[Healeys] Re Trafficator Accident

[Bob Spidell]

I got curious and delved into--OK, I did a quick internet search--this 
mysterious 'Araldite' stuff and found, among other interesting tidbits:

/Araldite was used beginning in 1940 in the production of the De 
Havilland Mosquito aircraft.

/So, certainly it's suitable for our LBCs.  Unfortunately, however, it's 
made in some place called the 'UK,' making it difficult if not 
impossible to find on this side of The Pond (esp. without egregious 
shipping fees).

bs

ps.  Also, of note:

"In 1983, British advertising agency FCO Univas set up a visual stunt 
presentation of the strength of Araldite adhesive by gluing a yellow 
Ford Cortina <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Cortina> to a billboard 
on Cromwell Road, London, with the tagline "It also sticks handles to 
teapots".^[10] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araldite#cite_note-10> 
Later, to demonstrate more of its strength, a red Cortina was placed on 
top of the yellow Cortina, with the tagline "The tension mounts". 
Finally, the car was removed from the billboard, leaving a hole on the 
billboard and a tagline "How did we pull it off?". "


//
On 10/21/2019 12:59 AM, Kees Oudesluijs wrote:
>
> Better to use Araldite or similar 2-pack epoxy glue instead of 
> superglue. Using this on Bakelite gives an extremely strong bond and 
> fills up cracks/missing bits and is easy to polish and paint.
>
> I use it a lot to repair/restore Bakelite items (caps and bridges on 
> SU fuel pumps, car radio knobs and fronts, car switches etc.
>
> Kees Oudesluijs
>
>
> Op 21-10-2019 om 01:29 schreef phillips:
>>
>> Michael,
>>
>> Just super glue the broken bakelite part back on and do a little skim 
>> bodywork at the crack if needed ,prime and sand down with 400 and 
>> repaint it again. Sanding primer may fill in any defects from the 
>> crack anyway.
>>
>>
>>

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