"mike" wrote in message
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On Jul 21, 9:33 am, "charlie" wrote:
"dadiOH" wrote in message

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David Nebenzahl wrote:
Got a question regarding an upcoming repair job: how to adhere an
aluminum strip to glass.

Client has a glass shower that had a metal channel attached to the
bottom of the door (glass) that had come off. I made a new channel out
of aluminum angle and glued it on using [something I picked up at the
hardware sto don't remember exactly what].

It didn't hold. I need to reglue the strip. What do y'all suggest?

The stuff I'm thinking about is that special goop used to stick
rear-view mirrors to windshields. Amazing ****. I put such a mirror on
my van, and the stuff sticks like crazy. It comes in really little
packages; wonder if you can get a bigger tube of it?

Or epoxy?

Actual experience with your suggestion gets you extra points ...

Silicon caulk. All my windows have applied "muntins"...they are attached
with silicon, have been for 14 years.

The mirror glue is basically cyanoacrylic but (generally) two part.
Should work OK if the channel and glass are in close contact, no idea
how
it does with water.

If the glass/aluminumare too sloppy a fit for cyanoacrylic I think epoxy
could work. I'd still use silicon.

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dadiOH

i would make that non-acid cure silicone caulk, as the acid cure will
attack
the aluminium.

you can get it at ace hardware, but not the big boxes. look for something
called crystal clear or such. if you rough up the glass with wet/dry
sandpaper it will bond a LOT better.

another possiblity is vhb tape. i used some on a glass-steel interface
outside in the phx area, with good success. it's sometimes used to hold on
car windscreens so i used it to restick the rear glass window in my vette
ragtop back on (glass/reinforced cloth interface). i used 3m 4910

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3...roducts/Produc...

when you use this product, you only get one shot at it. it's REALLY hard
to
remove, and you can't reposition the objects after they touch.

regards,
charliehttp://glassartists.org/ChaniArts- Hide quoted text -

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Considering acidic soda pop is stored in aluminum cans for months and
years at a time, I wouldn't worry too much about it. That aluminum
oxide layer on the surface will hold up just fine.

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obviously you've never stored soda in cans in your pantry for 6 months to a
year. i can tell you from bitter experience, that yes, they do leak over
time, lose their carbonation, and occasionally when we find a can a couple
years old in the back behind everything, it may even be empty and still be
factory sealed, and a really bad gooey mess underneath it.

it only takes a pinhole in the coating for this to occur.

regards,
charlie