I have used lots and lots of Ca glue. It was never a problem. Well it started to give me sinus headaches and then started too effect my breathing. I have used the oderless stuff, but it is twice the cost and takes almost as long as Titebond.

I was building a Magister form Multiplex. It is all foam and you HAVE to use CA and kicker. Well guess what. I had a severe reaction to it. It was as if I rolled my arms and hands in poison ivy or poison oak. Well that ended any use of Kicker. I use Ca in vary small drops. I use it only to harden balsa or ply for threading it for mounting bolts.

If I am building a small foamie plane it is hot glue. Works great, fast and cheap. Yes it adds a touch of weight. I have (2) forty sized planes I have used hot glue to build. It has worked well. I have a lot of time on them and they are still together, so the glue is holding. I found if you sort od push a bead of glue in front of the glue gun tip, sort of welding the balsa with the hot glue, it holds a lot better then putting a bead down and pressing it together.

I still use epoxy for the areas I need lots of strength like firewalls and landing gear blocks. I have gone back to the way I did it long long ago in a galaxy far far away. I am using Titiebond and using clamps, pins, and tape to hold things until the glue dries.

The last 60 sized plane I built, I used 1/.4 once of CA. It works great but i do not want to put a hazmat suit to enjoy my hobby.


Dru.