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On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 13:53:45 -0700, wrote:

On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:40:23 -0400, Joseph Gwinn
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The best for gluing steel to brass (which I do most often) is
Household Goop.

I'm pretty sure it's a chemistry issue. For such things, one asks the
glue manufacturer. If I recall, brass is the problem.


The glue manufacturers I asked did not have a dicky. Indeed brass is
the problem. It does not matter how you pre-treat it. Incantations and
saying Lord' prayer backwards does not work either.

Just Goop.

Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC
You saying BRASS is difficult to solder?????

No, glue. I think the zinc reacts badly with some kinds of adhesives.
Aluminum has this problem too. Anyway, there are glues that work, and
glues that don't work.

Joe Gwinn
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