glue metal to plasterboard

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I need to glue a small 4cm metal strip to plaster board (magnetic catches) I currently have wood glue and silicone, would either of these suffice? It is not load bearing just to hold in place.

[The Natural Philosopher]

You need something like evostik or maybe epoxy/car body filler.

Superglue might work too.

[Tim Watts]

Superglue probably won't work.

The others will, but I'd use Araldite or similar unless I just happened to have car filler around, then I'd use that instead.

[Andy Burns]

If you don't want to have to hold it in place while it sets, then an impact adhesive (like evostik) will be good for metal to cardboard - the plaster isn't really relevant.

[newshound]

Is it plasterboard, or *plastered* plasterboard?

I'd suggest araldite, or foam-backed double sticky.

[Brian Gaff]

No.

I'd have thought a good contact adhesive might be good as long as the plasterboard is in good condition. Brian

[Tricky Dicky]

If glueing to plasterboard, try to glue directly to the cardboard surface, glueing to skimmed PB is the weakest solution.

Richard

[Andrew Gabriel]

Bonding coat plaster will do this - I've used it to hold metal back boxes to plasterbaord for sizes where plasterboard fixing back boxes are not available. Ideally, get the plaster to ooze through some holes in the metalwork, but it bonds well enough that's not normally a problem.