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| Thread ID: 148017 | 2019-06-17 05:24:00 | Feet for patio chairs | Driftwood (5551) | PC World Chat |
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| 1461576 | 2019-06-18 04:55:00 | Filling from a cartridge in a gun would be my preference but I think silicon would just compress up the tube when the weight was on it. Would need to be something like urethane that goes semi hard. Don't know if anything like that is available in a cartridge. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1461577 | 2019-06-18 06:46:00 | Thought I'd watch the actual Video. :) From YEARS of Aero-Modelling, making Fiberglass Molds and Fiberglass products: He's right, West Systems is a good Epoxy. If you decide too use that method, DON'T go buying some cheap Random Epoxy. You get what you pay for. Dont even think about the quick setting 5 /15 Minute, its not designed for that type of work. If you noticed in the Video he didn't make the depth of the feet to great, if you do it will become brittle and snap unless there's some sort of reinforcement mixed in. (Microfibers would help) One safety precaution, wear protective gloves (trust me on this) and don't work with it in a closed off space, have a breeze /air flow. The Gloves -- Standard Latex are fine for small jobs, you don't want to get the resin on your skin, some people are sensitive to epoxy. Since you will only be doing a small amount you should be OK, prolonged exposure to Epoxy and you can develop a reaction to it. (I HAVE) that's why I said use gloves. For ages I didn't ( paying for that now) , now I break out in a allergic reaction if I get a good smell of it. ( not fun) As per West system warning: www.westsystem.com |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1461578 | 2019-06-18 06:58:00 | Gorilla glue in a tube, sets rock hard, I used it to repair my nailgun 3 years ago still going strong | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1461579 | 2019-06-19 05:21:00 | Thought I'd watch the actual Video. :) From YEARS of Aero-Modelling, making Fiberglass Molds and Fiberglass products: He's right, West Systems is a good Epoxy. If you decide too use that method, DON'T go buying some cheap Random Epoxy. You get what you pay for. Dont even think about the quick setting 5 /15 Minute, its not designed for that type of work. If you noticed in the Video he didn't make the depth of the feet to great, if you do it will become brittle and snap unless there's some sort of reinforcement mixed in. (Microfibers would help) One safety precaution, wear protective gloves (trust me on this) and don't work with it in a closed off space, have a breeze /air flow. The Gloves -- Standard Latex are fine for small jobs, you don't want to get the resin on your skin, some people are sensitive to epoxy. Since you will only be doing a small amount you should be OK, prolonged exposure to Epoxy and you can develop a reaction to it. (I HAVE) that's why I said use gloves. For ages I didn't ( paying for that now) , now I break out in a allergic reaction if I get a good smell of it. ( not fun) As per West system warning: www.westsystem.com Fella contacted me today re west systems www.fibreglassshop.co.nz He recons it will do the job ok, so I've got some coming. Now I'll have to wait for a day when it gets above 5 degrees to the job. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1461580 | 2019-06-19 09:36:00 | Perhaps another way is applying thick felt pads at the leg's end. I stuck 3M 40 mm x 6 mm circular sticky felt pads to our laundry table leg ends. Though the table hardly ever moves. Recently I joined bed leg to bed attaching (i.e. with nut one end) a double threaded metal dowel pin to homemade plywood base plate. But bit cumbersome to make up but holds well. | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
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