steveindenmark
Legendary Member
Can someone tell me the best glue to use to glue rubber to metal. It needs to stick rock solid.
gluing rubber to metal
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Contact adhesive would be my best idea but the solvent stuff may melt the rubber . They do a non solvent based version but ive only used it once and thought it was a bit rubbish .
Edit . Tub glue may work . I glue my rubber tubs to a wheel with it and they dont fall off although you can rip them off when the tyre is deflated .
Edit . Tub glue may work . I glue my rubber tubs to a wheel with it and they dont fall off although you can rip them off when the tyre is deflated .
Drago
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- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Sikaflex EBT.
Superglue, a good one.
I wrote that and did not post it but I am sure you are correct.
I wrote that and did not post it but I am sure you are correct.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
Bostik 240 2part .
Somewhere in the depths of my memory I remember using it as a repair on Austin Princess rear suspension mounts.
HF2300
Insanity Prawn Boy
Depends on the situation - what loads? Will it be loaded in torsion, shear, tension etc?
Contact adhesive may work but may peel. Epoxy adhesive may also work. You can get superglues which are rubberised and designed for flexible materials, or two part isocyanate based adhesives (similar to superglue).
Best bet would be to go to an industrial adhesives supplier or manufacturer, describe your application to them and see what they recommend, or download the application guides from their websites, or look at application guide pages such as http://www.loctite.co.uk/products-by-application-4371.htm
Contact adhesive may work but may peel. Epoxy adhesive may also work. You can get superglues which are rubberised and designed for flexible materials, or two part isocyanate based adhesives (similar to superglue).
Best bet would be to go to an industrial adhesives supplier or manufacturer, describe your application to them and see what they recommend, or download the application guides from their websites, or look at application guide pages such as http://www.loctite.co.uk/products-by-application-4371.htm
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
As Drago said a good polyeurathane glue such as Sikaflex or Tigerseal should work, it is the type of glue that bonds your windscreen in on your car.
Drago
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- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Mate of mine works for a military contractor. They use Sikaflex to glue spall liners into tanks - it's a different order of magnitude more effective than epoxies or cyanoacrylate adhesives.
He gets me the stuff which is officially date expired, but which in reality is still perfectly fine.
He gets me the stuff which is officially date expired, but which in reality is still perfectly fine.
