Hafixs Glue

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Has anyone here tried Hafixs glue? <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.hafixs.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.hafixs.co.uk</a><!-- m --> I was at the NEC yesterday for the classic motorshow. I went on a friend's free ticket mostly to see the scooters and bikes, but the cars were very cool - vintage sportscars (Riley's, Austen Healey, etc.) plus lovely old Morris Travellers and Humbers, Bristols etc. Oddly the Maxi Owners' Club had a pitch right between Lotus and Morgan. I kid you not - concourse condition Austin Maxi

The dealer and autojumble and stalls were awesome and there was a guy demonstrating the glue. He took a nice thick rubber band (like a fanbelt), got me to pull it hard to show it was "real", then cut it, put a spot of Hafixs on one end, pressed them together, and almost immediately asked me to pull it again. I though the glue would still be wet but, no, it was so completely stuck that my very hard pulling just stretched the rubber slightly but the join was unaffected.

Suffice to say I bought some. Just wondered if it would be good for brush knots?
 
Do you remember the old super glue ad where a chap cuts a rubber hose then puts it on some parallel bars and then bounces on it? Super glue works particularly well with rubber and certain plastics.

If its a cyanacrolate then it's basically a super glue, I would still prefer to use an epoxy with brush knots as the contact surfaces are not that smooth.

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antdad said:
If its a cyanacrolate then it's basically a super glue, I would still prefer to use an epoxy with brush knots as the contact surfaces are not that smooth.
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This will most likely be a cyanoacrylate. Great for quick fixes, and high strength, but the drawbacks are that (normal) CA is not gap-filling, hard and brittle, and thin, therefore soaked up by porous material (read wood). I wouldn't choose it as my first choice for setting knots. There are thick CAs that would be better for that though.

Henk
 
It is a cyanoacrylate, apparently notable for its long shelf life if kept in the fridge. There is a powder available for gap filling applications:
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