When I got the posting advising RTV I immediately looked over at where I had TWO tubes of such stuff - but only ONE was 100% RTV. The other was one that is something possibly stickier and which, coincidentally, needing using up because it will cure just sitting there... (I'll tell you my secret here in a minute...but first - a back-story.): Some time back, doing chores I had beaten some rather new boots to the cracking point and was quite surprised as well as upset by it. Lucky for me, I happened upon some 'shoe goo' at a local store for a decent price and fixed 'em up pretty well with it - leaving a healthy dollup in the tube to cure and be wasted... VERY soon thereafter we had some strong winds here and my car's spoiler, held on (barely) by just a single remaining fastening point - swiveled to a right angle from where it belongs. This worried me. I saw where the PO had tried gluing it and the wee light came on inside me old head - and why not, I thought ? One big glob of shoe goo later, and a day to cure - and it has been firmly affixed ever since. Now back to the mirror: I researched the 'goop' family of adhesives and 2 cool facts came to light: They are descended of, and contain RTV - and they also have a super-duper cousin. That one is called E-6000. That 2nd tube ? It was just a dollup of E-6000. And why not ? Was my thought once again... One thinly smeared dollup and clamp/shim later that mirror was in place and left overnight to cure. In case anyone needs a general-purpose, very strong adhesive I highly recommend E-6000. The 'Ace' chain sometimes has it in stock normally. It isn't gasoline or heat proof IIRC - but for general strong repairs is it the shiznitz !!! Best Wishes. mark PS: Kinda like the "Kroil of general purpose adhesives' ?! Posts in this Thread:
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