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Subject: [Shop-talk] High temp adhesives
From: doug at dougbraun.com (Douglas Braun)
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:41:29 -0400
References: <4E7F8F4F.2060909@xxiii.com>
I bet metal casting plaster or dental stone would work great.
The challenge would to be to avoid having to buy a 50 lb sack...

Doug

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Wayne <wmc_st at xxiii.com> wrote:

> Hey Guys - off topic, but...
>
> Can anyone suggest an adhesive that is high-temp capable, but not
> necessarily super strong?  I have a gas log fireplace.  The "logs" are some
> sort of cement or ceramic material, and have cast-in metal dowels to hold
> the logs together.  I took them apart to clean, and a couple of the dowels
> broke out, with the cement material around them cracking out.
>
> A decent gap filling adhesive like an epoxy would seem ideal, but JB Weld
> for example says it's only good to 600 degrees.  I don't know how hot these
> thing really get, but there is a propane flame around them.
>
> -Thanks, Wayne

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