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Putting cheap super glue through its paces
Alex recommended this stuff when I was asking about super glues. So I put it through a couple of tests
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Loctite-...53.m2749.l2649 |
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Also left it submerged in a glass of water for 8 hours and its still holding rock solid.
3 x 20ml bottles for $8.60 ($2.80 a bottle) - there some postage and gst aswell 1 x 20ml bottle for $6.50 ($6.50 a bottle) Fair bit cheaper than the Bunnings stuff Last edited by yellow door 1; 13-04-2019 at 06:58 PM. |
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Also - One of the lures I heat welded together came apart - so I tested the super glue on that aswell.
Result - super strong bond that isnt coming apart |
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Time?
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Bargain?
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I'll test it against some real loctite. Well thats weird - turns out the neither the fake or real stuff cant stick bass minnows together - (they were the extra scent version and slimey on the outside but that shouldnt have effected the clean fresh surfaces inside - maybe the scissors rubbed some slime across the surface as they cut) Last edited by yellow door 1; 13-04-2019 at 10:59 PM. |
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Ok - just did some further testing and it seems real and fake locktite are not instant fixes for joining soft plastics together
And the type of plastic the lure is made from seems to be important in achieving a bond. The plastic Jarvis walker use is pretty glueable and so are ZMans but leaving the glue to cure for a couple of minutes is definitely advisable - I couldnt get an instant bond on any of the plastics I tried - 20 seconds hold then leaving the plastic alone for a minute or 2 seems to do the trick. p.s. Bonding with lead (and fingers) happens much quicker, but leaving the glue to cure for a bit, gets a stronger bond Last edited by yellow door 1; 13-04-2019 at 11:00 PM. |
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Gluing cable ties together only takes 10 seconds before you cant pull them apart - but I'm stretching my new superglue holding time with softplastics to 20 seconds with a cure time of as long as possible before testing the bond
(edit - just tested real and fake on the cable tie and both get a solid bond in under 3 seconds) Last edited by yellow door 1; 13-04-2019 at 10:58 PM. |
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Loctite
BFL, I recall that when Cranka had some teething problems with the first gen crab bodies, Steve Steer did some testing on legs & metal bodies and recommended the 435 (clear) & 480 (black) as these are designed for 'silicone rubbers & plastics'..
I have found the 406 to be pretty universal. fleabay 406 here:
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If you were to cut a softplastic in half and glue the 2 halves back together - do you get an instant bond with the 406? Last edited by yellow door 1; 14-04-2019 at 12:32 AM. |
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Last edited by yellow door 1; 14-04-2019 at 12:44 AM. |
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maybe, but
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According to this article - “The majority of soft-plastic fishing lures are made from plastisol, which is a vinyl plastic,” Mike says, “You can make lures as soft or hard as you like by simply manipulating the ratio of resins and plasticizers to change the plastic’s durometer.” Both hand-pour enthusiasts and injection machine operators use a variety of plastisol formulas to create baits with different degrees of hardness and softness. So, a hand-poured drop-shot bait can be as soft as an injected Senko-style stick worm. It simply depends on the type of plastisol that you work with, he explains. So being made from Vinyl would explain why the glues work on soft plastics Last edited by yellow door 1; 14-04-2019 at 05:13 AM. |
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Lets see what Loctite have to say about the issue
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