Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:43:50 -0500
Reply-To: Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
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From: Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
Subject: Re: Grill fix glue?
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Leave it to Gougeon Brothers to come up with an epoxy they claim
bonds to polyethylene(nothing to my knowledge has made that claim
here to fore. It's called G-Flex and yeah it's likely pricey, but SO
is a plastic welding unit. A friend of mine has some, but ai haven't
made it over to his hop to see how it does. he says that it will not
release (when cured) the plastic wrap like David mentioned. So I
guess we can assume that it bonds to the plastic in the plastic
wrap!. epoxy will bond to nylon cloth, but nylon type plastic maybe
not so much. Nylon is one of the weakest synthetic cloths for
laminating. Very flexible, but somehow they haven't fiuguered out
how to finish it so it bonds well to other materials with resin.
YMMV
DM&FS
At 06:06 PM 3/26/2009, David Beierl wrote:
>At 06:44 PM 3/26/2009, Max Wellhouse wrote:
>>Devcon Plastic Welder(PERMATEX has similar). Check "active"
>>ingredients for Methyl Methacrolate.
>
>Wonderfull stuff! It's "methacrYlate" btw. This is a two-part
>very-fast-setting acrylic with amazing "bite" into most plastics. I
>try to always keep some around. Seems almost miraculous sometimes,
>although I think even it will be defeated on polyethylene and those
>wonderful waxy-slick-feeling industrial resins used for intricate
>parts like turn-signal actuators and such. Not sure about nylon.
>
>Another uniquely useful adhesive is Elmer's StixAll (sp?), a tiny
>little tube of RTV silicone for about $6. Releases acetic acid
>during cure, so that limits it a bit. But unlike gasket maker
>silicones, this stuff is formulated to be stickeeeee, and will stick
>to an amazing number of materials. Cures bluish-clear translucent,
>rubbery. Overnight cure.
>
>Since I'm talking about superlatives here -- 3M 5200 caulk/bedding
>compound. I believe it's a polysulfide rubber. Takes two weeks to
>cure, but it's so tenacious that they make another version whose only
>attribute is that it isn't as strong as 5200. 5125, maybe? Like
>everything else from 3M, it ain't cheap.
>
>
> --
>David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
>'89 Po' White Star "Scamp"
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