AS this will probably be written by several people, I have Epoxy being written in future.
I suggest that we use the following outline.
Generic type ============
Trade names ===========
What they are good for ======================
The Warnings ============
How to use them ===============
I have a book called "Chemistry in the Marketplace" which has a chart of materials (metal, wood, stone, various plastics etc etc) as row and column headings, and at each intersection it gives the best adhesive(s) for the two materials. Not sure I can easily ASCII it though. Would this be helpful? Maybe something similar is already out there.
|Dave Fawthrop wrote: |> AS this will probably be written by several people, I have Epoxy being |> written in future. |>
|> I suggest that we use the following outline. |>
|>
|> Generic type |> ============ |>
|> Trade names |> =========== |>
|> What they are good for |> ====================== |>
|> The Warnings |> ============ |>
|> How to use them |> =============== | |I have a book called "Chemistry in the Marketplace" which has a chart of |materials (metal, wood, stone, various plastics etc etc) as row and column |headings, and at each intersection it gives the best adhesive(s) for the two |materials. Not sure I can easily ASCII it though. Would this be helpful? |Maybe something similar is already out there.
Might be, try posting it here The uk.d-i-y FAQs are in html anyway.
sounds great
NT
OK here's the chart. It will only align in a non-proportional font.The book is dated 1998 so it's possible there may be some new, more appropriate adhesives on the marrket now.
Wood Metal Rubber Flexible Rigid Fabric Paper China Masonry plastic plastic leather cardboard glass ceramics
Masonry # epoxy PU PU PU contact PVA epoxy epoxy
China/ epoxy epoxy PU vinyl epoxy contact acrylic epoxy glass/ Ceramic
Paper/ PVA acrylic acrylic vinyl acrylic contact PVA Cardboard
Fabric/ PVA contact contact vinyl contact contact Leather
Rigid epoxy epoxy PU vinyl cyano- Plastics* acrylate
Flexible vinyl vinyl PU vinyl plastics*
Rubber PU PU PU
Metal epoxy epoxy
Wood PVA or PU
PU = polyurethane # = block co-polymer building adhesive such as GripFill, No More Nails etc
Source: "Selly's Quick Adhesive Guide".
-- LSR
... or try this as the formatting is rubbish
I was going to suggest exactly that as a summary.
The FAQ is in HTML so a table shouldn't be a problem.
Owain
RS have a very comprehensive datasheet on adhesives, although its quite a few years old it helps with some of the more strange substrate combinations.
Go to
There are about 10 pages on joint design and the different families of glue and then a 30 page selection chart. Really needs printing at A3 though as the text is tiny.
|On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:41:26 +0100, Owain | wrote: | |>LSR wrote: |>> I have a book called "Chemistry in the Marketplace" which has a chart of |>> materials (metal, wood, stone, various plastics etc etc) as row and column |>> headings, and at each intersection it gives the best adhesive(s) for the two |>> materials. Not sure I can easily ASCII it though. Would this be helpful? |>> Maybe something similar is already out there. |>
|>I was going to suggest exactly that as a summary. |>
|>The FAQ is in HTML so a table shouldn't be a problem. |>
|>Owain | | |RS have a very comprehensive datasheet on adhesives, although its |quite a few years old it helps with some of the more strange substrate |combinations. | |Go to
Looks good :-)
|There are about 10 pages on joint design and the different families of |glue and then a 30 page selection chart. Really needs printing at A3 |though as the text is tiny.
Especially as some pages are upside down, not to mention sideways on :-(
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