Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #32104
From: Bob White <rlwhite@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Shoe Goo Research, Was Re: Protecting splices
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 18:31:15 -0600
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 19:36:33 -0400
Bulent Aliev <atlasyts@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>>
> 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


Thanks Buly,  Now that you mention it, I've used contact cement on the
foam also.  I get it from a local upholstery shop and spray it from a
paint gun.  (I've been slowly reupholstering the interior while waiting
for fiber glass to set up.  Unfortunately, the air compressor blew up
the other day.  The pressure switch quit working and the compressor ran
until the over pressure release valve opened.

Bob W.  --
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