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[pazuzu]

just a heads up for anyone who hasn't tried this because they are stubborn like me:

after passing this stuff up for some time in lieu of the original formula i finally tried it, and it works really well. sets up in minutes and is cured in under an hour. really great, the only drawback is minimal work time.

[Cliff Schecht]

Is it not just a cyanoacrylate derivative of some sort?

[gutsofgold]

would this work to adhere those metal battery clips to the enclosure?

[GP]

If it's an epoxy (and i think it is - not available where i am) then, in general, the quicker setting the epoxy, the weaker the finished bond.

I use all sorts of different epoxies for diy and all have their uses and drawbacks

[petemoore]

  if the surface to be 'welded' is flexible, expect only temporary or lucky results..I tried the kind made from a plate of springy material which forms a 'U' shape around the battery, it has a screw hole in the base, JBWeld didn't do the trick.

[pazuzu]

Is it not just a cyanoacrylate derivative of some sort?

2 part epoxy, msds: http://www.jbweld.net/techinfo/JB%20Weld-Kwik%20Epoxy%20Steel%20Resin-48009.pdf

[petemoore]

  Yupp, nasty stuff.
 We glued a crack [a frouning leak caused by ice blowout] in 350 chevy engine block with the a 24 hour type, that winter the seal withstood 20 below to operating temperature, amazing glue.

[runmikeyrun]

I fixed a large crack in a dirt bike expansion chamber with it once.  I expected it to burn right off, but it held tight!