f1_fan

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OK what are your recommendations?

I need to bond some extruded plastic to aluminium. It's two locating lugs on the centre console of my car that have snapped off and basically needed to be bonded back on.

The 'weld' needs to be good as they hold the console trim down onto the console.

I have some 3M DP 8005 plastic epoxy bonding that the 3M site says can be used to bond most plastics to a metal including aluminium, but just wondered if you guys had any other bright ideas of what product to use.

TIA

RA Dunk

I've been playing with Gorilla Glue this weekend quite impressive stuff TBH, take a while for the glue to take a firm hold though but it's fairly solid when it does.

riiidaa

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C-T-1

f1_fan

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Yeah I thought of that but I think I need more of an epoxy than an adhesive.

Please elaborate, link???? Thanks.

mickywrx

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Friend of mine had some stuff, would bond pretty much anything together. Forget what it's called, but, have asked.

f1_fan

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Cheers

Carnut

This stuff http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur...oHQAg&tbm=isch it won't handle a LARGE amount of vibration but I have never come across anything that it hasn't held. It doesn't seem to matter what the material is, it just grips.

You can also leave it for a short time once applied to each side and then when you join the two bit's it holds in seconds.

P.s it's cheap too, the price not the quality.

ossett2k2

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Chemical metal by plastic padding

f1_fan

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Cheers Chris, I did wonder about that as I too have used it before with a lot of success, but not for a few years now. Will read up on it again.

Now I did read about this earlier and seems it might well do what I need. Thx.

My issue is that once this lot is back together it's a git to take apart so I wnat this to work first time.

Carnut

With the one I recommend if it doesn't hold like LuckyWelshchap to a sheep with in a few seconds then pull it apart and clean it off.

sorry lucky

bioforger

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German build quality eh, tsk!

f1_fan

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No, hamfisted Englishman actually

Oh and anyway it's an aftermarket trim piece from America so I guess ze. Germans don;t come into it.

bioforger

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Kraut lover ah ok fair enough, bloody americoonts!

f1_fan

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To be fair one or two of the German bits are not without their issues, but that is as much criticism as it's getting

riiidaa

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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=c-t-1

I plan to use it to bond a bracket or several to the inside of my replica 22b bumper

f1_fan

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Cheers, I found it now, but your link gave me a list of corporation tax return forms and I've done mine for this year, but thanks anyway

joz8968

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bioforger

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f1f critical of ze german car parts? in his own car? does not compute

riiidaa

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you're welcome

f1_fan

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I think it would have been quicker to type c-t-1 sealant in the first place but again thank you

billythekid

This - been using it for years in RC models. Just remember to damp the surfaces with water to kick the glue. And wipe any excess (it will foam).

Once dry it will be seriously strong.

RA Dunk

Seriously impressed with it so far, I glued steel drainage/guttering together and it's now hard as a brick! A bit messy but I wasn't being overly carefull with it.

riiidaa

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yeah mate, lol. Sorry, initially drew the L shaped box but that looked a bit meat n two veg like so decided to go full-school-boy and draw the bell end and nut sack

f1_fan

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Made me laugh anyway

Chip

Don't forget to abrade with emery cloth then degrease before applying the glue. I would use a two part epoxy like Hardman.

f1_fan

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Just done a test fixing with DP8005 Plastic epoxy I already have and although the curing time is 24 hours after 2 hours I had to use both hands to break it off and that is without any surface preparation so think this will be the go.

Carnut

In some cases a plastic epoxy can be too hard, car's are subjected to a lot of vibration and it can fracture the epoxy.

f1_fan

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Yes, but DP8005 is designed specifically for environments where there is movement. I bought it to bond some Maybach parking sensor carriers to my Mercedes bumper. What I didn't know was whether it would bond sufficiently well to metal, but I think it does given today's experiment. We will see for sure when I bond the lugs back on later.

mickywrx

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Chris, this is the stuff my mate stocks.


I would have replied earlier, but, the SN app is shonky as ****.

Carnut

Have you done it yet? How did it go?