Glass, Metal & More™

The next glue I am testing is the Glass, Metal & More™, another Beacon product.  Reading the instructions on the package make it seem oversimplistic, and they are.  There is no instruction for puncturing the tip of the tube, but that needs to be done.  Even the instructions on the tube say nothing about puncturing the tip.  In fact, the instructions on the tube are somewhat different from the instructions on the package.  How thoughtful of them to make using their product confusing.  Apparently, it breaks down to the steps already used with previous glues.

The tube recommends clean, dry surfaces, so I prepped the pieces with alcohol.  Both the tube and the package recommend sanding shiny surfaces.

Done (before and after pictures, respectively).

As you might be able to tell from this picture, the tube cap has a spear inside it.  I deduced this was present to puncture the top of the tube, and I was correct.  The spear punctured the tube quite efficiently.  The next instruction is to place a small amount of glue on only one of the pieces.

And done, although with possibly a little too much glue . . .

. . . as you can see from the overflow squeezing out of the side.  Since this is my initial test, I am going to leave that there.  Maybe I should have wiped it off.  When I looked at the picture, I noticed the finding was not centered.  I went over to it to take a look.  The finding had slid over to one side of the jewel.  I re-centered it, pressed it down firmly, and wiped up the excess glue.  I hope it doesn't move around again.

Of note, this is the worst smelling of the glues I have tried so far.  It is even burning my sinuses a bit, and this is in a room with the window wide open.  Unless this is the best glue in the world, I will probably not select this one for my projects.

This glue is supposed to rest for 24 hours.  At that time, I will check on it and add to this post.

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