Yes, of course. Temperature range in use is just one of them.

. Today , i built a "shoe " on a injured hoof with urethane " Vetec Superfast ", 30 seconds cure , not epoxy I know but by God has it adhered ….!!!! Impressed .

Expensive ? £38 a tube..enough to do 2 feet.. so not too bad for this sort job

Here's the product , I'm already thinking of other uses for it , and looking to see who actually makes it , as if its " for horses " you pay double !!! I bet Loctite or 3 M make it

Dohh..link wont go blue !

Edited By Hacksaw on 25/08/2017 17:37:29

Edited By Hacksaw on 25/08/2017 17:38:46

If you were a Vet not a Farrier you could put £200 markup on that – per foot!

Neil

Sadly it was my daughters own horse ..so i had to swallow the cost..bloody horses, bloody kids Is it 3M 0474 repackaged I wonder

A Man after my own heart Neil, "frugal" with everything, I like slow cure araldite & jb weld which I think is stronger, you can use it as an adhesive as well as building up parts, it has an indefinite shelf life & it can make an amateur backyard caster into a professional foundryman!! he he.

I have tried many types of epoxy adhesives over the years and came to the same conclusion as Neil and the artfull-codger.

Cured 5 minute type epoxy's seem to go soft and yellow after a few years of service (model aircraft use) but decent 24 hour epoxy (eg, Araldite) cured joints are still as tough as the day that they were applied 20+ years ago.

Correct mixing ratios and thorough consolidation are very important.

There are many varieties so pick the the most suitable type for the job. Here is a linky to one of my favourite brands although one has to hunt around for a supplier **LINK**

This grade has been very useful around my workshop btw **LINK**

* Danny M *

Edited By Danny M2Z on 26/08/2017 02:53:42

For small jobs that don't matter much I've been buying the tiny tubes in packs of 4 from poundshops. Seems to work well and minimal waste. Still buy the correct stuff for engineering jobs tho'.

Also, cure temperature alters strength. Doing work for an aircraft interior company stress office we found 4 hrs at 80C gave a stronger result for Redux 420 than a month cure at room temp.

Regards

Richard.

I got sent a box of JB Weld samples way back (oh the perks of being an editor!) One I found surprisingly useful was the black silicone sealent/adhesive. I never thought of using 'gasket' type material as a glue before but it works well for purposes where you need a bit of give. See the next MEW for an example!

Neil

If he's drinking it by the pint he'll be seeing multiples of anyone

Re the original question I use araldite 24 hour slow cure as like someone mentioned the 5 minute went to a sort of hard toffee condition after a few years ( model aircraft use). The slow cure is still hard after 20 years ( and the models in one piece but still in the loft I admit)

Ian

I can see two of you!

Hi, I have used a wide variety of epoxy adhesives and fillers over many years both as a hobbiest and as a professional marine engineer.

The cheap end products, from what are variously called dollar shops, pound shops or cheap as chips, etc. are usually fine for most non critical repairs around the home, and I usually keep some around.

At the other end of the scale, there is no substitute for the correctly formulated engineering products that are available, sure they are not cheap, but failure can be even more expensive. case in point, Many yeasr ago like about early 70's I used a Devcon product, don't remember which one, other than it was for high temperature, to repair a flame gouge out of a cylinder liner on a marine diesel engine.

The gouge was about 20mm wide and about 8mm deep in the top mating face of the liner where it mated with the cylinder head. The repair lasted about 3 weeks before we were able to get to a port where a more permanenet repair was available.

There are many specialist products out there, when it matters use them, they do work. when it's not important, cheap as chips is fine.