Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #32103
From: <bmears9413@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Shoe Goo Research, Was Re: Protecting splices
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:51:48 -0400
To: <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
As far as sealing elect wires ans stress relief, would hot glue do the trick?
 
Bob Mears 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Bulent Aliev <atlasyts@bellsouth.net>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 19:36:33 -0400
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Shoe Goo Research, Was Re: Protecting splices

>> 
> I tested rubber cement and shoe goo by placing a drop of each on pink 
> foam. I was looking for something that would glue the foam together 
> and dry fast. Rubber cement dissolved the foam right away. The shoe 
> goo didn't do much, but I should have looked later. After a few 
> minutes, the shoe goo dissolves the foam way too much to use it as a 
> glue, but not quite as much as the rubber cement did. 

> I found this out today when I tried to glue another piece of foam to 
> the mold I'm making for my cooling plenum. I retested the drops of 
> shoe goo and rubber cement on another piece of foam but let them sit a 
> little longer. The rubber cement dissolved almost all the way thru a 1 
> inch thick piece of foam. The shoe goo ate about 1/2 or 2/3 of the > way 
> thru, but left a film of shoe goo over the "pit". The shoe goo dollop 
> may have been smaller than the rubber cement dollop. 

> So far I've successfully stuck the foam together with silicon bath tub 
> caulk and 5 minute epoxy. I also filled the voids with the 
> poly-urethane foam that comes from the hardware store in a spray can. 
> This stuff sticks to almost everything. BTY, shoe goo does not > dissolve 
> poly-urethane foam. 

> Bob W. 


 
Bob, I have used 3M spray glue #77 from Home Depot on styrofoam. Works well without disoving it much. 
Buly 
 
 
 
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