From: David Mann
If you find a glue that actually works, post it here. I could never
find one and always eventually end up buying replacement hoods.
The first time I broke it, I think I just used ordinary super glue
and it held for a few years until I fell on it. Last time I used a
different glue that I thought would hold better.
I had one of those "petal" shape bayonet style hoods for a 28-70 zoom.
It snapped across one of the narrow points. Wouldn't grip afterward.
I tried super-glue, Duco cement, Gorilla Glue, instant epoxy and the
kind of epoxy you have to let dry overnight. The best result I got was
from the dry overnight epoxy, and that wouldn't hold more than a couple
of days.
The glue joint was stretched apart every time I mounted the hood, and
eventually would fail.
I even tried epoxying it and then wrapping the hood in gaffers tape
(trimmed to match the contour of the "petal"), which did last a little
longer than just epoxy alone.
But gaffers tape had just enough stretch, the glue joint could pop again
and it just wouldn't stay on.
If I'd had any military commo wire around, I might have tried drilling
tiny holes either side of the break and looping one of the steel strands
from the commo wire across the break several times and epoxying it in
place to see if that might keep it from popping open again.
Luckily, I found a spare hood of the correct model in a junk parts bin
at my local camera store. Bought that to replace the broken one.
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