How do you keep your Contact Cement?

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I find that my method (bottle with brush in cap) does not keep my Contact Cement ery fresh (it dries out) nor very clean for very long.

I would love some advice on how you keep your contact cement and what you have found works best for you.

Bottles, brushes, any suggestions are welcome.

TF
 
I use one of the Teflon glue pots. Mine is now about 15 years old and used every day. Some think they are expensive and I guess they are at $35 to $40, but they do an excellent job of keeping the cement useable for a relatively long time. I do buy cement and thinner by the gallon, or should say by the case of gallons, so something really handy to put a smaller amount into was necessary. The Teflon pot was and is the answer. A little off subject, but I work with my cement a little bit thinner than most folks so the pot makes a handy vessel for blending the cement and the thinner also.

Paul
 
As Paul noted make sure you get the thinner to match your glue -like Paul I aols prefer my glue a bit thinner, when it starts getting "strings" then it's definitely time to thin.

As for a pot - I do things a bit different - I had one of the Teflon pots and over time didn't care for it or any of the others. My solution - I have two of the quart cans like those the Tandy cement come in with the brush built into the cap. One container is kept half full of thinner and that's where I stor my brush - the thinner keeps the bristles clean. On the other can I cut the brush off and use it to store the glue in. To use take the brush out of it's can, wipe off the excess thinner, then dip from the other can (use the lid from the cement can to close off the thinner when using the brush).
One neat thing - about the time you need to thin the thinner used for the brush has gotten a bit thick with glue so I use it to thin my glue and then refill with clean thinner.

As always do whatever it takes, as the Jesuits taught me back when - The end justifies the means.............
 
I just keep pouring from the big can into the little jar......stays pretty fresh.
 

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Chuck,

I remembered had your video - so I watched that part again. I rememebered this - but thanks for taking the time to post it up.

Ray - I think two of these small WeldWood jars would do Chuck's trick nicely - and combine yours.

Where do I find compatible thinner with Weldwood? I know Tandy puts out a universal thinner - but Chuck has spoken about matching thinner to glue multiple times - so I take he knows more than me.

TF
 
Tal, read the label on your cement. Barge, and I think Weldwood also, has Toluene as part of the formula. Toluene is available as "Tulene" in most hardware and/or paint stores in the solvent section. Tulene should do the trick to thin your Weldwood if that label includes Toluene. There are many cases of a Company having a product packaged and private branded and then charging a higher price. NeatLac Thinner offered by Tandy (NeatLac is a Tandy private label) is nothing more than lacquer thinner, but sells at about twice the price of generic branded lacquer thinner. NeatLac itself, no longer offered by Tandy is available by the original producing mfg. co as "Clear Lac" or "WyoSheen".

Paul
 
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