Superglue foam

[Maenoferren]

What ho chappies,
I was glueing a pile of figs to the MDF bases using gorilla glue superglue, I left them to dry (it didnt seem to bond straight away) Luckily I checked them sooner rather than later. When I checked the glue had foamed up over the bases and in one case over the figure.   

I have used the same kind of stuff to stick figs to the bases and used the minibits ones like I had in the past.
Anybody had anything similar happen to them. The only thing I can think of is that the glue was past its best.

[Techno]

How very strange M.
Never heard of that before....Sounds like some sort of chemical reaction for it to do that.
Any possibility of there being something on the base and/or model ?
Cheers - Phil

[Leon]

I've never heard of that either, where was the superglue stored?  Could be a low temp reaction, where part of the glue has frozen and separated from the rest of the compound?  A similar thing can happen with paints?

[Nosher]

I have had something similar like this happen to me before.

I bought a boatload of Russian Naps in 15mm and had them commission painted. I used exactly the same superglue I have always used to glue the figs to their bases, however on this one occasion rather than leave them to dry thoroughly in the same room as that which I glued them in, I moved them to a cooler room and I also closed the box lid.

When i opened the box a day or so later to start flocking the bases I noticed that almost all of the figures had snow like dust up their legs and and in some cases all the way up their tunics.

This wiped off with a dampish cloth but took freakin ages... afterward there was still some residual deposit that I simply couldn't shift.

I put it down to the fumes from the glue reacting with the paint used on the figures (which was enamels) 

[nikharwood]

Could water / moisture (plus low temp as others have suggested) contributed as well?

[Fenton]

http://woodgears.ca/joint_strength/failures.html

I think this explains it or maybe just makes it more confusing

[Techno]

Looks like that's the answer then, Fenton.
Good answer that man.
Didn't realize such a glue, with that property, existed.
Cheers - Phil

[nikharwood]

http://woodgears.ca/joint_strength/failures.html

I think this explains it or maybe just makes it more confusing

I think he needs a hobby...

[Fenton]

I think he needs a hobby...

Maybe he needs a blog 

[nikharwood]

 

[Maenoferren]

old croft house, damp with poor heating so yep more than likely the case... was still totally wierd though

[Maenoferren]

It struck again and this time with photographic proof.



evidently you are supposed to wet both pieces, I wonder if that has caused the problem

[get2grips]

It's the blob...run for your lives...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH

[Techno]

How strange !
What sort of consistency is the glue M ?
Super thin ? Medium ?
I'll add a tiny bit of water to the  super thin stuff I use, and see what happens.
I'll let you know later.
Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Shhhhhhhh^te!