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Originally Posted by CrateCruncher
... The accelerator causes such a fast reaction that gas is trapped in the bond making it a bit weaker and causing a rough surface in my experience. I guess it's a preference thing. I'm not in that big a hurry anyway. Then there's that oily residue.
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Right on all three counts! If the joint needs a lot of strength, I don't use accelerator. But then I have to plan how to hold everything in place until the CA dries. I've used poster tack, masking tape, rubber bands, all kinds of clamps, gravity, weights, tweezers, Liqui-tape from Microscale, my fat fingers, and other methods that I can't remember.
Keep in mind that you don't want get glue on anything but the joint. Or to glue your fingers or other holding devices to your model!
I sure haven't found the perfect solution. For me, positioning and neatly gluing small parts is still the hardest thing about modeling.