I purchased a 16 oz bottle of E-Z Bond CA Instant Glue Medium Gap Filling Viscosity (300 cps) for scales and such and was wondering what you use and why?
That crazy super glue! What do you use on scales?
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Hot Stuff or Zap-a-Gap. Two types--- Thin (thinner than water) for the wash/seal/stabilize, and medium if I need to build up.
As to why, I found these to give the best results of what I have used.
Use 320 to sand even, looking for low spots (shiny) then sand up to 1500 grit, then polish or wax.
As to why, I found these to give the best results of what I have used.
Use 320 to sand even, looking for low spots (shiny) then sand up to 1500 grit, then polish or wax.
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Yup, I have enough thin CA in 2 oz bottles but it was costing WAY too much to build up so I thought I would get a monster bottle instead. It was $30.00 shipped, about what it costs me for 3 bottles at Rockler.
The thin stuff like Bear mentioned is great because it really soaks in and stabilizes the wood.
If you had a big bottle of the thin stuff you could probably just dip one end of the scales in and let it soak some up
If you had a big bottle of the thin stuff you could probably just dip one end of the scales in and let it soak some up
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I agree with the thin for the first coat, I will continue to do that but for building up coats, I tried the medium and it worked so much better than the thin. You have to keep the layer smooth though.
I tried the dip on one end of a scale I had cracked and it took hours to dry but worse was that it gassed off and I had to sand through the white off-gassing. I will just stay with thin layers like before unless someone has an epiphany.
I keep that rubber finger tip on for the first 10 minutes when its drying with medium CA on it, and continually smooth it over as its drying - else you will get those high and low spots that take forever to even out. I also, after using medium CA, go down to 220 grit for an initial sand to get the really thick spots, then refine with 320. This is the process between the coats. Don't stay on 220 for very long because you don't wanna burn through to the wood. It's just to make a long hand sanding session a bit shorter.
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Interesting findings on the last few scales I worked on. I used about 10 drops of the medium CA and spread it around once and got off it while it was still very wet, let it dry and did another coat on top of the shiny surface, and again and again. Only needed to sand it once and had no high/low spots worth mentioning.
I was concerned with delamination so I used an extra scale and twisted it to break it radially to see if there was any layering but no, nothing at all. It broke as one layer. This was the fastest way I have found to date to finish scales, about an hour a pair to ready to pin.
I was concerned with delamination so I used an extra scale and twisted it to break it radially to see if there was any layering but no, nothing at all. It broke as one layer. This was the fastest way I have found to date to finish scales, about an hour a pair to ready to pin.
I use some 5min epoxy glue. I glue it to one side of the wedge, wait for it to dry, drill the hole through the wedge, put some more glue and put the other side of the scales, pin it, and let it try, and finish sanding everything flush.
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Do you use it to cover wooden scales as well?
If that was directed at me, no I haven't tried it on wooden scales, I doubt it would work all that well. I have yet to do my first wood razor scales.
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