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Philip Pemberton wrote: Did they change the formula for Araldite at some point? I remember it being great stuff when I was a kid, but then when I used it in more recent years it just didn't seem as good. Various other substances seem to have suffered over the years due to replacing of harmful chemicals in them with less-harmful counterparts which don't work as well, but I'm not sure if that's why Araldite didn't seem as good. I've not found a really good off-the-shelf epoxy here in the US yet - various ones that are OK, but not as robust* as I'd like. * Although I did patch a damaged cylinder bore with some a few weeks ago as a test - so far so good. It should take the maximum temperature, but whether the heating/cooling cycles or oil contact eventually kills it remains to be seen. If it dies, it's out with the chemical metal :-) cheers Jules