Cyano or Epoxy

[wdfifteen]

I have to attach a plastic bracket to the tile in my shower. The tile is smooth as glass and the back of the bracket is smooth epoxy from where it had been stuck on the tile before. What says the PPOT brain trust, should I rough the tile and the epoxy up with something and reattach with epoxy, or put it back up as is with super glue??

[dhoward]

Silicone.

[crustychief]

I agree, silicone.

[fingpilot]

The water will weaken the CA eventually. Use epoxy again, get the tile warm, and be ready for the epoxy to run. Iso alcohol will clean uncured epoxy. Or as said above, silicone.

[sammyg2]

A good ramset would work ......





on second thought go with the RTV.

[Tobra]

I would PM Trekkor

[Chocaholic]

Lugey.

[Flieger]

Originally Posted by fingpilot

The water will weaken the CA eventually. Use epoxy again, get the tile warm, and be ready for the epoxy to run. Iso alcohol will clean uncured epoxy. Or as said above, silicone.

I am curious why you say that. CA needs moisture to cure. Does it get too hard that it becomes brittle and breaks?

[MBAtarga]

My repair flow chart indicates use Duct Tape!

[cstreit]

Cyano will not work on non porous surfaces. Epoxy or silicone would be best.

[john walker's workshop]

sikaflex 292. end of story.

[ben parrish]

5200...done for life.

[fingpilot]

Originally Posted by Flieger

I am curious why you say that. CA needs moisture to cure. Does it get too hard that it becomes brittle and breaks?

True, most accelerator is actually water. But what does happen is that the CA gets brittle, and loses it's hold when constantly wet.

[look 171]

Originally Posted by john walker's workshop

sikaflex 292. end of story.

Yep, this stuff.

I had to attach a lower soap / shampoo shelf (for their grand kids) to an outdoor shower by the pool and the owner wanted to not set it in the tile from the get go. so I search around and found marine guys and they all said Sikaflex. Great stuff, and it had been 5+ years without issues. I would have gotten a call from them by now.

[chris_b]

+1 on the 5200

My buddies and I use the 3m 5200 to repair the hinges on our 400+ mph radio control gliders when the Kevlar hinges tear, the stuff is uber sticky and super durable. Once cured you cannot believe how hard you can pull on it and it won't let go.

If you do decide to use it be sure and use the "fast cure" variety, it cures in 24 hours, not sure how long the slow cure variety takes but I assume longer...

I usually get it at West Marine, but I hear that Lowe's carries it as well.

I hope this helps,
Chris

[wdfifteen]

Thank you. And thank you Wayne for providing this forum. It is a tremendous resource.

[mikester]

I'm sure all these guys know what they are talking about but I can't imagine why you wouldn't use JBWeld.