Trying to recall this glue light thing.... need your help!

[FishyboY 0]

so i was at tiefest this weekend and it was sweet! i noticed bob popovics demonstrating using this adhesive. the adhesive was a flexible acrylic that you needed this blue light for! it is not uv because he specifically said that you should not use uv cause it hurts your eyes over time. so the light shined a really blue light.....

 

do you know the type of light or the type of adhesive?

[Crackleback 0]

Sounds like Tuffleye to me.

 

 

Mike

[David Legg 0]

Loon UV cement is similar, but definitely uses UV light to cure.

[TitanFlies 0]

What doesn't hurt your eyes over time? Hell, staring at this very computer screen isn't good for your eyes. Nothing in moderation can hurt you.

[Wellman 0]

Loon UV Tan is the best. You can almost use it for everything.

[flytire 0]

you didnt ask him at the show what he was using??

[neoFLYte 0]

so i was at tiefest this weekend and it was sweet! i noticed bob popovics demonstrating using this adhesive. the adhesive was a flexible acrylic that you needed this blue light for! it is not uv because he specifically said that you should not use uv cause it hurts your eyes over time. so the light shined a really blue light.....

 

do you know the type of light or the type of adhesive?

 

Tuffleye sells a flashlight that is blue and produces a very bright blue light. http://www.wetahook.com I would classify Tuffleye as a sealant more than an adhesive.

 

I have the kit. Occasionally I drag the stuff out and tie something with it. I've managed to create some cool looking hardheaded flies. I strongly recommend a rotary vise if you plan to use the Tuffleye product. The blue light makes it harden fairly quickly, but not quickly enough that you wont have a "belly" of stuff on the lower side if you don't turn it while the gel is curing. I haven't tied with true epoxy yet, so I can't comment whether the Tuffleye product is any better or worse than epoxy. I am pretty sure Tuffleye is more expensive than epoxy.

[TitanFlies 0]

you didnt ask him at the show what he was using??

That's why he's asking now.

[ChuckingFluff 0]

so i was at tiefest this weekend and it was sweet! i noticed bob popovics demonstrating using this adhesive. the adhesive was a flexible acrylic that you needed this blue light for! it is not uv because he specifically said that you should not use uv cause it hurts your eyes over time. so the light shined a really blue light.....

 

do you know the type of light or the type of adhesive?

 

Just a side not on UV light. I use a UV light a lot, a big 12 bulb one. You should never look at it while you are using it, just cup it in your hand and turn your head away. You can just close your eyes, that's all I do. Just make sure theres not pets in the room looking at it while your using it.

 

I also use it to recharge the dogs glow in dark ball at night. By the time I get home it's dark and the dog still wants to play fetch outside. I just shine it on the ball while it's in my pocket. Does a great job.

[neoFLYte 0]

Just a side not on UV light. I use a UV light a lot, a big 12 bulb one. You should never look at it while you are using it, just cup it in your hand and turn your head away. You can just close your eyes, that's all I do. Just make sure theres not pets in the room looking at it while your using it.

 

I also use it to recharge the dogs glow in dark ball at night. By the time I get home it's dark and the dog still wants to play fetch outside. I just shine it on the ball while it's in my pocket. Does a great job.

 

Granted, UV is supposed to be beyond the ability of human sight. But when I think of UV light, I think of that fluorescent tube stuff from the '60s and '70s and the associated posters, skin paint, etc. The Tuffleye "flashlight" doesn't have that weird "glow" to it... although the wavelengths emitted by the Tuffleye product may be considerably refined as compared to the "psychedelic" days. Did you ever think you'd see the word "psychedelic" in a fly-tying forum? LOL!

 

[troutdogg 0]

What doesn't hurt your eyes over time? Hell, staring at this very computer screen isn't good for your eyes. Nothing in moderation can hurt you.

 

 

Guys, exposure to artifical UV light is very dangerous and can cause severe eye and skin damage.

 

Here's a link to a Princeton University Site discussing the matter and informing faculty of the dangers involved while working near or with UV lighting.

 

http://web.princeton.edu/sites/ehs/healthsafetyguide/E4.htm

 

In reference to the material that Popovic uses - its Tuffleye...............

[FishyboY 0]

you didnt ask him at the show what he was using??

That's why he's asking now.

 

i asked him... just i forgot... learned so many things that day

 

but yeah he mentioned how extremely dangerous uv can be for your eyes... bad stuff.

[FishyboY 0]

where can i purchase the tuffleye stuff?

[troutdogg 0]

where can i purchase the tuffleye stuff?

 

Orvis has it! Posted their link and one from the Bearsden............

 

http://www.orvis.com/store/product.aspx?pf_id=0C98

 

http://www.bearsden.com/product6538.html (Scott at the Bearsden is a cool cat - good dude and stands behind what he sells!)

 

 

[TitanFlies 0]

What doesn't hurt your eyes over time? Hell, staring at this very computer screen isn't good for your eyes. Nothing in moderation can hurt you.

 

 

Guys, exposure to artifical UV light is very dangerous and can cause severe eye and skin damage.

 

Here's a link to a Princeton University Site discussing the matter and informing faculty of the dangers involved while working near or with UV lighting.

 

http://web.princeton.edu/sites/ehs/healthsafetyguide/E4.htm

 

In reference to the material that Popovic uses - its Tuffleye...............

Tell that to Orthodontists or Dentists... better yet, don't go outside because it's riddled with UV rays!