: Monday, November 07, 2011 11:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] the all-purpose adhesive...
I didn't have good luck with epoxy when I glued my broken headlight
doors on the W116. So far one has broken again in the same places after
not much time.
I've now glued it with Shoe Goo
thinking about some splints across the break, but it is all curvy and
not very splintable...What say the shoegooers?
I say Goo for it! If looks don't matter, glop it on and press
pop can material into it as a splint. It's flexible, and comes
in your choice of colors! Goo is no good out in
Mitch Haley wrote:
Allan Streib wrote:
I didn't have good luck with epoxy when I glued my broken
headlight doors on the W116. So far one has broken again in
the same places after not much time.
They make special UV resistant epoxy. It's mostly used in wood
strip boat construction
That stuff is a solvent. I was thinking to see if it might solve the
problem, but since the break is a butt joint, I'm not sure it would have
enough strength. I might go with and epoxy soda can fix, see if that
holds up.
--R
On 11/8/11 12:16 AM, kevin kraly wrote:
I wonder how well PVC
I might go with an epoxy soda can fix, see if that holds up.
Epoxy does not flex, if the body is subject to the same kind
of forces that flexed, and then broke, it before it'll do it
again. Shoe Goo is strong and flexible. With a splint (sanded
metal) giving it gripping area it's unstoppable!
The stuff I use is a generic two part meant for plastic, and it's flexible
enough not to crack.
I'll try to find the package and get the name.
Walt
On Nov 8, 2011 9:10 PM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
I might go with an epoxy soda can fix, see if that holds up.
Epoxy does not
I am becomming a big fan of Shoe Goo, and cut up soda cans as a backing
material, to repair all sorts of old, brittle plastic parts.
Allan
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Allan Streib wrote:
I am becomming a big fan of Shoe Goo, and cut up soda cans as
a backing material, to repair all sorts of old, brittle
plastic parts.
Heh. I even used some to repair some _shoes_ recently!! Go figure.
-- Philip
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Somehow or other my wife managed to break the main casting of the Dyson
vac she bought a coupla years ago for too much money. Broke it right
across the whole thing. I'm not sure how it happened, or could happen,
but she said something about the steps and it came apart or something.
Get 2 part plastic 5 minute epoxy.
Also get some 80 grit sandpaper and some saran wrap.
Sand the edges of the break to roughen them up, mix the epoxy, then spread
out over the break.
Use the saran wrap to press it into the break, and spread it out.
Once it starts to harden, peel the saran wrap
I say all new vacuums are garbage. I have a house that I rent to college
students and every year the new group/s buy a new vacuum or two, including
Dysons. At the end of the year they leave me the vacuum/s as a treat. They
never work - no suction. I look for blocked passages etc but can't ever
Buy a Filter Queen.
Peter
On Nov 7, 2011, at 8:37 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
Somehow or other my wife managed to break the main casting of the
Dyson vac she bought a coupla years ago for too much money. Broke
it right across the whole thing. I'm not sure how it happened, or
could happen,
Hoover 33s, if you can find one, will last forever. You can now buy
hypoallergenic bags for them. I think any Pre-1980 Hoover is good.
I say all new vacuums are garbage. I have a house that I rent to
college students and every year the new group/s buy a new vacuum or
two, including Dysons.
I'll keep an eye out for those 33s!
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On Nov 7, 2011, at 10:06 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Hoover 33s, if you can find one, will last forever. You can now buy
hypoallergenic bags for them. I think any Pre-1980 Hoover is good.
I say all new vacuums are
I didn't have good luck with epoxy when I glued my broken headlight
doors on the W116. So far one has broken again in the same places after
not much time.
I've now glued it with Shoe Goo and some thin aluminum strips (soda can
metal) as reinforcement over the cracks. Fortunately it's all out of
Allan Streib wrote:
I didn't have good luck with epoxy when I glued my broken headlight
doors on the W116. So far one has broken again in the same places after
not much time.
They make special UV resistant epoxy. It's mostly used in wood strip boat
construction where you want the wood to
I wonder how well PVC cement would work? It wouldn't look as perdy as new,
but hopefully,, it will work.
Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon
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