JB Weld

[Gary Fowler]

Speaking of tape, try some Gorilla tape next time you need a repair. It sticks, wears better than the silver stuff and is almost impossible to pull off.

 

[Turbys_1700]

Speaking of tape, try some Gorilla tape next time you need a repair. It sticks, wears better than the silver stuff and is almost impossible to pull off.

I've got some Gorilla tape on my truck seat and sofa. Has held up well. Works like a heavy duty packaging cellophane tape.

 

[turnkey4099]

Well guys, first time it's a failure. Came apart when trying to test faucet. Back to the shop, mixed another batch paying more attention to portions and tried again. This time I spread some on the sides of part to get more contact area. I'll wait a couple hours and try again..

Quite possible that it failed due to not being clean enough. I forgot to drain the standpipe, chunk broke out of the top, JB weld fixed it but I cleaned it and the surrounding area thoroughly and then built up mass beyond the break.

 

[Deere Dude]

JB Weld has all kinds of uses. This is my latest. If I could find a butter dish like this I wouldn't have to resort to such things.

 

[sixdogs]

I have temporarily glued many things with JB Weld and , 10-25 years later it's still holding. I just clean and make surface perfect, mix some of "A" and some of "B" and clamp till cured. Beats me and I don't think I've ever had anything come apart.

 

[Toyboy]

Quite possible that it failed due to not being clean enough. I forgot to drain the standpipe, chunk broke out of the top, JB weld fixed it but I cleaned it and the surrounding area thoroughly and then built up mass beyond the break.

Possible, but it never seemed to really harden to a "bondo" type hardness even after I made sure both parts were equal.
I don't have any faith in it now.

 

[/pine]

Possible, but it never seemed to really harden to a "bondo" type hardness even after I made sure both parts were equal.
I don't have any faith in it now.

Just curious...did the epoxy itself separate in the fail or did it separate from one or the other surfaces?

Also, any chance you can show pictures of the handle and the bond you were trying to make?

 

[JRobyn]

I usually use a sheet of white paper (like from a notepad) to mix on, and the end of a heavy wooden match to mix. I TRY my best to get exactly equal-sized "blobs" of resin and hardener, but I believe that if you are within 15-20% you'll be fine. At least that's been my very successful experience.

 

[Toyboy]

Just curious...did the epoxy itself separate in the fail or did it separate from one or the other surfaces?

Also, any chance you can show pictures of the handle and the bond you were trying to make?

The two pieces I posted in #26 just separated. No strength at all.
It wasn't the handle that broke, it was a separate piece that made the connection between the handle and cartridge stem

 

[teejk]

The two pieces I posted in #26 just separated. No strength at all.
It wasn't the handle that broke, it was a separate piece that made the connection between the handle and cartridge stem

They do make a few different versions I think for different repairs but remember it is really just a modified epoxy and as such if epoxy wasn't going to work then this wouldn't be much better. Looking at the piece that broke (which looks to be subject to stress) I had serious doubts it was going to work. Not a lot of glue surface there.