Re: [CBQ] Clear Liquid Cement

["Rick Keil" <rkeil6721@hotmail.com>]

Tenex (or Tenax?) came in a small bottle and worked phenomenally, unfortunately I do not believe it is available, at least in its original formula. I believe it was discontinued due to the chemicals used.

I now use the Plastruct liquid cement, both varieties based on the type of plastic being welded.

Ricky Keil

St Louis, MO

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From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> on behalf of Gene Tacey <taceys@gpcom.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 1, 2022 8:15:53 AM
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Clear Liquid Cement

 

There used to be a great clear cement that is no longer made that worked great. Micro Mark now carries an adhesive called Same Stuff that uses the same formula and works great.

Gene T

 

From: CBQ@groups.io [mailto:CBQ@groups.io] On Behalf Of john swearingen via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, October 1, 2022 6:13 AM
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Subject: [CBQ] Clear Liquid Cement

 

CLEAR LIQUID CEMENT

 

My feeling is that most of the guys on this list are also into model railroading. So I don’t feel out of place asking about asking a modeling question:

 

I know that the recommended way of binding polystyrene plastic pieces is with Testors liquid cement. However I, myself, encountered something I liked better a few years ago. It was loaned to me by a fellow modeler. It was a clear liquid in a small glass bottle. One applied it with a small, fine- hair brush. One dipped the brush into the clear liquid then simply touched the seam between the two polystyrene pieces to be bonded. When one did that one could actually see the minute amount of liquid flow, capillary style, down the seam. Then, set it aside for a couple of hours and one would have a very strong, very NEAT bond. Now, I want to know wat that liquid was because I found it much easier and neater to use than the Testors liquid cement. The man who supplied me with that clear liquid was much younger so I thought I had a lot of time to ultimately learn the name of it. Well, as usual, God just laughed. The fellow is now deceased and I don’t know who else to ask what this liquid was. The only tip I can give beside how to use it is this: it had a very toxic, noxious smell to it. The only time I I have smelled anything like it was when new carpet was being laid at my place of work in Kansas City back in 1976. The smell was very similar. In fact, it was so noxious one felt certain that it was a health hazard to breathe it. Well, I survived that place of work and I survived using the entire amount of the clear liquid supplied to me by that fellow modeler. My thinking is that this stuff was designed for a use other than model railroading. Can anyone on this list answer this?

 

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