My daughter had a life size model of a sheep given her. sadly it got
broken into several peices in transit. It apears to be made from a
resin, as it will (if repaired) stand in the garden any ideas as to the
best adhesive to repait it? As the breaks are extensive a tube would
not go far.

Broadback wrote:
My daughter had a life size model of a sheep given her. sadly it got
broken into several peices in transit. It apears to be made from a
resin, as it will (if repaired) stand in the garden any ideas as to the
best adhesive to repait it? As the breaks are extensive a tube would
not go far.

A real sheep would probably be cheaper than the adhesive.

One pack of araldite will cover a lot of area. Is it solid or hollow?

Newshound wrote:
One pack of araldite will cover a lot of area. Is it solid or hollow?


Yes, but if the sheep is GRP, then it's almost certainly polyester resin
and not epoxy. Epoxy should not be used to glue polyester because the
bond formed is very weak.


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Grunff

Ian Stirling wrote:
Broadback wrote:
My daughter had a life size model of a sheep given her.
A real sheep would probably be cheaper than the adhesive.

I hope the sheep is in the back garden, or the OP's daughter is well
away from a pub, otherwise late night revellers (**** artists) might
decide to steal it, or try b*gg*ring it.

Owain

In article ,
Owain wrote:
I hope the sheep is in the back garden, or the OP's daughter is well
away from a pub, otherwise late night revellers (**** artists) might
decide to steal it, or try b*gg*ring it.

Sounds like it's b*gg*r*d already?

--
*Real women don't have hot flashes, they have power surges.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article , Owain
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(**** artists) might
decide to steal it, or try b*gg*ring it.

I thought the problem was that it already had been? :-)

Polyester resin. Repair kit (nasty, goes off too quickly) from car shops
like Halfords.


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AJL

Broadback wrote:
My daughter had a life size model of a sheep given her. sadly it got
broken into several peices in transit. It apears to be made from a
resin, as it will (if repaired) stand in the garden any ideas as to the
best adhesive to repait it? As the breaks are extensive a tube would
not go far.

Maybe try alt.base-jumping.sheep.bounce.bounce.bounce - I'm sure someone
must have had the same problem there.

David

Lobster wrote:

Broadback wrote:

My daughter had a life size model of a sheep given her. sadly it got
broken into several peices in transit. It apears to be made from a
resin, as it will (if repaired) stand in the garden any ideas as to
the best adhesive to repait it? As the breaks are extensive a tube
would not go far.


Maybe try alt.base-jumping.sheep.bounce.bounce.bounce - I'm sure someone
must have had the same problem there.

David
Epoxy resin will fix it.

Milliput is such, with filler and can be used to make good any missing
bits, but I'd use straight epoxy for the repair.

In message , Broadback
writes
My daughter had a life size model of a sheep given her. sadly it got
broken into several peices in transit. It apears to be made from a
resin, as it will (if repaired) stand in the garden any ideas as to the
best adhesive to repait it? As the breaks are extensive a tube would
not go far.


Ewe-hoo ?


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geoff

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 20:26:51 +0100, Broadback
wrote:

My daughter had a life size model of a sheep given her. sadly it got
broken into several peices in transit. It apears to be made from a
resin, as it will (if repaired) stand in the garden any ideas as to the
best adhesive to repait it?

Stick it together with adhesive tape (Duct tape) except for one hole.
Fill with expanding polyurethane foam (read
http://www.diyfaq.org.uk/humour.html first) . Ideally use the two
part buy with care the tins you buy in the likes of B&Q will do.
Don't rush the job though - give each application of foam a good long
time to reach maximum expansion before topping up. Leave for a day
or three and remove the sticky tape, redecorate where necessary.

--
Peter Parry.
http://www.wpp.ltd.uk/