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Balsa Products sells these CA SUCK-ER Syrettes which make dispensing cyanoacrylate glue an easy job and with less chance of the tip clogging.

The CA SUCK-ER is best stored vertically to prevent clogging when not in use. You can drill a hole in a block of wood or use this simple plastic holding fixture.

All you need to do to dispense cyanoacrylate glue is squeeze on the CA SUCK-ER body. Doing this is much easier than trying to pour the glue directly from the bottle.

This is the way you suck the cyanoacrylate glue out of the bottle and into the Syrette.

Q-26: I’m having a tough time using my thin cyanoacrylate cement because the nozzle on the top of the dispenser bottle keeps clogging. This slows down my building process. Is there any possible solution to this problem?

A-26: Many of us have experienced the frustrations of clogging cyanoacrylate-glue bottles. Several years ago an item was introduced that I believe came from the surgical-supply industry. It is a plastic Syrette that looks like a squeeze bottle reservoir with a plastic spout or tip. The accompanying photos help explain.

You insert the tip or spout into an opened cyanoacrylate-glue bottle. Squeeze the Syrette bottle and then let go. A certain amount of cyanoacrylate glue is sucked up into the Syrette.

You can pull on the spout with pliers and stretch the spout tube into a thinner diameter. By doing this, you can dispense the cyanoacrylate glue on the model structure at an extraordinarily controlled rate.

Try to keep the Syrette supported in a vertical position when it's not in use. Every once in a while the spout will get clogged. When that happens, cut off a short length of the spout until the clogged portion is discarded. Then stretch out the spout again by pulling on it and you are back in business.

These Syrettes don’t last long, so make sure you keep a dozen or so on hand. I have been buying mine from Balsa Products Co. (www.balsapr.com). They call this product the "CA SUCK-ER"—naturally!

—Bob Aberle