[Shop-talk] Bonding aluminum

[Elton E. (Tony) Clark]

Use a two part epoxy mix, dab it on wet-or-dry sandpaper and scrub a bright
spot on both surfaces; that gets the adhesive in contact with base metal
instead of oxides, add more mix and clap it in place  . . it's going to
stay!


On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 7:08 PM, steve hochschild <shochschild at att.net>
wrote:

> JB Weld, no??
>
>
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> On 7/20/2014 6:51 PM, Robert nogueira wrote:
>
>> I need to bond a one or two square inch piece of sheet aluminum to a
>> aluminum hood. The only purpose is stiffen a corner. I don't want to weld
>> it in place and have to deal with the hood warping.
>> What would be the best adhesive which will stand up to under hood heat.
>> Thanks for any suggestions
>>
>> Bob
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