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Post by gmitch067 on Jun 1, 2018 21:34:32 GMT -5
I have all sorts of CA glue and Epoxy in my shop... This question focuses on Starbond CA glue and how cabs and intarsia keep to their mounts/joins...
It looks like a very cold winter is finally over (I hope!)... Did anybody who used the Starbond CA glue to join intarsia or mount cabs on solid mounts have trouble with the cabs falling out or stone-to-stone joins in the freezing weather?
My grand kids live in various climates, and I send finished cabs and pendants on a regular basis. I do not want to use a glue who's bond fails in extreme hot (South Texas) or extreme cold (Northern North Dakota).
When I started to make jewelry a year ago, I was using solid backings for the cabs (cheap from Amazon)... and I used the thick gel Starbond CA glue as the adhesive. Now I wonder if it weathers well... or should I have the kids send them back for remounting with a better adhesive?
Glenn
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Post by barclay on Jun 1, 2018 22:33:21 GMT -5
I have used it to fill pits and cracks in cabs and it came off when I throw it in the freezer to get the stone off the dop. Now I slowly heat it over my dop pot. It seems to tolerate heat more than cold.
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Post by gmitch067 on Jun 2, 2018 0:19:12 GMT -5
I have used it to fill pits and cracks in cabs and it came off when I throw it in the freezer to get the stone off the dop. Now I slowly heat it over my dop pot. It seems to tolerate heat more than cold. Ouch... But that is just what I want to find out. Thank you for the info. Some of my grand kids (not to mention my own kids..) live in Michigan and North Dakota where the temps get a bit nippy. I do not want the cabs falling apart in either cold or heat. Thanks again. Glenn
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 2, 2018 7:12:57 GMT -5
I haven't had a problem with cold. I do use heat from the 50 and 100k wheels to remove the stone from the dop, though. So, extreme is heat will loosen it, though we are talking pretty high temps- too hot to hold.
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