Re: [ATM] RE: RTV Silicone question

[Kevin Whitefire <chaosopher23@yahoo.com>]

Silicone seems to stick to everything.

I'd like to run an experiment to see if silicone can
outsick Pepsi, considered to be the stickiest
substance in the world.

Kevin
--- Chris Rowland <chris_group_mail@dsl.pipex.com>
wrote:

> > You are going to bond silicone to PVC?    Why not
> try teflon?
> 
> I have a secondary held to PVC with Silicone - and
> the PVC bonded to aluminium, also with silicone.
> It's been there for nearly 4 years now.
> 
> The PVC is a short piece of water pipe, 42mm in
> diameter with a wall thickenss of about 2mm. One end
> is cut at right angles and glued on its edge to the
> aluminium disk, the other end is cut at 45 degrees
> and the secondary is attached at three places on the
> edge. This lot has been at the top of the OTA - in
> tension - ever since I made it.
> 
> The only preparation was that I degreased everything
> with surgical spirit. I used the Dow Corning
> Aquarium sealant.
> 
> My only defense is that it never ocurred to me that
> there was anything that Silicone didn't stick to.
> 
> Chris
> 
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