"Joe AutoDrill" wrote in message
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| Anyone have any experience using two-part epoxy on painted metal? I need
to
| "pull" some painted metal similar to automotive sheet metal into position
| and hot glue simply doesn't stick well enough.
SNIP

Got a new one for you. Get a really good masking or other strong and
paper like tape, like the 3M stuff and carefully spread it about the area
you need to work. Rub it in good so that the tape adheres perfectly
everywhere. Apply some adhesive that is flexible enough to accommodate the
expected flexing to the tape and your pulling tool. The trick here is that
the strength of the tape in the vertical direction (not tensile or shear, as
tape is measured, but in a direction perpendicular to the surface) is
phenomenal, but and most adhesive sticks to the tape really well, therefore
the tape provides the stiction you can't get from the adhesive directly to
the surface, not to mention that you can use a wider variety of adhesives.