Revell 'Contacta Special'......

[thedarkmaster]

At work we are still on the original box of 24 we had when we opened the shop 18 months ago.......popular isn't it ? though we do activly discourage people from buying it .

[Army of One]

Ha!! Not in Crawley.......didn't take it back either the next day when I moaned about it when buying the smaller bottle of the better stuff.....while eyeing up that lovely little Revell box........pah!!!

[NARSES2]

The problem I have with the "Contacta Professional" is the needle getting blocked, which I have yet to find a method to de block as it is so fine.

Gondor

Just leave it upside down for a while (30-60mins) and the glue dissolves itself.

Glad to see the old tricks are still alive Steve 

[Flyboy69]

Hmmmm, I have used revell glue since I started building in the dark ages of my youth(Way, Way Back 1970's) and I never Had any trouble. 
Maybee if you have worked with it for some time you get used to it.
So, if you find a glue you are happy with, than you should stick with it?! Hehehehehe


Arnold

[Weaver]

Hmmmm, I have used revell glue since I started building in the dark ages of my youth(Way, Way Back 1970's) and I never Had any trouble. 
Maybee if you have worked with it for some time you get used to it.
So, if you find a glue you are happy with, than you should stick with it?! Hehehehehe


Arnold

The normal "watery" Contacta, whether in bottles or the "Professional" dispensers with the needle, is fine: I use it all the time. The issue here is with the Contacta "Special" which comes in a big heavy square-based bottle with a big blue top. This stuff is much thicker and stringier, and is apparently intended as a general-purpose adhesive like UHU, to be used on clear parts, chromed ones, non-plastic ones etc, while still being able to melt styrene together. I find it too thick and Stringy to be useful for anything much.

[Flyboy69]

Hmmmm, I have used revell glue since I started building in the dark ages of my youth(Way, Way Back 1970's) and I never Had any trouble. 
Maybee if you have worked with it for some time you get used to it.
So, if you find a glue you are happy with, than you should stick with it?! Hehehehehe


Arnold

The normal "watery" Contacta, whether in bottles or the "Professional" dispensers with the needle, is fine: I use it all the time. The issue here is with the Contacta "Special" which comes in a big heavy square-based bottle with a big blue top. This stuff is much thicker and stringier, and is apparently intended as a general-purpose adhesive like UHU, to be used on clear parts, chromed ones, non-plastic ones etc, while still being able to melt styrene together. I find it too thick and Stringy to be useful for anything much.

Ok, Ok.
So I never have used the Special one. Even Revell can have it sometimes wrong.
Arnold