Tommy Walsh says: "Go to Poundland"

I went into Truro's Poundland on a mission to buy £10 worth of 'Giant Bubbles' for me mates brood and while searching found the DIY section.

My eye was drawn to the 'superglue', being in desperate desperate need I picked up three packs of this:

Works just like the stuff that normally costs £7+ AND comes with those skinny tips.

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I've been using their 20g bottles of thin cyano for ages and it's absolutely fine. Pity they don't do a medium version.

One word of warning, the quid bottles of PVA are not suitable for modelling use (or much else for that matter) - far too thin.

thumbs up from NE.....1 land also...in these cash strapped times we live in...i've used all the different P/Land cyano's and they do the job...ideal for the flight box for first aid in the event of an arrival/crash....

ken anderson...ne...1.... P/Land dept.

I've been using Poundshop cyano for a while now. I keep the spare in the fridge to keep it fresh. If you want thicker cyano just keep it for a while and it thickens - to the point of its being unusable as I found from the bottle I keep in my flight box for those 'just in case' repairs

I've also been using Poundshop 5 minute epoxy which also seems to work OK. I use 30 minute epoxy for very critical areas but the Poundshop stuff is fine for quicker setting needs.

Our local Poundshop in Belper is right by the bus stop where I get the bus home and If I'm a few minutes early I have a wander to see what's in stock. I usually walk the 2.5 miles in and catch the bus home up the hill - the joys of the free bus pass, one of the very few advantages of old age!

Geoff

Geoff

I have cyano in my fridge from 5 to 6 years ago. Still seems to bond well with no obvious ill effects.

I once bought some epoxy from Poundland, took a week to go off and I'm not joking.

I know you aint joking.....

Once bitten, twice buy Araldite or West.

Been use the super glue and PVA for many years. The boxed super glue and kicker supply has finished this spring (2016).

The PVA is thinner than the blue Evostick stuff and not instant tack, however I have built with it and haven't had any problems. For instance my cardboard glider has been glued together using it and the brown paper covering finish underneath tightened with PVA.

Covered in brown paper from Poundland - glued with PVA from Poundland - 2 cans of Poundland silver spray - Cardboard from the local bike shop, it is a 'Canondale ' bike box and £ free - 40" Span - two standard servo's - AA flat pack - 30 oz in weight - 10 oz per sq ft wing loading - end wing section seen is a 7% section - logo's off the internet and printed on Poundland copy paper - ink via HP.

What's that hanging out of it's butt Mark?

Has it worms

LOL ...sorry Phil, I should have combed my quiff before flying

I better keep out of the sea with all the water based glue going on !   Mind if it has got worms I'll catch a fish.

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Thats a good looking model Mark, the silver looks very 'alloy'.

My 2nd pair of BoT wings: Poundland CA / 'Ever Build 502' pva (£2 / 500ml / local hard-ware store)

Edited By D. Woodward on 10/05/2016 01:03:50

Some good screwdriver sets too. The epoxy remains just a bit flexible which is ideal for bonding hard wood and bamboo to balsa and each other. . Hard drying glues can be too brittle for this

Cheers D. W.

Give Bob Smith's (BSM) brand epoxies from Hobbyking a go - I use their 30 minute type for general use and their finishing epoxy for glassing. Have tried all the dearer types and BSM's products are just as good and much more economical.

Yeap, Poundland, one of my favorite shops, we have 3 of them in Exeter now, since they bought out the 99p shops.

I bought that super glue same pack just the other day. Good tip about refrigerating it there Percy, thanks !

I buy masking and clear packing tape when they have it. Also snap off knives, (though the blades are very thin, that is useful sometimes). I've bought marker pens, pencils, brown paper, fablon type sticky back plastic, sealable plastic containers, bicycle lamps and mudguards, biscuits and snacks . . .

this is starting to sound like a commercial,

Teehee, I've even bought Hot Wheels cars in there!

D.W - is your wing for a glider 'Bird of Time' ? (took me age's to figure out BOT)

Ideal for those applications where you need to get it really, REALLY precisely positioned!

More seriously, I think a lot of what you pay for 'higher-end' products is related to quality control and consistency. One batch of Poundland glue might be fine, the next batch might not be. In many cases the price difference is enough that you can afford to take the risk... I always test first, and never assume that because a previous purchase worked, the next one will too...

Thanks for the great tip! I went to Poundland yesterday and bought some more CA and it seems to work just as well as the more expensive stuff. I like the small bottles too.