On 5 Mar 2010 at 21:38, Tony Duell wrote:
I can't remember,but the reason I am replying
here is that I have an
intense distrust of glues...
Try some polyurethane glue ("Gorilla glue"). I use it to tack down
components when needed. It'll even tack a cable to a steel frame.
How fo yuo udno it again if you need to replace either part?
There are glues I use with success. The plastic solvent-welding tpye of
adhesives are good (provided you use them on a plastic they will
disolve). I use the well-known trick of strengthing the repair on the
back with some cotton fabric.
Epoxy adhesives are useful too for all sorts of repairs. I've never had
much success with isocyano acrylic hydro-copolymerising adhesives,
though. And contact adhesive is what I sue for sticking on nameplates,
bits of trim, and that sort of thing.
But only if I know I am not going to want to take it off again ever, for
any reason. Certainly for anything I make myself, I never use adhesives,
I alsways use screws..
Great for repairing pottery--it expands to fill gaps
and makes a
watertight seal. Yet it's easy enough to trim off with a utility
knife. The only serious drawback to it is the long (i.e. 24 hour)
cure time, meaning you have to keep whatever you're gluing clamped or
tacked in place until the glue cures.
I can't recommend it highly enough.
I think I should invest in some anyway...
-tony