Applicator

[hooker-of-men]

Do these style applicator bottles work OK for Sally Hansen / nail polish? Any clogging issues? Pretty easy to just pour it in from the glass bottle?

Thanks!

 

[falcon]

I would think so. I see Flagler using them in his tying demos. Where did you get that bottle?
I use a bodkin and Sallys or Loon water based cement from the bottle.

 

[hooker-of-men]

Picture is pulled from Mad River Outfitters. I don't have it in hand, hence the question.

 

[afishinado]

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Do these style applicator bottles work OK for Sally Hansen / nail polish? Any clogging issues? Pretty easy to just pour it in from the glass bottle?

Thanks!

I tried one of these dispensers and the head cement thickened and dried up quickly in the bottle. Did not work well for me.

 

[rancid waders]

I would think after owning one or 2 due to thin gauge of needle it would clog. I keep a can of acetone out in shed for such occasions.

 

[tomgamber]

I have a bodkin I dip and clean when I'm done. It's just what I've always used.

 

[hooker-of-men]

I have a bodkin I dip and clean when I'm done. It's just what I've always used.

This is what I do, too. But I kinda suck at it. I'm also using stock Hard as Nails bottles, so this requires removing and placing the brush/cap to the side.

When I see YouTube tyers use the applicator, it looks so much tidier. I guess they're cheap enough to just grab one and find out, but I'll be more inclined to do so if I see one in a shop in person rather than online

 

[Bamboozle]

I tried one of these dispensers and the head cement thickened and dried up quickly in the bottle. Did not work well for me.

Ditto for me as well.

I use a variation of one of these except I don't use the cap.

I take the cap with the hole in it off and just use the needle and the plastic cone inside as a cap over my head cement bottle when I'm tying flies which is better than leaving the bottle completely open or screwing and unscrewing a cap.

When I'm not tying, I re-seal the bottle with another cap & seal with no hole. The bottle size & caps are pretty standard for head cement so I just use the cap from my regular head cement. If you use Hard as Nails you would just need a spare cap of the correct size.

I've been using this system for a long time after trying one of those applicator bottles, the sexy but equally ineffective aluminum Dyna-King Cement Reservoir and nothing but an open bottle and a dubbing needle.

Bottom line, any system with a tube or a needle and a cap with a hole where air can get in allows evaporation. That's why I don't use the Renzetti bottles as intended.

 

[DGC]

I bought one from H&H ages ago and had the same rapid drying issue as Afish. Tossed it.

 

[poopdeck]

This is what I do, too. But I kinda suck at it. I'm also using stock Hard as Nails bottles, so this requires removing and placing the brush/cap to the side.

Me too, sort of. I stick the end of my Bodkin into the removed brush and not the bottle.

 

[just_jon]

I’ve been using this bottle with Sally Hansens for years without issue.

 

[nfrechet]

just trim the brush in the sally hansen bottle you already have

 

[hooker-of-men]

just trim the brush in the sally hansen bottle you already have

Woah. Big brain

 

[Fredrick]

haven't gone back since I started using this stuff . Just coat the thread before you tie off the head