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Jgrden

Jgrden

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The tip on my CA bottle keeps getting messed up dispite cleaning it and breathing the bottle after each use. What do you do to keep the tips clean and functioning??
 
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After each use I breath the bottle then rap it on the work table 4-5 times. seems to keep the CA moving down the inside of the tip keeping the tip clear.
 
Yeah, I did mean leave. Rollerbob must have edited my post and made the misspelling.

As for leaving the caps off, I'm serious. The caps can't get glued on if they're not on
in the first place.. most of the glue problems I have are related to caps getting stuck,
and then I end up destroying the bottles trying to get them open
 
Well "shoot a mile", I am going to try it and see what happens. It is a real hastle trying to use BLO/CA when finishing and getting the cap back on at the same time. Now I don't have to. All I can loose is a weeks worth of pen making until a new bottle arrives.

I'll just cap it a night or when I know there is no call for it.
 
John, I will join in with the "No Joke" Crowd. It really isn't. I know you would think you will come back to find a bottle of glue that is rock solid. But it doesn't happen even after months of setting on the shelf. soon as you put a drop on something though it gets busy. Do find a place to store it that it will not get tipped over though.
 
Well, what the heck I'll just have to try it and find a spot that I can place the bottles where they can't be tipped over...
 
Jgrden said:
Well "shoot a mile", I am going to try it and see what happens. It is a real hastle trying to use BLO/CA when finishing and getting the cap back on at the same time. Now I don't have to. All I can loose is a weeks worth of pen making until a new bottle arrives.

I'll just cap it a night or when I know there is no call for it.
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Leave the cap off all the time, even when I know I won't be in the shop for over a week. And if you drive down to Pearland, you'll only lose a few hours, not a week. :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
 
Yep; No caps, but don't knock the bottle over! It makes a mess! After the last time, I put the CA into a small metal paint bucket. I've seen setups where a block of wood with recesses was used to hold the CA.
 
I have been putting the small applicator tips on the bottles (2 oz) and just leave them that way. If it gets clogged, I either replace the tip, or just give it a whack and that usually breaks off whatever is clogging the tip. The bottles are stored in the fridge.
 
I saw somewhere yesterday where the person was putting his tips and caps in Acetone to clean them.

lin.
 
lorbay said:
I saw somewhere yesterday where the person was putting his tips and caps in Acetone to clean them.

lin.
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That probably was my post. I have a plastic bottle that I keep with a few ounces of acetone in it. I toss all tips (screw on stock and the micro tips) in the acetone when they get messy. That way, I always have a clean tip to replace one that gets clogged.

BTW, I never recap the CA once I take the top off.
 
Monty said:
Leave the cap off all the time, even when I know I won't be in the shop for over a week. And if you drive down to Pearland, you'll only lose a few hours, not a week. :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
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Hey Monty. Next time I need glue I am driving down to see you and your shop, okay?
 
I keep large bottles of CA in a fridge. Small bottles are left uncapped on a bench. Occasionally, a tip becomes clogged. When that happens, I remove the tip and replace it with one from a can of tips I keep submerged in acetone. The clogged tip goes into the can for later reuse.

Regards,
Eric
 
It might not in very high humidity, but not much air gets in that little hole anyway.
The air that's in the bottle is in there whether the cap is on or not
 
NewLondon88 - Good point. Sheesh, shoulda known. That is like the falsehood of a rocket on these space stories on tv. They show a flame coming out the back when in fact there is no oxygen in space for a fire to occur.
 
Jgrden said:
NewLondon88 - Good point. Sheesh, shoulda known. That is like the falsehood of a rocket on these space stories on tv. They show a flame coming out the back when in fact there is no oxygen in space for a fire to occur.
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LOL .. these are the same writers who have Superman stand tall while
taking a hail of bullets in the chest, but when the bandits throw the empty
gun at him, he has to duck?
 
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