Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Beginners start here...! => Topic started by: mook on September 19, 2011, 08:30:21 pm
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I'm trying to seel a little hole in side my hull I have no resin or any sort sealant but would super glue work as a quick fix for now
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Some super glues might degrade in water, but if you must, then use some sort of filler with it like sawdust or melted plastic bits.
Epoxy resin is the way to go. You can get a two part pack in the cheap shop for next to nothing.
ken
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Super glue also goes very brittle when it goes off, and there's no flexing in it....
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unless you use a flexible super glue gel.
Ver expensive, But.
kiwi
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Fix it right, or you WILL get to fix it again. O0
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Ok I will get some resin today do u think £5 will be enough for some
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The cheap stuff sold on market tool stalls will do a very adequate job and should cost around a quid. Plastic tape on the outside, apply mixture from the inside, come back tomorrow, peel the tape off, ready to go. Colouring in optional. I knocked a small hole in a fibreglass hull a LONG time ago - that mend is still sound. That mend took about 2p worth from a £1 pack at todays prices.
Would I use it as a main adhesive to assemble anything critical? No, but for bunging a hole up, good stuff.