Adhesives Help

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Greets!!

I'm not exactly new to customs, but I mainly work with miniatures. I have a small collection of action figures and some which I want to do repairs on ( particularly the small opening seams of arms/leg figures ).In the meaning how some action figures are casted with front & back of the arm / leg and the middle seam part has slightly opened due to age and suchh etc.

In miniatures, I use a plastic glue that pretty much from my understanding, heats up and fuses plastic in the miniatures together. I also have green stuff ( but I prefer not to usit in this case ).

Does anyone have experience with this type of glue if used on action figures? I mainly use on Warhammer figures and Reaper ones ... Or any suggestions of other adhesives that are good to use?

I would prefer not to use super glue because I dont like the extra shiny coat it gives / sometimes frosty coat might seap through the seam...

Thank you

Posted by Illegal_exe

on Monday, February 6, 2017

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Henchmen4Hire -

Monday, February 6, 2017

I'm guessing you're talking about filling the gaps on action figures, like on GI Joe thighs or Gundam models since they're two pieces screwed together.

In that case what youre using is recommended because that fuses the plastic together. For Gundam models, they lay a bead of that cement along the edges where the parts meet, making sure a little bit overflows from the seam. Then when it's cured they sand away the excess to get a seamless surface.

I don't think there would be any problems using liquid cement on action figures, but you could always test it on scrap pieces.

I don't know of any glue that will magically fill the gaps so you don't have to do any post work like sanding and painting. Maybe use super glue and simply use a flat or satin sealer to get rid of the gloss finish?