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Gorilla Glue for Resin Zimmerit
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Posted: Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 02:48 AM UTC
Anyone ever tried using Gorilla Glue for applying resin zimmerit sets ?
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Posted: Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 03:26 AM UTC
Ahoy Sam,

Gorilla Glue comes in two types.
Polyurethane.....the deep maple syrup colored stuff and their CA super glue.

It would be ok to use the CA glue as it is their version of super glue but the
polyurethane stuff will "increase in volume" as it sets and you need to clamp
the parts that are being glued, quite well.

The "increase in volume" may create an overflow at the joints that will give you
an enormous chore of having to remove this overflow once the glue has dried.
Also the dry time is much longer than with CA.

Personally I would stick with their CA super glue for gluing zimmerit.

Just my suggetion based on experience with both types.
Cheers,
Joe
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Posted: Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 07:07 AM UTC
Superglue or Epoxy...... I wouldn;t use Gorilla glue because of the expanding properties... I've had it expand enougth to fight clamps on wood.
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