I am trying to make raised rivets and they are either dimpling or shriveling like a prune. I have a bottle and what I beleive is a 25 gauge needle

I have tried the following:

1) Elmers white glue straight
2) Elmers with a little water to thin
3) Elmer white and wood glue
4) Formula 560 straight and thinned

Any other suggestions would be great.


Thanks!!

Mike

Usually this means that the glue is too thin. (At least you now know the successful way to create pop rivets.) The method that I use is to slightly dilute Titebond glue. Keep experimenting...you'll get it finally. Regards.

Thanks,

I guess the Elmers wood glue is not the same as Titebond!

Does it matter Titebond, Titebond II or III?

Mike

Hi!
Don't use aliphatic glue...Use R/C 56 white glue!

Regards!
Jan K
Sweden

You are probably touching the skin with the hypo. Just drop them on . White glue works fine. I use Titebond thinned slightly. RC 56 works well on an already painted surface.

Try Titebond II straight from the bottle-sometimes I have to add a drop or 2 of water to say 1/4 oz of glue. My applicator is a short piece of 2-56 rod, slightly tapered on the end and polished. I just dip it straight down into glue, and touch it to surface for rivet and pull straight back up. I have found that you have to dip the rod into glue the same depth each time to get same size rivets-but with practice it works-also clean off tip every 2-3 rivets.
Practice when you first mix up a batch of glue, when its right - make rivets. The diameter of the tip sort of determines the diameter of the rivet you get-so you may have to experiment a bit for your application.

Thanks for all the tips!!

I went out and got TBond and she was a shriveling!

Then I tried Wellbond! thats the ticket! It seems to hold a dome!

I made sure on all these tries, I did not touch the surface, go to fast or too slow!
Thanks for the notes HALH. I thought the Elmers white would work but it seems thin coming staight out. It did not dimple it just looked flat. I could use that on the stab of a T-28 huh?

I am looking forward to your 28's progress as mentioned by Chili!


Thanks guys

Mike