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MermanOliver
05-02-2017, 04:22 PM
Hi all!

After a long, long pause I have a question (several, actually):

Has anyone experience with activated superglue (two-part special glue for plastic, comes with an activator and the actual glue to bond even Polypropylene and Polyethylene), local brand is Pattex, but I guess it is the same as Loctite (at least they have the same mother company, and I don't guess they'll develop the same chemistry twice), causing cure inhibition of silicone?
Does anyone have experience with Aquasure (some kind of Urethane glue, the safety datasheet made me fetch my respirator :eek:) and how silicone reacts to it?

Background: I am still doing my hybrid upgrade of my tail. Right now I dropped my snapped self-made monofin in favour of my small Mat-Mas and want to glue the drainage framework with either the superglue or the Aquasure to the PP blade to hold it in place until the silicone sets, but I am afraid of either of them causing curing issues ruining the whole thing.

Thanks!

Mermaid Wesley
05-02-2017, 10:52 PM
I've never tried either but I would suggest doing a small test on some scrap material


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