liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 20/1/11 at 03:13 PM |
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Superglue Aluminium
Any tried to superglue 2 pieces of Ali together?
I failed miserably just wouldn't take. apparently its a well know fact
that you can't superglue ali
Any one else know this??????
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BenB
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| posted on 20/1/11 at 03:26 PM |
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Probably to do with the oxide layer. It epoxies quite well though especially if you abrade the oxide layer off.
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nick205
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| posted on 20/1/11 at 03:30 PM |
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3M double sided tape/sheet is the solution!
We make some ally facia panels at work and use this method to bond the inner and outer skins together. Surfaces must be clean and grease free and you
only get one attempt at positioning the parts together (we use assembly jigs). Once stuck you will not get them apart without completely wrecking
them.
I can probably acquire a sheet of the 3M sheet (A4 sized) if you want to have a go.
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 20/1/11 at 03:47 PM |
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I'm not needing to it, just noticed in work that you can't glue aliminium cans together. If I was doing it on the car I would bond it
with something much better than Superglue 
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 20/1/11 at 04:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
I'm not needing to it, just noticed in work that you can't glue aliminium cans together.
quiet day?
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 20/1/11 at 04:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
I'm not needing to it, just noticed in work that you can't glue aliminium cans together. If I was doing it on the car I would bond it
with something much better than Superglue
Sad git! 
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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RazMan
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| posted on 20/1/11 at 04:38 PM |
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Another vote for 3M tape. I used to stick brackets to alloy road signs - once positioned you will tear the metal trying to get them apart.
Cheers,
Raz
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blakep82
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| posted on 20/1/11 at 04:44 PM |
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ah, trying to make a can tower? nice 
i made one that reached the ceiling last year. that was a good day
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HowardB
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| posted on 20/1/11 at 05:18 PM |
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yes - well known im aerospace too. the accepted adhesive is high temp cure epoxy.
hth
Howard
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Ian Pearson
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| posted on 23/1/11 at 05:12 PM |
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Provided you remove the oxidation prior to application, HAFIX should do it.
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