Ambroid

Someone around here recently commented on Ambroid. I have a model plane book published in 1928 which suggests using Ambroid. And this is for parts made of bamboo, pine, and using very little balsa.

My latest 3.2 oz tube of Ambroid, purchased just last week, cost $3.59. It is still the best all-around adhesive made.

A true modeler knows where he can buy Ambroid and how to use it.
Did I just give away my age?

Tom:+

and it puts such a nice shine on your fingers too. My wife is always wondering why I chew them! hahaha

You mean there's some other type of adhesive available?

Ambroid chews best!

I have to admit, I've chewed on it before it dried..

(It hasn't affect..affect..affected me yet!)

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"IDIOT, n: A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling." -Ambrose Bierce

Ambroid makes/made an Aliphatic resin glue also. I doubt that it chews as well though.

I liked the old tubes that had the screw eye top...made good fairleads for profiles. The empty tubes made good wing weights also.

Yeah....the good old days when they made tubes out of lead and you just wrapped them around the spar for tip weight. Could also be cut into strips for hiding in tight corners of the fuse as well.

>Yeah....the good old days when they made tubes out of lead
>and you just wrapped them around the spar for tip weight.
>Could also be cut into strips for hiding in tight corners of
>the fuse as well.

You can still use them for tip weight, preferably on dogged out Ringmasters. Wouldn't have it any other way. Currell

> Ambroid makes/made an Aliphatic resin glue also. I doubt
>that it chews as well though.
>
> I liked the old tubes that had the screw eye top...made
>good fairleads for profiles. The empty tubes made good wing
>weights also.
>
> George

I remember those! The metal screweye tops were common for the plastic styrene cement tubes as well. Shoot, I can even remember the Ipana toothpaste pump bottles.

I used to buy it in quart cans and used a glue gun. Then I stored the glue gun in a large peanut butter jar with about one inch of Sig thinner in it. Keeps the gun clear and the glue liquid. Ah, dems was tha days.

Only one local shop even carries Ambroid any more. At $2 a tube it is an incredible bargain!

Still wonderful stuff, but I have to admit I am partial to building with aliphaetic.

Both Chew pretty well, (and come off teeth pretty easily...)

CYA has its place.... Like gluing an all sheet half-a back together after an 'abrupt' landing

>Only one local shop even carries Ambroid any more. At $2 a
>tube it is an incredible bargain!
>
>Still wonderful stuff, but I have to admit I am partial to
>building with aliphaetic.
>
>Both Chew pretty well, (and come off teeth pretty easily...)
>
>CYA has its place.... Like gluing an all sheet half-a back
>together after an 'abrupt' landing

The cellulose base glues (like Ambroid) are still the best for planking fuselages (for those of us who still do that sorta thing!)...
Done correctly; ANY glue joint is far stronger than the wood itself- no matter what glue is used.

...CYA has its place.... Like gluing an all sheet half-a back together after an 'abrupt' landing

If you chew that stuff, make sure it flashes first

...I used to buy it in quart cans and used a glue gun. Then I stored the glue gun in a large peanut butter jar with about one inch of Sig thinner in it. Keeps the gun clear and the glue liquid. Ah, dems was tha days...

I still have one of the old Perfect glue guns that is aluminum and came with several tips. I only bought one or two cans of Ambroid though. Found it evaporated too fast in the can.
True Story: A buddy who worked at IBM when they opened a plant in Lexington, KY found that they were THROWING OUT five or six one gallon cans of Ambroid so he got permission to take it. He passed it out to fellow flyers. We all had glass quart jars of Ambroid.
I used the guns for white glue also (Elmer's Glue All). Lost a couple of those guns when I couldn't get the dried glue out. Many years later I use the plastic glue guns for white/yellow glue if I need a glue gun.
As you say, "Ah, dems was tha days..."

I guess I used the glue up so fast it never had timed to evaporate. I also put in a few drops of thinner on top of the glue so while I was at sea it would not dry out. I'm curious if they still sell it in quarts and pints?