3M Marine Adhesive Sealant 5200

[Chris Thorp]

On Sep 26, 2006, at 8:40 AM, Huw Powell wrote:

>> Does anyone know if this adhesive, 3M Marine Sealant
>> 5200, would work on a broken nipple from the locking
>> diff plastic servo’?
>
> Maybe, but it's not really the right tool for the job.  It's a marine
> sealant (for boats), not intended as a glue.  I'd try a good epoxy for
> that plastic nipple thing.
My local Ace Hardware sells a special plastic epoxy that seems to be  
a combination of regular epoxy and a plastic solvent so that it gets  
a better than usual bond to smooth/hard plastics.  It reeks 100x  
worse than regular epoxy and plastic cement, but it really does the  
trick.  I've used it for gluing the little metal clips that hold the  
plastic sun roof control panel up.  (Originally metal clips "heat  
staked" to the plastic)  They are under constant tension and haven't  
failed yet (1+ years, full sun, in AZ == ~200+ interior temps).

-Chris