[TR] Tr4 Leaf springs

Don Hiscock don.hiscock at gmail.com
Fri Mar 7 15:29:41 MST 2014


McMaster-Carr offer a range of thicknesses in UHMWPE adhesive-backed films.
 Any of these likely to work, Randall?
http://www.mcmaster.com/#uhmw-polyethylene-film/=qzu4q9



On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:

> ---- Andrew Uprichard <auprichard at uprichard.net> wrote:
> > Sorry - need to be more careful as I type - I did use polyethylene
> plastic.
>
> Note that the UHMW that TeriAnn is talking about is quite a bit different
> than ordinary "polyethylene".
>
> I've been using it too, but it doesn't seem to stay in place very well for
> me.  Perhaps I need to pay more attention to surface preparation before
> installing it; or perhaps I need a better adhesive.  3M seems to offer 3
> different adhesives, with a 3:1 range in holding power.
>
> Oddly enough, MMC no longer carries it, so I couldn't look up the stuff I
> got before.
>
> Randall
>
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