Learned today about this hack. Buying the box of baking soda and a 4 oz bottle of standard Cyanoacrylate superglue. To make molds of broken screwhole tabs on old car plastic parts. Parts no longer manufactured anymore. You can even add water to mess with the thickness of the stuff. Looking foward to it!
Just take ANY band-aid & pull the plastic gauze away from the cotton pad and you will have a VERY THIN AND EXTREMELY STRONG MESH REPAIR FABRIC. Been using it on R/C Planes and Car Bodies for about 40 years or more and it works great and doesn't cost shit!
A few glass fibre threads from grp matting glued in tensile strength position over cracking area may be 2nd choice fix as only few req keeping thickness down.
I used paper and it worked great for my application but dryer sheets sound like a good idea too. The only thing I wonder about is won't the fabric softener in the sheets affect the glue adhesion? I was thinking some sort of thin nylon, like the stuff they make windbreakers out of. This would have the fibers like paper but nylon is much stronger than paper.
Thin silk is perfect for this kind of repair too- you can get a yard at a craft store or even blank scarves (usually for silk painting, but I've used for model making and fixing broken fingernails instead!) The superglue soaks through like a dream and you can even sand down bumps if you end up with a wrinkle. The silk is really very very strong!
Why doesn't anyone mention that there are 2 types of Superglue, thin and thick. I you use the thick type, which is what I just did, it won't work. The Superglue just beads up and makes a complete mess. You have to use the thin Superglue which soaks right into the baking soda. The thick type just beads up on top of the baking soda.
Thank you for the comment. I have in the past used nitrile gloves, but they made it worse. I would have some glue on the glove and I would touch something and it would stick. Without the glove I stay away from the glue and if I do come in contact with it, I feel the wet and wipe it off then. It's kind of like you wear work gloves when working with wood, but if you use a power tool like a table saw, the gloves come off so you don't get pulled in.
How We Do It glad you pointed out the possible problem with binding to nitrile. I was just fixing to fill in my nut string slots on my guitar (mint condition). More helpful is that I am careful with this product around my string instruments. I have bottle of stuff marketed to coat fingertips to protect them will calluses form. It is cryoacrylate but weaker obviously. Called Rock Tips. Liquid polish. I know that if that chemical gets on my nitrocellulose finish, no matter how diluted it is, I couldn’t remove it without removing or damaging the finish. Thanks
Have you tried a thin layer of xtra fine steelwool
Learned today about this hack. Buying the box of baking soda and a 4 oz bottle of standard Cyanoacrylate superglue. To make molds of broken screwhole tabs on old car plastic parts. Parts no longer manufactured anymore. You can even add water to mess with the thickness of the stuff. Looking foward to it!
Great video , thank you for sharing
Where you don't like the glue to stick, add a Tiny layer of oil on that surrounding surface.
Just take ANY band-aid & pull the plastic gauze away from the cotton pad and you will have a VERY THIN AND EXTREMELY STRONG MESH REPAIR FABRIC. Been using it on R/C Planes and Car Bodies for about 40 years or more and it works great and doesn't cost shit!
Nice! Is it okay to use for rubber soles of shoes?
Try IT out, and let us Know the outcome
Wow, clever. I like the paper idea.
I've heard of this method being used on ratchet belts as well!
A few glass fibre threads from grp matting glued in tensile strength position over cracking area may be 2nd choice fix as only few req keeping thickness down.
i've been watching yoga and ended up watching super glue drying
Try fiberglass drywall tape for larger jobs.
Great Ideas!
Love it... Thank you!
You can wipe your hands with nail polish ( Accetone ) to clean super glue.
I use wire fly screen material works a charm
So I broke my platinum ps4 headset at the hinge where the ears close....can I repair it with the baking soda method?
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even better than the paper (at least I think) a piece of teabag, the lipton kind, the plasticy one..,
I use dryer sheets instead of paper
I used paper and it worked great for my application but dryer sheets sound like a good idea too. The only thing I wonder about is won't the fabric softener in the sheets affect the glue adhesion? I was thinking some sort of thin nylon, like the stuff they make windbreakers out of. This would have the fibers like paper but nylon is much stronger than paper.
Thin silk is perfect for this kind of repair too- you can get a yard at a craft store or even blank scarves (usually for silk painting, but I've used for model making and fixing broken fingernails instead!) The superglue soaks through like a dream and you can even sand down bumps if you end up with a wrinkle. The silk is really very very strong!
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Why doesn't anyone mention that there are 2 types of Superglue, thin and thick. I you use the thick type, which is what I just did, it won't work. The Superglue just beads up and makes a complete mess. You have to use the thin Superglue which soaks right into the baking soda. The thick type just beads up on top of the baking soda.
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Wear nitrile gloves, buddy!
Thank you for the comment. I have in the past used nitrile gloves, but they made it worse. I would have some glue on the glove and I would touch something and it would stick. Without the glove I stay away from the glue and if I do come in contact with it, I feel the wet and wipe it off then. It's kind of like you wear work gloves when working with wood, but if you use a power tool like a table saw, the gloves come off so you don't get pulled in.
How We Do It glad you pointed out the possible problem with binding to nitrile. I was just fixing to fill in my nut string slots on my guitar (mint condition). More helpful is that I am careful with this product around my string instruments. I have bottle of stuff marketed to coat fingertips to protect them will calluses form. It is cryoacrylate but weaker obviously. Called Rock Tips. Liquid polish. I know that if that chemical gets on my nitrocellulose finish, no matter how diluted it is, I couldn’t remove it without removing or damaging the finish. Thanks