On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 11:04:28 +0100, Matt
wrote:

|On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:41:26 +0100, Owain
wrote:
|
|LSR wrote:
| I have a book called "Chemistry in the Marketplace" which has a chart of
| materials (metal, wood, stone, various plastics etc etc) as row and column
| headings, and at each intersection it gives the best adhesive(s) for the two
| materials. Not sure I can easily ASCII it though. Would this be helpful?
| Maybe something similar is already out there.
|
|I was going to suggest exactly that as a summary.
|
|The FAQ is in HTML so a table shouldn't be a problem.
|
|Owain
|
|
|RS have a very comprehensive datasheet on adhesives, although its
|quite a few years old it helps with some of the more strange substrate
|combinations.
|
|Go to www.rswww.com then infozone and there is a link "Guide to
|adhesives " in the centre right of the page

Looks good :-)

|There are about 10 pages on joint design and the different families of
|glue and then a 30 page selection chart. Really needs printing at A3
|though as the text is tiny.

Especially as some pages are upside down, not to mention sideways on :-(
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