On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:31:41 -0700, wrote:

On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:46:43 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

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Did you try Goop's E6000? I love the stuff but don't recall if I've
glued metal and exposed it to the sun.

Yes, but not on stones. I found it under performed in other apps
compared with other glues. For instance for gluing brass to steel it
was consistently inferior to Houshold Goop (the only one that works
well in that app for me).

Interesting! I'm a Goop believer and have a drawer full of each of
their types. E6000 is a bit less viscous and easier to work with than
the others, and I've never had a failure with it. I'll note your info.
Brass and steel expand at way different rates, so I'm surprised
anything short of solder/brazing works there at all. Do you have to
use a thick layer of adhesive to allow that large movement? Does the
adhesive decouple them, and limit some of the differential?

Most of my use is on broken paperback book spines, shoes, plastic, and
leather. Shoe Goop works so well it outlasted the sole.

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