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best glue to use on a polyresin figure

Started by sauroid, November 06, 2012, 02:48:58 PM

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sauroid

i have a figure made of polyresin that is slightly damaged. a small piece on the head part is broken but i still have the broken piece. i need the best type of glue for this material (something that wont be so obvious and would look good as new after fixing). also, once i re-attach the piece, there would be a small gap. what would be a good filling material? TIA.
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tyrantqueen

#1
I use Hot Stuff (a cyanoacrylate glue, which was originally used to repair gemstones (as recommended by Paleoferroequine)). I think it would be ok to use with polyresin :)


sauroid

thanks TQ. i wonder if there are other choices out there? i also want to know the stuff to use to fill up the small gap/s after reattaching the part.
"you know you have a lot of prehistoric figures if you have at least twenty items per page of the prehistoric/dinosaur section on ebay." - anon.

tyrantqueen

#3
Oh, you mean like seam filling? There's tons of stuff you can use. Epoxies, like Aves Apoxie Sculpt are popular, and are extremely strong too. I like to use Vallejo putty....



....it comes in a tube and has a toothpaste like consistency.

I like it because I can just use it straight out of the tube with no mixing or waiting around. If I wanted something stronger, I probably go for an epoxy though.


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