Anyone have any experience using UV cured adhesives on things that need mending around the home? Seems to be that the stuff was first used for bonding glass but I do wonder if UV can penetrate far enough into an opaqued joint to be useful. TIA, Pat
OT- UV cured adhesives- user experience around home?
Dec 02, 2019
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I have used some UV-Cure adhesives and it SEEMS to be the UV starts the cure and after it is "kicked off" the cure continues VERY slowly into the joint. The stuff I have is from Kafuter and I'm not TERRIBLY impressed with it. In documentation it says it is for gluing glass and…
Read the full replyOn 12/2/2019 8:33 AM, patrick wrote:> Anyone have any experience using UV cured adhesives on things that need mending around the home? Seems to be that the stuff was first used for bonding glass but I do wonder if UV can penetrate far enough into an opaqued joint to be useful. TIA, Pat >
I was not aware of UV cured adhesives, but in tackle making UV cured clear coats are popular with some builders.
I have used some UV-Cure adhesives and it SEEMS to be the UV starts the cure and after it is "kicked off" the cure continues VERY slowly into the joint. The stuff I have is from Kafuter and I'm not TERRIBLY impressed with it. In documentation it says it is for gluing glass and acrylic to glass, acrylic, metals.
I would NOT recommend it for attaching 2 opaque materials together
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