Hi there. In this video I'm going to tell you all about a wonderful glue that you can use in your crafting. It's called E-6000. So E-6000 is a clear glue that is wonderful for many of your crafting and jewelry-making needs. You can use it to glue multiple things: wood, metal, fabric, glass, ceramics, leather, rubber. In your crafting, especially if you like to do multimedia, you can glue rocks, seashells, beads, buttons. It's got a lot of wonderful properties. It's waterproof and also it's flexible, and that can be important.
Here's a project that I just finished. This is a cuff bracelet, and all these little pieces were glued on. And when I put it on, it flexes a little. I try not to flex it too much, but you know, even just through wearing, it's going to get a little bit of flex and movement. And because my pieces were glued on with E-6000, I know it will move with them so they won't pop off. So that's a really useful benefit of this glue.
It can go in the washer or dryer. It can be painted. It's photo safe. And the way I like to use it is I grab a scrap of paper or an index card, and then you just glob out a little bit what you're going to need in maybe the next 5 or 10 minutes. And then seal it up securely. Try to keep those threads cleared off. And then you can use a toothpick to apply it, and notice how it's stringy, if you can see that. And it's kind of runny and stringy. You want to use it while it's like that. I like to just take my toothpick and twirl it a little, and that gets those strings off so they don't follow me to my project.
Do make sure to use this with good ventilation. It is kind of stinky. You certainly don't want to be bending over it, smelling it all day long. But if you have a fan and an open window, you'll be fine. If you need to clean it up before it's cured, you can use acetone. And after it's cured, it's kind of rubbery. You can actually use a craft knife to cut and then peel off pieces, cut and scrape. So make sure it's stringy and fresh as you're using it. And once it starts to glop up, don't use that part anymore. Just go ahead and get some fresh glue. And E-6000 is surprisingly strong, but you should always test the bond on a practice piece before gluing something where the hold is crucial.
8 сен 2015
