super glue & activator hack,ca& activator ,cyanoacrylate activator If your joint is not tight, then it does not cure well and suggest you need a different glue? Makes me wonder if things like rubbing alcohol, which has a lot of water in it would work. Upload or insert images from URL. That works out to $2.99 after you use Hobby Lobby’s always-available 40% discount coupon. Even blowing on it helps. Why not just buy a really big bottle of the real stuff? " Just guessing He tested 8 cans to fine the best spray tip/white spot free brand. posted 02-19-2018 09:48 PM. I will be interested to hear whether you have success with either one. Latest Forum Topics, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slCMkvEfK_U, Stumpy Nubs Woodworking Journal- For woodworkers of all levels (part 6). I used it a lot when I was building model airplanes and never paid for an accelerator. Looks like just a little bit in what is otherwise acetone. Apply Cyanoacrylate Super Glue Accelerator – CA Glue Activator . FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon. Pure chlorine beach, or lye are stronger alkaline materials, but I would not want them on my wood projects. Used to build and fly R/C planes back when I was a teenager. Dec 10, 2011 #12 patmurris said: Yep! ...I m no chemist, but I think Acetone is a form of alcohol ...- clin. Here is timberbits video, (http://www.timberbits.com/blog/?p=345), We can't get "Glen 20" in the U.S.,  But it's just Spray Disinfectant same as say Lysol.   You cannot paste images directly. I’ve had the same can for ~4 years, for example, and it’s still a third full. It wasn’t my intent to do an in depth analysis of how they affected the cure rate. | Copyright Get it as soon as Wed, Jan 6. If you need to use the stuff all the time, by all means look for more economical solutions, but most people probably don’t need to do that. For the record, when I checked this morning, all of the samples were rock solid, so while the water, etc didn’t perform as well as the spray, they didn’t inhibit final curing. These are really not new, just new marketing. This dust filled joint will not accept dye/stain, so use the dust fill technique sparingly. We just don’t know which half! You only need a tiny bit for most gluing operations, so a can lasts seemingly forever”. Don’t know if that helps you but that’s what is in the commercial accelerants.Also any brand of CA accelerant I’m sure would work with any brand of CA glue I don’t see any reason to match the two if one if priced better or has a better applicator, or comes in more convenient sized packaging etc. View Single Post 04-05-2003, 08:09 PM #4 Tattoo. While some of these may affect the cure rate, none even came close to the spray accelerator. I'm sure there are entire forums dedicated to CA glue -- maybe they have a formula for you. No, no, I'm good duck, my skills aren't anywhere near being able to do inlay, nor my patience... if you change your mind eizzle let me know and ill try and give you a few pointers. I question the knowledgeability of the Titebond rep if he thinks heptane is an accelerant. If you need CA glue to fill a gap in glue joint, try this: Apply glue, join the surfaces together, wipe excess, then sand the joint with 100 grit sand paper. CA accelerator spray works in seconds — literally — and so I wanted to see if any of the ideas presented could come close. | Privacy Policy Display as a link instead, × If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. I suspect that the acetone is just a solvent for whatever the real accelerant is and may be used because it evaporates quickly. You only need a tiny bit for most gluing operations, so a can lasts seemingly forever unless you’re super gluing every day. I tried some ". 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