So I'm an idiot [Plastic Glue]

[shotguncoffee]

I have a plastic glue where the long betal pipe that makes sure that only a few drops come out at a time, well, that pipe is clogged.

I have tried taking it out and holding it under a flame, but no dice.

What do I do?

[felixander]

Have you tried a needle or safety pin down there?

[Clang]

Look for one of those plastic ties that are used to wrap cables in packaging - most have a very thin wire core that's the right size to fit down a glue nozzle. Carefully strip most of the plastic off (leaving a bit to act as a handle) and get poking

[Freakiq]

You can just use a lighter to heat the nozzle, this will dissolve any dried plastic glue.

[jez]

Coincidentally happened to me over the weekend.
I've got various sizes of fuse wire that I use for modelling projects. You can normally find some small enough to thread through.

[imcdonnell]

I keep a pin of the right thin-ness handy for such occasions - thin brass modelling wire is also good as it is long enough.

[DarthSte]

I use very thin floristry wire to unclog mine.

[EvilFuzzyDoom]

Wire cutters?

[Triple King]

I use the excess from Guitar Strings. You usually end up with about 6-7 inches of wire clipped off after replacing the string. You can probably pick up a regular gauge high E or B string for next to nothing from a music shop.

[prowla]

You can just use a lighter to heat the nozzle, this will dissolve any dried plastic glue.

Yep, grab some pliers and a lighter, then apply liberal amount of heat. A good idea to do this outdoors, though - you might get a bit of burning glue and specks of floating plastic glue ash..

[Maskedman5oh4]

Using fire on a container filled with flammable glue is asinine.

[Importman]

Two words: hot water

[Freakiq]

Using fire on a container filled with flammable glue is asinine.

Your avatar and signature in relation to your post made me laugh.

[chromedog]

Using fire on a container filled with flammable glue is asinine.

I normally REMOVE the needle from the bottle before doing this. Anyone with a modicum of common sense does (which admittedly, does preclude some 90% of the populace).

[Maskedman5oh4]

Your avatar and signature in relation to your post made me laugh.

hahaha

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[semper_fi]

makes a good mini flamethrower if you keep the metal in the pot to be honest
i really like the whoooooosh sound it makes

yes i know its dangrous but its fun!!!

[semper_fi]

makes a good mini flamethrower if you keep the metal in the pot to be honest
i really like the whoooooosh sound it makes

yes i know its dangrous but its fun!!!

[prowla]

I normally REMOVE the needle from the bottle before doing this. Anyone with a modicum of common sense does (which admittedly, does preclude some 90% of the populace).

Yes, taking the nose out of the bottle before flaming it is usually a good idea..

[SanguinaryDan]

Or you could just use a bottle and brush glue and never have to deal with that crap again.

Tamiya is best, but Testors is good enough.

[DangerousBrian]

I use a bit of piano wire to poke down the tube to fix this, its hard as nails, difficult to beld, and can be used for cool stull like ariels.

DB
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