Yesterday's job felt like it would never end

The glue took ages to set in the cold room. How do you guys deal with slow drying times?

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Honestly I love when stuff dries slow sometimes. Gives me time to fix mistakes or line things up perfect. Last week I was putting a model together and the slow glue let me adjust a wing like three times. If I'm in a cold space I just put the piece near a vent or use a hair dryer on low. Tbh I'd rather wait than rush and have it crack.

kevin_west2mo ago

Yeah my buddy Mark rushed a glue job once on a plastic model of a battleship because he was impatient. He used that instant-set stuff and pressed the hull halves together before a part was seated right. Cracked the whole seam. Had to pry it apart, which messed up the details, and start over. He said he learned that day that slow is way less stressful, even if you're excited to see it done.

milesbailey2mo ago

Ugh, I feel for Mark, @kevin_west. I did almost the same thing with plastic cement on a model car hood. I got it on there crooked and panicked, tried to force it straight, and just made a huge, melted mess of the detail. Sometimes you just have to walk away for a minute, but I still mess that up.