I used regular Gorilla Glue to fix a car mirror, but I didnt know it ran so much, it flattens out way more than regular Cyanoacrylates, because it probably aint. Its new to me, I think its still my first bottle. The run attached the mirror to the enclosure, someone used the adjuster and the mirror snapped from the base. All other times I used the right amount, this was a bit too much, wished it ran quicker, would have seen it. Bugs me still. I had a perfect adhesives-fix record
The excitement of adhesives. I'm a jb weld king of guy, but there are a bunch of great adhesive putty out there in the hobbyist world. Green stuff works wonders, though I've only used it on plastics and never metal or carbon fiber.
Never heard of Green Stuff. I got a car fix that might need JB ClearWeld, I dunno yet.
For plastics, Cyanoacrylate accelerant is like standard now, used it once so far, wow, I'm sold. Henckels and Bob Smith Industries makes it.
I can also recommend Plastic Wood by DAP, solid. Great little filler.
Heres a trick I figured out if youre low on CA or Threadlocker: Gluing one screw of multiple on a plane, like on a door hinge or handle, is sufficient, instead of all of them. The glued one "holds down the fort" to keep the others from vibration loosening. So you can be quicker and economical, and give yourself easier part disassembly for future replacement.
Another trick: Drop of oil/lube on glue cap screw threads, prevents them from sticking shut.
Thanks for the tip, I'll most definitely try that!
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