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Poohbah
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Sep 12, 2006 at 02:23 PM
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ok, you see it's like this: i am a make doer, fixer, mender, worshipper of bailing wire, duct tape, and gorilla glue. But, nothing in my years and years of experimenting has succeded in actually mending plastic, let alone plastic under load..... J-B Weld, found at auto motive and hardware stores, has done the trick for me on a fan housing!!! The base side of a revolving fan had broken leaving the fan wonked and unable to hold it's head up and rotate.
Darn. $4 bucks at the Senior Center Thrift in jeapardy here. Plastic. Hmmmmm, well, never having tried J-B on plastic, but, having had great success with it on metals, I figured, what the heck, nothing else has worked on plastic, may as well give it a shot. I found a way to prop the darn wobbly mess, get the J-B mixed and on the edges, pulled it together and slapped a round of electrical tape on to hold the pressure. Left it completely alone for 24 hours. I left the electrical tape in place so as to not mess up a good thing, and the fan has been happily sweeping back and forth for weeks now. YeeeHaaaa, this I had to share! __________________  |
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Magnate
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Sep 12, 2006 at 02:29 PM
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Dang, and here I thought you were posting about how to repair credit card debt. Shucks!
Way to go on the fan repair though. 
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Elder
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Sep 12, 2006 at 02:58 PM
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Good Job! Whenever my dad fixed something in the house I would tease him saying... so what else do you wanna break today?
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Sep 12, 2006 at 04:45 PM
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lol there is also a marine tech product that not only is used to repair ANYTHING on a ship (steel etc) but bonds underwater! Hope you never need that!
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Poohbah
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Sep 13, 2006 at 10:49 AM
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wi_fighter oh you cracked me up..... believe it or not, i am determined to die having never owned a credit card.
sky, my mom sends me videos after she tapes and watches. she taped a show that interviewed the inventor of the glue you mention. they had two pipes of different circumferences so they fit in each other. while holding them underwater, they applied the glue and shoved the pipes together, let it cure, all under water. then they got a fancy vehicle and a crane..... yep, used the glued pipes in a rig to lift the car into the air. the glue held. very impressive. before you know it we'll be living in glued together, plastic-wood, houses....... __________________ |
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Poohbah
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Sep 13, 2006 at 04:06 PM
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Now that is a true success I want to congratulate you and wish you luck on future projects! Sarah
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Poohbah
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Sep 13, 2006 at 04:32 PM
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Cool...never would figured that to work.
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Sep 14, 2006 at 09:19 PM
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 Cool! How many times have I thrown something out because I thought plastic wouldn't mend? 
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