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« on: July 13, 2008, 08:37:27 AM »
Could some body please tell which South African glue (brand names) may be used for balsa wood in the construction of model aircraft

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Re: Glue
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2008, 10:54:49 AM »
Your local hobby shop should have all the right stuff....in theory. I don't know about brand names when it comes to CA but I buy the stuff in 20ml bottles at my LHS for around R20 a bottle, 3 bottles will pretty much build a .40 sized plane. Don't buy the CA the local supermarket tries to give you in those little tubes or whatever little bottles they got, it's a ripoff 99.99999% of the time. The LHS will also have different flavours of CA most of the time...either thin, medium or thick which all play a role on model construction.

The hobby shop will also have nice flavours of Epoxy handy, either 5/10/12/25/30 minute curing times and some even have a few brands to choose from all with a different price tag. I don't like the Pratley epoxy much anymore, it's cheaper but you have to compare apples with apples...quantity and quality. The H9 or Great Planes epoxys are pretty common in model shops. Pricey but worth it.

If you don't like building a model in good time and prefer taking a few years as opposed to a few days you can always use a good quality white wood glue as well. Takes a lifetime to cure though and the stuff is heavy. Ponal, Genkem whatever you want.