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Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: shimsham on August 26, 2010, 09:13:14 pm

Title: Adhesives
Post by: shimsham on August 26, 2010, 09:13:14 pm

Anyone recommend some quality adhesives for building ie.plastic weld,cyanos,etc

Cheers

Title: Re: Adhesives
Post by: Pirate on August 26, 2010, 09:21:00 pm

I use '5star' find them on e bay, excellent range, pay after youve received the product. Super glue does not come unstuck in water. Obviously I have nought to gain from this recommmendation.
Pirate

PS Store cyanos in fridge, it keeps them for months!!

Title: Re: Adhesives
Post by: DickyD on August 26, 2010, 09:41:53 pm

Hi Colin
Have sent PM

Zap a Gap a Goo sticks anything to anything.

(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p8/DickyD_photos/pt12.jpg)

Z-Poxy epoxy resin seal prop shafts and sticks decks to hulls.

(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p8/DickyD_photos/zap-5min-epoxy.jpg)

Plastic Weld for ABS, Plasticard, plastic.,

(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p8/DickyD_photos/plastic-weld.gif)

Zap a Gap cyano sticks metals to plastic etc.

(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p8/DickyD_photos/zap-a-gap.jpg)

Title: Re: Adhesives
Post by: essex2visuvesi on August 28, 2010, 01:23:38 pm

Quote from: Pirate on August 26, 2010, 09:21:00 pm

PS Store cyanos in fridge, it keeps them for months!!

I never knew that... well you learn something new everyday

Title: Re: Adhesives
Post by: Subculture on August 28, 2010, 03:00:01 pm

Okay before opening but once opened, don't put them back in the fridge as this promotes condensation inside the bottle which will make the cyano go off quicker.

Title: Re: Adhesives
Post by: Pirate on August 28, 2010, 08:14:30 pm

Not my experience!!
Pirate

Title: Re: Adhesives
Post by: tt1 on August 28, 2010, 10:43:44 pm

Still regularly using the same bottles of various makes of cyano from the fridge which are now over 3years old, the necks and nozzle's in a bit of a mess but still sticks like s--t to a blanket.

              But you never know maybe one day (!)   :((

                               Regards, Tony.


           

Title: Re: Adhesives
Post by: Netleyned on August 29, 2010, 09:00:08 am

Does anyone still use Aerolite?

Two part urea formaldehyde glue
Tin of powder to be mixed with water to a cream painted on one surface
and acid hardener painted on the other
We used it back in the fifties for building the frames for our Percy Blandford Kayaks
and the first boat kit I built at the age of 15 a Bell Woodworking 1:1 scale GP14 sailing dinghy
Aerolite must have been cutting edge technology  we were using it alongside a bubbling gas gluepot
in the workshop!

Ned

Title: Re: Adhesives
Post by: Circlip on August 29, 2010, 03:49:15 pm

Even kept in the fridge, Cyanos do loose their max gripping power and they are water soluble, over time.

  Regards  Ian.