Using Gorilla Glue

[Anonymous]

Would this be a good glue to use? I've been itching to apply the handrails on my HO SD70M, but I don't have any CA. So I was thinking Gorilla Glue would be a good substitute (after all, it's "the toughest glue on planet earth!"). Anybody here every used Gorilla Glue on an HO model?

[Anonymous]

That stuff needs moisture to work, then foams up and expands. It would hold, no doubt about it, but i'm not sure how it will end up. Better practice on a scrap shell if you have one.

[Anonymous]

Ill second CPD's comment in that it expands...alot. I would not use it for fine detail like handrails.

[PennsyHoosier]

Use this for roadbed and other large scale adhesion projects. It will NOT work for small=scale projects. (I'm a woodworker, I know!)

[cacole]

Gorilla Glue is not suitable for small detail work at all. It is a polyurethane based glue that foams and swells up during the setting process, and it will probably just pu***he parts back out of their mounting holes as it cures.

[Anonymous]

Thanks guys. Glad you warned me!

[PennsyHoosier]

4884Bigboy,

Happy to help. One of the bid things in this hobby is using adheisives in the right situaions.

[Anonymous]

Hey guys, if Gorilla Glue won't work, what about super glue?

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy

Hey guys, if Gorilla Glue won't work, what about super glue?

Most Super Glues are CA, so sure, it will work!

[PennsyHoosier]

Again, make sure it will work best for the situation in which you intend to use it. Try it out on expendable stuff first. Best, Lawrence