From: =?Windows-1252?Q?Mathieu_Ren=E9?= <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:54:01 -0400
Subject: [Puptcrit] I HATE press-tite green


Well, I gave it its last chance.
The first contact cement I ever tried was Press-tite green, from Lepage.
It was very hard to use, took forever to dry, was not tacky enough when parts were brought together,and the result was weak, at best.

7 years of experience later, I figured maybe I'd be able to make it work.
After all, it's been on the market a while, it must be good for something...

NOt so.
It's awful, it's stupid, user-unfriendly, not worth the money, not worth the time.
Even on this very hot summer day, with a 1500watt hair dryer to speed it up, it takes forever to dry on foam, and when you think it is ready, the parts won't grab together enough to do any good. One would need to pin the foam in place while its curing! That totally defeata the purpsoe of contact cement!
The only things this glue seems to be good for is wasting money and being a nightmare to use.
It is even more difficult to clean off of brushes than the rubber latex.
It is so bad I'm not even sorry I spilled three quarters of the can when a mosquito decided to attack my eyes while I was holding the can.

It may be non-toxic physically, but I'd reccomend labeling it TOXIC for the technical mind!!!


How can a company like Lepage, which has a lot of great products,  make such a horrible useless sludge?


One the other hand, last winter I tried the regular Press-tite (gel consistency), and it's marvelous on foam, if a bit stinky.
Not as good as the Helmifix, but I might have to go back to Press0tite gell if I find out it is less toxic and has no toluene nor other nasties.

To try to finish on a fairer, less emotional note...
I did try the same press-tite green on blue and pink styrofoam this winter, and it works well, as long as the parets are perfectly flat and smooth to allow for a good surface contact.

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