This may not be the best place for this question but I’ll try anyway.
Last Xmas, SWMBO made several presents by cementing a glass candlestick to a decorative china plate to make a “cutesy” serving doo-dad. I got Duco Cement for her and she followed the directions to the letter. They were a big hit with the artsy-crafty set and she got several artsy-crafty salutes………. (Ooohhh, it’s sooooo cuuuuuuute!!!! – lol)
No good deed goes unpunished however and now the cement is failing. One of the neighbors mentioned it a week ago and two of SWMBO’s gave up the ghost yesterday. I’m reluctant to try to redo them with Duco and wonder if anyone knows a good way to do this so they stay stuck.
Here’s a picture so you can see what I’m talking about.
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I would try silicone cement. They are similar to silicone caulk but formulated more for adhesion than weather resistance. The stuff they cement aquariums with is an example. You'd want it quite thin so the pieces don't feel like they move.
I think your problem isn't the adhesive as much as it is the construction. You don't have enough glue surface for the leverage that will be applied from the plate to the candlestick. Maybe a silicone like Goop or PL 400 would give a little better holding power but I'm not sure how hot water and detergents would affect them. Those would get tipped over and broken at my house so the glue wouldn't matter for long.
Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
polyurethene glue. Plain old PL Premium!
It would be ugly as heck if you could see it, but for under like that, who's looking?
Silicone is normal for glass, but I tend to doubt it would handle the leverage for long either. Be sure to grind the old Duco off first.
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Thanks ya'll. I hadn't thought of good old silicone caulk and I used that in the bad old days of the 70's to make terreriums (sp?) and those things held together for-freaking-ever. I'll also look into that PL stuff. I've never used it before but it's worth a shot.
One neat thing about this is the responses. When I posted the question three hours ago, I told SWMBO that we would probably have 2-3 responses before dinner time. We're about to head over to our daughters place for Mothers Day and - sure enuf - there were answers.
Thanks again.
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Get some glass block silicone ... it's a little different than regular silicone. Loes stocks it next to the glass blocks, which are in the ceramic tile section.
I'm sorry, I thought you wanted it done the right way.
Had sort of the same situation, except the piece was a C.1900 heavy leaded crystal bowl attached to a pedestal base also leaded crystal -- passed down from Grandmom in her will. DW and I always assumed it was all one piece until, while drying it one day suddenly had a base in one hand and bowl in the other!
At the advice of a china crystal dealer, I stuck the two pieces back together with a Loctite product "Instant Glass Glue" ( which is anything but instant ). 24 hour cure, dishwasher safe in a week.
Scraped the residual glue off of the bowl surface w/ razor knife, cleaned with acetone and applied according to package directions. If you are not familiar with Loctite, they have been in the automotive / machinery fastening business for years - good products which have always performed as advertised for me.
http://www.loctiteproducts.com
I trust dinner was excellent!
P.S.: I am making the assumtion that this product would work for a glass to porcelin(sp?) bond. Glaze on china = melted silicon = glass; i.e. you are making a glass to glass bond. Might be wrong, have been before!
Edited 5/8/2005 5:53 pm ET by JTC1