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alastairq
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 Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 3:01 pm Post subject: Q Bond adhesive? |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PVOdRx4SSA
Video above explains the stuff....next door neighbour has just used some, and is pleasantly surprised at how effective it is. I've not heard of the stuff, but I was wondering if anyone on here had used it for auto repairs? If so, how good/bad/indifferent was it?
What pleased me was the shelf life of the superglue once opened. [2 years, if stored correctly] |
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Ray White
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Location: Derby
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| I bought some a while back and was not overly impressed. I think it depends what you want to stick. |
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47p2
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| Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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I used it to repair a small pin hole in an oil cooler. Saved me stripping half the car to bits and saved a fortune on a replacement part
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alastairq
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| Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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That's the sort of 'experience' I find welcome.
As an item in the on-board toolkit, it seems to have merit?
I admit to doing little further research,but, what other modern tech products are there out there, with similar properties?
I only have experience of using so-called 'chemical metal' to produce some essential parts for an inlet manifold.....[joining Ford stubs to little independant alloy stubs for twin SU's..for example...worked fine, as far as I could tell]...plus, I have sealed leaky petrol tank seams with that stuff that comes in a roll, like Rolo....where one chops off a bit, squidges it up in one's fingers, and applies to the point in question. [I have had poor results with Plastic Padding fuel tank sealer]....So a roll of that sits in my tool roll..... |
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Ray White
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| Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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| alastairq wrote: | That's the sort of 'experience' I find welcome.
As an item in the on-board toolkit, it seems to have merit?
I admit to doing little further research,but, what other modern tech products are there out there, with similar properties?
I only have experience of using so-called 'chemical metal' to produce some essential parts for an inlet manifold.....[joining Ford stubs to little independant alloy stubs for twin SU's..for example...worked fine, as far as I could tell]...plus, I have sealed leaky petrol tank seams with that stuff that comes in a roll, like Rolo....where one chops off a bit, squidges it up in one's fingers, and applies to the point in question. [I have had poor results with Plastic Padding fuel tank sealer]....So a roll of that sits in my tool roll..... |
I think you could be talking about 'JB weld' ?
I have found a range of epoxy replacement metal products that is used in industry and the military. It is called "Belzona". It claims to be several times stronger than JB Weld but it is very expensive. I bought the smallest quantity available and successfully repaired a large frost crack in the water jacket of my Dodge engine.
http://www.belzona.co.uk/en/index.aspx |
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47p2
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 7:15 am Post subject: |
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| alastairq wrote: | I only have experience of using so-called 'chemical metal'
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My experience of Chemical Metal wasn't good, used it on a porous Range Rover rear diff backplate and it still leaked afterwards. However I did use a commercial USA made type of chemical metal many years ago to patch the sump of a Mini my wife managed to put a hole in and it held for at least a year until I sold the car...
| alastairq wrote: | | I have sealed leaky petrol tank seams with that stuff that comes in a roll, like Rolo....where one chops off a bit, squidges it up in one's fingers, and applies to the point in question. [I have had poor results with Plastic Padding fuel tank sealer].... |
I forgot I used Q-Seal to seal a pinhole in a petrol tank and it also worked perfectly, I did give it two applications and it never leaked again.
I tried the two pack (looks like plasticine) fuel tank repair where you mix 50% of each colour and apply to the hole and it was a waste of time and money. Maybe the pinhole was too small for the mix to go into, but it never worked for me. Q-Bond every time
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47p2
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 7:18 am Post subject: |
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I've also heard that super-glue mixed with some baking soda is a cheaper and almost as good method to Q-Bond although I've never tried it yet...
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