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document updated 9 years ago, on Jul 7, 2015

Adam from Mythbusters says — "My favorite glues are cyanoacrylates with accelerators (super glues-let's just call them CAs). I build 90 percent of my projects with this family of adhesives. They're fast and they come in different viscosities. With an accelerator, they set in under 10 seconds. (I'm not kidding.) "

thin, medium, and thick types of superglue
tips for plastic scale modelling
tips from a warship model-builder
super glue activators / "kickers"
- Baking soda works fine. Some people suggest adding baking soda to the glue, not the other way around.
- Adam from Mythbusters — "With an accelerator, they set in under 10 seconds. In our workshop we usually call it Zip Kicker, which is the name of our favorite brand. But be forewarned: CA accelerators have a smell that puts some people off. If you've got CA glue that you want to set in a few seconds but don't want to have your nostrils reamed, here's a cheap off-the-shelf trick: baking soda. After you lay in a little CA, sprinkle on baking soda-and voila! It kicks instantly. And there's no smell. (There is, however, a rapid exothermic reaction--that is, it gets hot--so use caution.) Baking soda also adds mass to the glue, which means I can use it and the CA as a structural medium for strengthening joints."