Cyanoacrylate
If you have access to Bob Smith Industries I’m partial to the Maxi-Cure one but they’re all basically the same.
#Best glue for resin parts
floral sentinel
hallow yacht
resin is the best glue for resin prints. Do you print them or just buy the prints? If you print them then just use the resin straight out of the bottle and get a UV light or UV flashlight
read or watch a video on how to properly use the resin for this purpose. It's not just simply pouring it on and curing it with the light. Resin has to "see" the light to cure, so deep glue joints have to be made in layers and if the resin is hidden from the light it won't cure at all and you don't want that
past fable
I really like VMS Flexy 5K CA. You can get it from Poland at super-hobby.be.
uneven dust
I always used super glue from army painter. For plastic and resin and metal. Only not for bushes
But everyone says this glue is only for metal...
floral sentinel
read or watch a video on how to properly use the resin for this purpose. It's no...
This sounds far more complex than using super glue.
hallow yacht
well it's the same color as the resin, and depending on how you apply it and how well you cure it, is a better adhesive. Higher tensile strength etc
the main thing you'd have to worry about is hiding pockets of uncured resin and that's why I suggested watching a video on it. The process is pretty simple though
floral sentinel
I don’t think colour matters if you’re painting over it…
Cyanoacrylate is set and forget, and has a pretty strong bond on its own.
You don’t have to worry about any of this issues you mentioned with UV resin…
UV resin also has a relatively short lifespan and will start to leak/stretch over time.
hallow yacht
while there's no doubt that resin has it's idiosyncrasies. CA glue does as well. It will seize up just by exposing it to the air, so the shelf life is much shorter than resins we use for 3d prints. I realize there are more steps to using resins but I think they're worth it. I've never experienced it leak or stretch personally. I suspect that's probably because it wasn't cured properly by the method I described above. Neither are ideal imo. But overall I prefer resin just because nothing pisses me off more than to grab a bottle of hard CA glue
mild crystal
CA glue for joints that are easy/large/safe
but for spots that are a bit shitty, prone to breaking or otherwise annoying, resin glue like @hallow yacht is advocating for is very good. It’s like plastic glue, but for resin
mild crystal
yes, it just sticks better
No doubt. I don’t think it’s worth the extra effort for easy joints but don’t disagree with the sentiment
hallow yacht
also there's that sprue glue - I don't know personally how effective it is for resin parts, but that's another possibility maybe?
no personal experience using it
mild crystal
Doubt sprueglue any good for resin since afaik it’s designed for plastics
hallow yacht
yes, I was just not sure of it's general adhesive properties on anything other than from whence it came
floral sentinel
also there's that sprue glue - I don't know personally how effective it is for r...
Not at all. Plastic cement does nothing to resin
hallow yacht
resin is it's own special class of substance ya know it?
it's damn near impervious to everything
floral sentinel
Acetone will make short work of it.
hallow yacht
won't touch 3d resin
won't even mar it
MEK, limonene, butyl acetate, methylene chloride - nothing...
mild crystal
won't even mar it
Uh well I mean acetone will straight up melt resin so
hallow yacht
I don't know what resin you're talking about, but the resin I use in my printer, once it's cured, there's no solvent I know of that will touch it