Tamiya Extra Thin, Low Odor Cement

 

Using plastic solvent is smelly. Those of us who have been at it for many years, hardly notice the whiff, but normal people do. 

Spotting a bottle of Low Odor cement in a shop, I thought I'd give it a try - can a smell-free product really work? 

First impressions are, yes it can. The liquid cement flows freely, once applied using the brush in the lid. Sticking power seems good, but it is slower than MekPak. Not a lot, but Mek tends to be pretty much instant, whereas there is a noticeable wait with this stuff. 

What about the smell? Well, there is a slight odour, but you have to sniff hard to spot it, so I'd say it does what it says on the bottle. 

Price?  Between five and six quid for a 40ml bottle. So, more expensive than buying Mek in a big bottle, but not too dissimilar to the smaller bottles. The bottle design is worthy of note, you'd have the be pretty clumsy to knock this over. 

 Definitely worth a go if the smell of building plastic models bothers you.