My rivets have dimples! help!
 

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

RE: My rivets have dimples! help!
 

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.

RE: My rivets have dimples! help!
 

Thanks,

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

Does it matter Titebond, Titebond II or III?

Mike

RE: My rivets have dimples! help!
 

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

Regards!
Jan K
Sweden

RE: My rivets have dimples! help!
 

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.

RE: My rivets have dimples! help!
 

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.

RE: My rivets have dimples! help!
 

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