Model Forum / General / Models / June 2006

Living in a warm/hot tropical environment where we have ceiling fans in
every room to keep air movement to an acceptable level makes the use of
Tenax almost impossible because of rapid evaporation. So I bought a few
of Micromarks' glue applicators which work very well indeed .
They consist of a glass tube with a hypodermic needle cemented in one
end ,you fill by placing the glass tube into the Tenax bottle with the
needle facing upwards and the Tenax climbs the tube by capillary action,
you then invert the tube so the needle faces downward and the Tenax
flows to the needle end and tiny a droplet appears at the needle end
allowing you to run the Tenax along the prepared joint.If you lay the
flow applicator down flat the Tenax stops flowing ,so you can pick it up
and start again when you are ready for the next joint.It can be left
flat on the bench for a long time and still contain the Tenax.

The only problem I have had is minute pieces of plastic getting into the
needle and blocking it .I have solved this problem by getting a plastic
syringe and cutting the nozzle to fit the glass tube ,I place the needle
end into the syringe and flush/inject water through it to clear the
blockage. They also break easily if dropped.

Forgot to add ,it's called the "Touch and Flow" applicator.