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Recently I replaced the thermal fuse on a food processor. To do so I used a dental pick to remove 4 hole punch-sized pieces of plastic that covered the screws on the top of the unit. I need to glue or seal those back down on top of the screws. The caps and the sealant keeps water from getting into the machine as well as food etc... I need a sealant or glue that will hold the hole-punch-sized plastic in place, be water-resistant. Yet allow me to peel them off again should the thermal fuse pop once more. You can see exactly what I'm looking at in Step 7 of this how-to guide. Food Processor Repair The glue that was in there was rubber-like. I cleaned it out with the dental pick, was easy to do. Seemed like a solid gel, filled in the space between the cap and the screw head and the screw head itself. I have various CA glues, but that would preclude me from ever fixing it again. Any Suggestions? thanks in advance __________________________ My door is always open to Sigforum members, and I'm always willing to help if I can. | ||
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| Three Generations of Service  |
Sounds a lot like E6000 and/or Shoe Goo. Clear, quite strong, elastic. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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Clear silicone | |||
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| drop and give me 20 pushups |
How about a drop of glue from a hot glue gun. ....................... drill sgt. | |||
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I’d use this also. | |||
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always with a hat or sunscreen |
I'll queue up as the third here to recommend this.  Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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Optimistic Cynic |
The hot glue may not be as water-resistant as you might like. I recently used this to reattach a rubber ring to the bottom of the dog's stainless steel water bowl. Lasted about ten days before it started to separate. I'll be trying an alternative next time. | |||
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I know something about this type of glue. I would use shoe-goo. | |||
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The Blue Machine |
E6000 sounds like the ticket. | |||
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Just be careful not to use it on your unruly hair. | |||
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Butyl "tape" perhaps? Water will not penetrate and it stays malleable and can be removed. We use it to "bed" hardware on the decks of boats. I use it in any situation that I don't want moisture to penetrate. Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark. “If in winning a race, you lose the respect of your fellow competitors, then you have won nothing” - Paul Elvstrom "The Great Dane" 1928 - 2016 | |||
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Red RTV seems to stick to everything! | |||
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Well, I'm in, too.  | |||
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chickenshit |
Silicone sounds good to me. I don't know what the smallest roll of butyl tape you could buy is. Both would work, silicone is probably less expensive for the amount you need. ____________________________ Yes, Para does appreciate humor. | |||
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Spread the Disease |
Clear silicone or RTV. You should be able to color match the RTV, so that would be fancier. ________________________________________ -- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. -- | |||
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| A teetotaling beer aficionado  |
I always keep a tube of this stuff around. Many uses and it stores well even after opening. Link Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves. -D.H. Lawrence | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
And I'll make #5. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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thank you all. I went with Loctite Clear Silicone __________________________ My door is always open to Sigforum members, and I'm always willing to help if I can. | |||
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