adhesive question

[dirtydave]

What is the best adhesive for joining metal to resin.Thanks for any info.

 

[PHArchivist]

First to come to mind is JB Weld.

 

[GKvfx]

Well, it also helps to know what the parts are going to be doing. If it's just a piece of flat metal being glued to a broad resin area, then ordinary CA glue is fine.

If the surface area of the bond is small and likley to be bumped, then I would go with an epoxy (5, 10, 20 minute).

If there is going to be torque or weight applied, I'd go with the aforementioned JB Weld.

Gene

 

[JOATRASH FX]

I just found a local store here in Sweden that has JB Weld. It costs like double what the regular 2-part epoxies do. Is it really that much tougher?

 

[dirtydave]

I'm glueing a 4-40 blind nut to resin on my ROTJ AT-ST leg.I tried super glue but it didn't hold.I'm going with the epoxy.Thanks for all the info.

 

[TridCloudwalker]

I just found a local store here in Sweden that has JB Weld. It costs like double what the regular 2-part epoxies do. Is it really that much tougher?

Ridiculously tougher.

 

[GKvfx]

Ridiculously tougher.

Yeah, what he said. It's actually made of metal pastes, so not only does it have a stronger tensile strength, it has better heat properties.

For what DirtyDave is doing, a common epoxy is fine. Just rough up both surfaces with coarse sandpaper to give some tooth to the surface area.

Gene