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Keeping glue tips clean - 12/7/2001 9:48:14 PM   
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When done with a CA glueing session, put your glue tips in acetone. After soaking for a while, the CA will come loose and the tip will work like new. It even works for the glue cap as well.

I have not purchased new glue tips in over a year.

Kent

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Keeping glue tips clean - 12/7/2001 9:51:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks, good idea! I have some perfect candidates sitting in my shop right now.

Just have to steal the wife's nail polish remover to try it! (I believe it is acetone based!)

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Keeping glue tips clean - 12/7/2001 10:04:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		I think you are correct, nail polish remove is acetone with some fragrance etc added. I have not tried nail polish remover but it seems like it should work.

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Keeping glue tips clean - 12/7/2001 10:39:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		I do the above as well as NEVER put the protective cap back on after I open up a bottle.

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Keeping glue tips clean - 12/7/2001 11:47:50 PM   
maverick



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Status: offline 		My first few bottles of CA I used to always replace the cap after I used it for every few drops.

I was worried the stuff was going to dry up.

Then I read a post by somebody who said that he leaves all of his CA bottles open after first using them and saw no ill effect.

I have started doing this now and it seems to be much better for not getting clogged tips.

Still need to try the acetone trick though.

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Keeping glue tips clean - 12/8/2001 12:28:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		The acetone does work great for clearing up tips. I keep a sealed mason jar about 1/2 full with all my extra tips in it.

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Keeping glue tips clean - 12/8/2001 9:53:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		maverick, some of the new nail polish remover's are acetone free. Not sure what they use but what my wife uses is pretty much "hobby" useless (at least that I can determine so far).

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Keeping glue tips clean - 12/8/2001 12:05:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yeah, I just checked and the stuff she has is acetone free too! Oh well, it could have been a good solution.

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Acetone - 12/8/2001 11:16:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		Maverick: All is not lost! Go to the hardware, Ace, Sears, etc., they have acetone in quarts and gallons. I buy gallons because I also use acetone to clean brushes, tools, spreaders, etc., when doing fiberglassing, or other lay-ups, with polyester resin. Regards.


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Keeping glue tips clean - 12/9/2001 9:48:02 AM   
maverick



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Status: offline 		Yeah, I know I can get it from a hardware store, but I just thought it would be easier to try it out by pilfering some of the wife's!

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Keeping glue tips clean - 12/9/2001 9:55:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		Let's kick this tip up a notch, waddya say?
[list]
*Get two small jars, like baby food.
*Glue a jar to one side of some scrap wood resembling a square or rectangle.
*Glue the second jar to the other side.
*Bend some syrofoam into a "U" shape, gluing each end to the same board, in between the jars.
*Put some acetone in the jars.
*Stick your tips in one jar for cleaning.
*Stick your TPins in the second jar for cleaning.
*When the TPins have been cleaned to your satisfaction, stick them in the styrofoam for storage.
[/list]

Huh... huh... good idea, huh? I only wish I could take credit for it.

< Message edited by Plane Insane-RCU -- Dec 9 2001 5:39AM >

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Emeril? - 12/9/2001 10:01:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Plane Insane, you have been watching too much Emeril! My wife loves that show too and sometimes I watch it with her.

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Re: Emeril? - 12/9/2001 10:38:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by maverick
Hey Plane Insane, you have been watching too much Emeril! My wife loves that show too and sometimes I watch it with her. [/QUOTE]

BAM!

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Keeping glue tips clean - 12/12/2001 9:03:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've been suffering from "cloged glue tip" syndrom lately..... My biggest problem is keeping the glue from tiping over when I'm building... I always seem to knock them over.... I like the acetone idea... and I really like the idea of just leaving the cap off... but how do you guys keep from knocking the bottle over?

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Keeping glue tips clean - 12/12/2001 9:51:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		I agree about knocking the bottle over. I try to keep it away from where I am working and then have to reach for it each time I want to use it.

I often wonder why CA bottles are the shape they are, as they have a very small footprint.

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