'll put your eye out! Thanks for the tip...I have those bottles, but never thought to use them with super glue.
Thanks for the tip. You two always have great ideas.
My husband says thanks for the tip he’s will be using your tip!
Coolest. Thanks
I’ve used these for a while and threw some out because they plugged with CA glue. Never thought to do put some fire on them. Works like a champ. The more viscous thick glue needs a little warmth more often.
Im going to try and add a cooking basting niddle and add it to the top of the bottle it came in thanks so much for the tip !! I love you tube its my kind of people wished all or most of yall were around me or in passing daily hard to find people that like hands on things !!!
I just did an order on Amazon for other stuff. Watched this video. Of course. ha ha ha. Thanks for the cap tips, next order I'm getting some!
Great tip!!!, It works way better than plastic tips 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Unfortunately the new bottles we are getting cause the glue to dry in the bottle. I keep trying to find ones that don’t do that. But we are still using these. But after like a week we throw the bottle out.
@@ToyManTelevision it has been working great for me for the last couple of weeks, I keep the big bottle of glue on the fridge and keep the little bottle always at least half full and store it in a dry cool dark cabinet
Thanks for your information, that's a great tip. You folks are awesome 👌
This trick works on Gorilla glue: Store the bottle upside down. When you want to use some glue, turn the bottle right side up, unscrew the top. Instead of squeezing the glue out of the container top, stick into the glue a probe: toothpick, a long piece of wire, a zip tie, anything long enough to get out the glue you need. Pull the probe with glue on the tip out carefully, and don't get glue on the rim of the bottle. Distribute the glue. I wipe off the probe each time so that the glue has not chance to harden on the probe or the rim of the glue bottle. When job is done, wipe off the probe and the bottle rim completely, screw the top back on, and store upside down. My bottles last and last.
Super!!! I’ve done similar. Put a small amount in a small disposable dish or cup. Very small. Apply with a fine wire. Throw out the unused. And the upside down bottle makes a great seal.
The problems with the metal tip is this. For thin, it is way too large of a diameter firstly. And the main problem is, You can not tell how the glue is traveling down the metal syringe so it is impossible to be precise and accurate and results in using way too much than needed and it goes everywhere. It doesnt suck back into the bottle well again leading to even more waste and unnecessary weight (as a rc flyer modeler myself) With clear thin applicator tips, you can see the ca moving down the tube and apply it very precisely and retract the ca quickly after precise application. When done, simply turn the bottle upright and squeeze it to blow air in and out of the tip and it will clear the ca. If the tip does get clogged after time, simple to clean it out with uncure debonder.
Awesome! Thank you so much. This will save me a lot of glue and looks more precise.
The newer bottles that we were getting at with the glue and caused it to harden over a few days. Nevertheless we’re still doing this. We just don’t put very much glue in there and we’re prepared to throw it away
Great tip! What is CZcams trying to get everyone to do short clips?
Naw. They want longer! So they can stick in ads. Whatever we thought it would be fun to do some 3 minute tips.
@@ToyManTelevision It is a good tip. But as you point out be sure you know what you put in which bottle. Really liked the little puff of smoke on one of the glue bottles.
Thanks so much!
i also do with Revell glue with needle. i take the needle off and i use a pliers for the needle and lit on fire so that the needle is clean. and i cool of with water. it does not plugged again because the glue in the needle is gone. :)
That's a good tip. Thanks for sharing.
Great tip thanks for sharing have a great week guys can't wait to see what's next.
A variation for this trick is to buy just the metallic tips and use them with the original cyano bottle. But you better buy them by the bulk, and consider the tips as disposable.
Morning toyman! Thanks for the tip
Just a note,Bob Smith Ind. has the C.A. glues available in self clearing tips. Basically it’s a lid with a pin built in. They work well I have used them for years.BSI -133H etc.Enjoy the channel thanks.
Need to try those.
Cool beans. I’m gonna order them right now. Thanks
After applying glue, hold upright and squeeze glue out of steel tube or suck air in to keep tube clear. Store upright
Very good and usable tip. Thankx
Great, I´ll ordered these bottles after see the video, cheap and looks very useful for models and layouts, even for my FX works
One problem has come up. The bottles we are getting now cause the glue to dry in the bottle after a week or so. Can’t find the old bottles they all look alike. So we are still using this but putting in very little glue. Toss it when it goes bad.
Spot on thanks for that ! 👍👍👍👍👀👀👀
I think I will reserve that process for outdoors.
Or you can just drop the tip in a small screw top jar of acetone overnight. Put a new cap on the glue, let the old one clean out and just swap the next time. I have metal fine tips and just do this all the time. No need to decant anything.
I read to use isopropyl alcohol for a CA glue accelerator. I tried it and it works. I was using baking soda and water mixture, but a white residue is left behind. Not so with the alcohol.
We have had big problems with the white residue. As long as we stick to regular kicker it’s not a problem.
Super idea .get it super, thanks great idea just ordered some
Excellent tip! I’m going to Amazon now!
Great tip! Gracias👍✌️😊🙏🏼🛠🛠🛠🛠🛠
remember to plug the air vent in the lid, otherwise your glue will eventually all dry up.> I used these with paint, which doesn't work very well for this reason. the bottles aren't very airtight, even with the vent hole plugged.
Hum.. ours are super air tight with the rubber cap on..
Very interesting tip! Thank you for that! I'm going to subscribe to support your channel!
Awesome, thank you!
Great tip!
Pro safety tip: DONT BREATHE THOSE FUMES!!! Have a desk fan, an open window, a respirator, anything, just dont inhale those fumes!!
Yup. Sting the eyes. Bad stuff.
brilliant!
Inspired!
This works really well with thin glue! A bit more challenging with the thicker stuff, we have run into some of the bottles which react with the glue, and make it harden! But the bottles that come with the little funnels work great
Cool
I'm going to have to try this
i buy the tiny tubes of super glue and they always dry up after a couple uses and end up throwing away almost a full tube
This is funny, I bought a 4 pack of these same exact bottles at Michael's the other day because the nozzle on my testor's cement clogged up (the one in the black bottle.) I just happened across this video because now my superglue nozzle is clogging up. I don't know why I didn't think to use the two spare bottles I have for the superglue. :D
So FYI, you can use these for plastic cement as well! They're sold at Michael's 4 for $4.
Find them in bags of 20 off of Amazon. You do have to be careful because some of the bottles have something in their plastic which will cause super glue to harden. Sometimes they work great sometimes the glue hardens in there after a few days. But then we just go looking for different bottles, the ones we’re buying right now come with little funnels and the ones that have the funnels are working great even though we don’t use the funnels.
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Well 3985 may be back but not soon. Really big problems.
I wonder would his work with other glues, eg GH Hypo Cement jewellery glue! I have a full tube of glue but the caps - not coming off fen with hubby’s help! I wondered if I could get the rest of the glue out into a bottle like you’re using and then use the glue?
Hi. Could be.. we love these little bottles for accurate placement of glue. But the newer ones don’t work as well. For some reason the glue now hardens in the bottle. We still use them and still use the lighter to clear a plug, but we don’t put much in there as after about 10 days the glue hardens. Even with the cap on. The original bottles didn’t do that. Sigh.
Just wondering why larger ones don't work as well? like 15ML?
Well the glue goes bad after a short time. So we just use small ones
Please help I’ve used a bunch of spare tips because the glue keeps getting clogged beneath the plastic so I can’t light it and it doesn’t work no matter what I do even if I light around the glue clogged section on the outside. I use the bottles once close it and five minutes later is unusable
Hi. Yes we’ve run into this. Damn. The older bottles were great but the last two orders we bought are a plastic that reacts with the glue!! Hardens in the bottle. In a few days. We are still doing this but very small amounts of glue in the bottle as the shelf life is about a week. We buy the bottles in lots of like 30. And just throw them out after a few days. Damn. But we use this for times when we need good control. And still works great for kicker. Wish we could find the old bottles!!!!! Oh and try not to touch the tip to the project if you have used kicker already. We need a new video…
@@ToyManTelevision Okay thanks, nice to know I’m not the only one
how about how to get a twist off lid that is glued shut off?
Hi. Tricky. Super glue? Heat is always an option. Put the bottle upside down in hot water. Just the top in the water. Keep it hot. Give it a few minutes. Then gently use pliers. Be careful it to press so hard you are adding friction to the joint. Then back in the hot water.
But if the CA glue is flammable, what is the risk of the bottle contents all catching fire??
Alternatively, use a 1.5mm drill to clear the tube.
also more tips and tricks are welcome :D
I believe "Hot Stuff" was the original CA Glue. At least it was the first CA readily available back in the early 70s when I started building R/C Airplanes.
Good to know.
I just put debonder on the tip and wipe.
We will try that!
nail polish remover also helps, Because nail polish remover is acetone for cleaning out plugged tips
Have not had the best luck. Yes it works but slowly slowly slowly.
I tried in different bottle it did not work (not even in PE bottle),
Thank you so much!!! Had to hunt down all of these things on Amazon. What's the kicker spray? Ya know-- you could get a kickback from Amazon if there were links to these goodies... could be the start of something new... helps us and YOU!
I looked into the Amazon program and unless they sell like 6 billion dollars worth of glue or whatever you don’t get much. So we just have fun.
Oh the kicker is just kicker. Same people who make the glue. Super glue kicker? Something like that.
Just looked. Ours is called “zip kicker”!
is there a way to keep super glue refreshed once its dried up? Like get it back to liquid form once the glue in the tube or bottle hardens up? Or no way?
No way. Even these bottles have proven a problem. The new ones we are getting somehow react with the glue and it dries out. After about a week. So we put very small amounts in them.
Of course the substance of what you said was useful. However, have a male voice and a female voice made it so much more appealing that it made me listened closer. Great presentation.
I used this method myself, until I got a lung-full of fumes. I can assure you that the fumes, both oxidants and vapourised C.A glue, will do SERIOUS HARM TO YOUR LUNGS! SO, PLEASE ADVISE EVERYONE TO WEAR A GAS MASK, OR DO IT OUTSIDE.
@The American Patriot . Sorry to hear that. I hope you haven't suffered any permanent damage. I, sadly, already have lung damage and accidentally breathing in CA glue vapour/oxidants can't have helped.
👏👏👏👏👏👏
just tap them and make sure air comes out.
And… the bottles we we’re getting are different now. And the glue dries in the bottles! So we put very little in the bottles. 😢
can i ask where you got this idea from?
One other suggestion,let it warm to room temp before use.
Tip #3 will be mixing it with white glue. Really
@@ToyManTelevision ?? What kind of white glue ? It's been 2 years and on your comment u said u would be mixing in white glue in your CA glue or super glue sometimes it's hard for me to reply to someone question When I get 1 because I can't remember what I had said and I can't find what I said so I just replied with what u had commented hope this makes sense !! And thanks in advance 😂!!
I buy super glue in the dollar stores. You can get four tubes for a dollar.
And do not for get to put the correct H.I.M.S. Label on them ,REQUIRED FOR SECONDARY CONTAINERS. The data needed to properly label the new labels is on the M.S.D.S. After all we all want the Toy Man to stay SAFE
What to use to get e60000 plastic tip un glued?
Hard one. I’ve got a zap closed off and I’m just refilling a newer bottle from it because I can’t get the nozzle open.
do we need a special plastic? (aliexpress sell super cheap superglue)
When we recorded this, the plastic bottles were a different formula I guess. We’re just using regular superglue’s but now they dry in the bottle after three or four days. But as the little bottles are cheap, we just put a very small amount in and then throw them away. Still a great idea.
@@ToyManTelevision so if the glue dry so quickly it's either because it's not hermetic or because it's not the right plastic (some chemicals might interreact with it). Let's figure out what kind of plastic don't interact with superglue
@@ToyManTelevision edit "Super glue is typically stored in plastic containers made of polyethylene or polypropylene. These plastics are resistant to solvents, which makes them suitable for storing chemical products like super glue." (chaptGP3)
Great tip ...next stop amazon !
Methanol is a little better than acetone, if one has a source.
News to me as well...
I forgot to say
Use one of those 10 mL for the Zip Kicker that spray bottle is Nothing but a waist of time and kicker .
The metal tube works better for a more accurate placement of the kicker and NO over spray to go where you don't want it .
When you do , don't make contact with the glue .
Just a drop of kicker will chane react with the rest of the glue .
Hey Toy Man can you reply to this comment with links some of the sellers that you buy your g scale stuff from?
Hi. Well Al Collins in Las Vegas. Ana.Kramer on eBay. Gold Coast Station in Tachappi Ca. And Ozark Miniatures. But they are hard to get ahold of. But taking orders.
@@ToyManTelevision Thanks!
Don't want to be critical but that is not safe. One slip or mistake and that bottle might explode all over you. Instead, keep a couple of empty bottles/lids around, replace the lid with a fresh one, then take the plugged lid and put it on an empty, clean bottle and only then burn off the stuck super glue.
Never have had a problem and been doing this for years. While the dry glue burns the liquid seems fine.
@@ToyManTelevision "Never had a problem" doesn't mean it isn't inherently dangerous.
@@johnnypenso9574 I don't worry about it. There is no oxidizer in the bottle. The flame won't travel back through the tube into the bottle. The lack of a proper vapor/oxygen mixture won't support combustion. Will only burn at the tip, where it's getting oxygen. Cartridges fired in a gun have an oxidizer in the powder. Electric components are often sitting in liquid gasoline in the tank.
Other than that, I did get my own supply of these bottles today. Works well.
Thanks toy man -----
Now I know how my smoke units work in my steam locomotives !!!!!
Just add a couple drops of C.A.
glue down the stacks !!!!!
L O L
Don’t breathe in the fumes! In fact don’t get them in your eyes. Actually don’t you just love the smell of a locomotive smoker! The smell of CA glue is more like tear gas.
Wonder how many people burned the house down doing this lol :)
Well some people can screwup a rock fight. So I’m sure someone has burned down their house with a soldering iron.
That's a bit dangerous. I think I'll stick with the old fashion way.
Or your burn your house down with this tip, acetone.
I tired these bottles, and your tip does NOT work! Yea, you can burn off what is on the OUTSIDE of the tip, but NOT the INSIDE. The glue clogs up the inside and you're hosed.
@@rickgregory9616 hum… should work if you squeeze the bottle while heating. We have, however, run into one problem since we put the video up. Some of the bottles on the market, not all react with the glue and will cause it to harden in about three days. Also, we make sure to buy the bottles that have the tip cover, so you can close up when you’re done. That really helps extend the life of the glue.
We’ve been buying the bottles to come with the little funnel, never use the funnel! But we have found the ones that come with the funnel to be a much higher quality and don’t react with the glue.
ever had one of those blow up in you face?
dont breathe it in, its annoying to have to do it every 2 minutes. I feel like i'm going to get cancer from my hobbies
It’s a pain to use CAA but so worth it
i saw some that are using some sorth of a brush when applying a superglue. its like a brush used in nailpolish.
It ruins any brush. But we have done it with a cheep brush for icicles !! But they make metal picks with a tiny spooning the end. Works great. And cleans up with acetone.
what is kicker?
You can get it at the hobby shop. Smells like vanilla. Sets ACC off instantly.