On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:09:44 -0600, Jules wrote:
On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:28:02 +0000, Steve wrote:

I've used Araldite for 40 years or more on all kinds of diy repairs and
I've found it pretty good at sticking hard stuff to many other types of
hard stuff.

Has the formula changed over the years (possibly as various chemicals /
substances have fallen foul of various laws)? I remember it being pretty
good when I was a kid, but when I used some a few years ago (mixing
carefully according to directions) it didn't seem nearly as strong. Maybe
it was just the things I happened to be gluing, but it seemed consistently
weak on all of them.

The make-or-break :-) factor with pretty much all adhesives is the state
of the surfaces you're bonding. Apart from some being reet-boogers to glue
(such as polythene etc.) they are very sensitive to grease and other crud,
even in microscopic amounts, on the mating surfaces.