Bonding rubber

[oldboot]

Now dont get me wrong, sicaflex make some spactacular products, and I have used a few different ones.

But I do not believe that it will produce a long term "as good as welded join" in rubber like a good quality cyanoacrilate (superglue ) will.

Good superglue works incredibly well on tight fitting rubber joints.

Done properly and you will not seperate the joint at the glue line, chunks will tear out of one or other part of the joint.

A large proportion of commercial refigeration seals are done this way and most of them fail elswhere than the glueline.

Water and UV exposure are less of a problem because of appart from the glue being very resistant the glueline is soo thin there is almost nothing to expose to the eliments.

Those made to length "O" rings are joined with superglue and they will (if properly done) withstand all sorts including being used as drive belts.

Do the joint properly with a good quality superglue and it will be durable and permanent.....and with some patience and skill... very neat.....

cheers

[abbykait]

I have glued recycled tyre rubber mats together with sikaflex. Thay have stuck well, they are out in the weather the whole time.

[oldboot]

I've glued rubber with a number of things and lots of things will work well when there is plenty of surface area and not too much peeling or tensile force.

Like lap joining rubber belting for small conveyors....almost any contact cement will do.

Rubber mats, rubber sheet, heels on shoes, stoppers and feet.....all glue down very wiell with a number of adhesives.

Where the superglues come into their own is small surface area but jointing or mitre jointing of rubber moulds and belts, seriously I do not believe there is anything that even nearly matches it.

Actulay I would argue that apart from skin, rubber is possibly the most effective material that superglue works on.

cheers

[Roughasguts]

Yep have to agree with old boot. I remember when I got my first tube of super Glue and was chewing the plastic end off, and with a slight hole made by me teeth and a bit of a squeeze I had me tounge glued to the roof of me mouth.

Yeah that wasn't the only dumb thing I done bloody lucky to still be living.

[oldboot]

Oh yeh... and the thing they do not tell you.

Whatever you do do not swallow uncured superglue.

Over a certain ammount and it causes the fluid in your eyes to go cloudy.....irreversable......blindness... nothing that can be done.

that is why retail packs of superglue are the size they are.

oh and the fumes can get very uncomfoartable in the throat and the eyes when used in quantity.....fresh air and ventilation.

Some people are very sensitive to fumes and contact with the skin.

cheers