Glue question...
Jan. 13th, 2009 03:45 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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craftgrrlI love E-6000. I've begun to call it my "Super Awesome Glue." (This was after having lost all faith in plain ol' "super"glue. Its not so super when all it does is glue stuff TO ME! ...but I digress...)
The only problem with E-6000 that I've found, though, is that - without any type of applicator attached to the bottle, its *very* hard to control the amount that comes out. And also, it dries SO FAST, that practically by the time I've got the cap off, the entire top half inch worth of glue that came out has already pretty much turned to rubber and isn't usable. Tonight, I ran out of this beloved glue when I was half way through a project! I rolled the tube from the bottom like toothpaste, and got one last meager little squidgen of glue out of it. And that was all. OH SADNESS!!
Also, using a spreader of some kind to apply the stuff has proven only to be marginally helpful, at best.
So basically I'm asking you, oh lovely community of savvy crafters - Do you have any tips to get more out of a tube of E-6000? Or, since I've now run out of the stuff and will be supply shopping again soon, do any of you have any recommendations for a similar glue? Is any type comparable at all?
The only problem with E-6000 that I've found, though, is that - without any type of applicator attached to the bottle, its *very* hard to control the amount that comes out. And also, it dries SO FAST, that practically by the time I've got the cap off, the entire top half inch worth of glue that came out has already pretty much turned to rubber and isn't usable. Tonight, I ran out of this beloved glue when I was half way through a project! I rolled the tube from the bottom like toothpaste, and got one last meager little squidgen of glue out of it. And that was all. OH SADNESS!!
Also, using a spreader of some kind to apply the stuff has proven only to be marginally helpful, at best.
So basically I'm asking you, oh lovely community of savvy crafters - Do you have any tips to get more out of a tube of E-6000? Or, since I've now run out of the stuff and will be supply shopping again soon, do any of you have any recommendations for a similar glue? Is any type comparable at all?
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