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E6000 the wrong choice?

Modeling
#1

It’s crunch time in the Mik Build Challenge. I am ready to attach my panels. I purchased E6000 tonight based on what I saw others using for the panels, but should have read the label in the store. My test application on some scrap with off-cuts from the tin appear to require being clamped or taped down - the E6000 isn’t tacky enough to hold the panel seams together while wet.

I normally use Loctite PowerGrab for this type of application. I have some in-stock, but maybe not enough to do my entire roof.

E6000 Users - does it get tacky quickly or is clamping required?

I need to make a decision in the next 15 minutes if I’m going to finish tonight. Anyone still out there?

#2

Been my experience there is no real “tack” to E6000, should be lightly clamped or at least weighted.

Probably no help and after the fact but there it is.

Rick

#3

I decided to go for it with the E6000. So far so good. A little tape, a few clamps. Just can’t take finish photos tonight.

#4

For stuff like that I usually use Goop, it’s thick and tacky and probably wouldn’t need clamps. Maybe some weight to hold it flat. Live and learn Jon.

#5

It’s probably too late but, for future reference, I’ve been using Welder glue for outside projects. Some of the things I’ve glued up have been outside for 8 years with no apparent problems. Welder can be used like a contact cement by gluing both surfaces, putting them together for a few minutes and then separating them for about 10 minutes before putting them together again. Almost no need for clamping.

Doc Watson

#6

E6000 is a great glue that will mate many different surfaces and holds up very well outdoors but it needs to be held in place to dry which according to the tube is 24 hours.

I used it on my build and waiting for the glue to dry a building side at a time allowed me to build other things in the down time.

It is a good product.

#7

BTW: I used GOOP for attaching 12,347 tin panels to the Taylor Tin Works building (OK it just seemed like that many). I too gooped each seam joint.

Dave (the Tin Man) Taylor

#8

Goop is my choice too. It has some tack, it’s flexible when dry, and it can be removed when I make a mistake.

#9

I use E6000 to attach the metal and have some that have been outside for nearly five years with no problem. I do attach it with painter’s tape or a little weight while it dries.

If it is in a place where it can shift around I wait for a minute or two before I put the two pieces together. That can help hold down seam edges.

#10

I used E-6000 on the fire house. I waited 1-2 minutes as suggested on the tube it gets pretty tacky. You could still move around if needed. I will use this stuff again…

#11

I too used the E6K, it does get tacky and stringy on your fingers!

I was outdoors in 80 degrees and a breeze, by the time I laid out 2 - 12" lines it was beginning to skin over. A few places I pressed the tin down a couple of times but mostly it stayed put.

It’s part of my arsenal.

John

#12

Thanks guys. After my initial panic attack subsided I continued on with the E6000 and I think it is going to be fine. I just should not have waited until 10PM on the last day of the build to try it. Overall I’m happy with how it went down and my few oopses were easily cleaned off the tin with alcohol on a paper towel. The clamps will come off about 6PM (hope that’s not cheating) and then I’ll know for sure.