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26-05-11, 09:10 PM
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A strong, flexible, clear, waterproof glue to seal HID lights?
 I need to seal up my HID's to make then watertight but it will be seen so needs to stay clear and not react to sunlight and weathering. It needs to flex slightly too, so can't be brittle like superglue. Any recommendations on what to use? Would some kind of resin do the job? |
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26-05-11, 09:15 PM
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Re: A strong, flexible, clear, waterproof glue to seal HID lights
could try an empoxy resin or maybe try and find a gasket of some description?
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26-05-11, 09:19 PM
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Re: A strong, flexible, clear, waterproof glue to seal HID lights
Would a decent clear silicone sealant do the job? You can get stuff that's meant to be non-yellowing/UV resistant etc.
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26-05-11, 09:20 PM
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Re: A strong, flexible, clear, waterproof glue to seal HID lights
Silicone or PU?
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26-05-11, 09:24 PM
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Re: A strong, flexible, clear, waterproof glue to seal HID lights
Yeh I'm thinking resin might be good. A gasket wouldn't work just because it needs to seal up thin gaps that I can't separate. I think silicone would be too thick. It needs to go in quite a narrow V shape gap
What's PU? |
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26-05-11, 09:28 PM
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Re: A strong, flexible, clear, waterproof glue to seal HID lights
depends how much you need to use. if its a small amount then i would recommend UniBond Extreme power glue. it stays quite flexible but is stroooong. takes ages to set though.
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26-05-11, 09:36 PM
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Re: A strong, flexible, clear, waterproof glue to seal HID lights
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26-05-11, 09:39 PM
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Re: A strong, flexible, clear, waterproof glue to seal HID lights
well i stuck a cable tie base to a strip of dirty metal and the base stayed black around the edges and the glue is still clear. its rock solid but i guess if i took a hammer or chisel to it it would come off. £5 a 20g tube though.
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26-05-11, 09:39 PM
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Re: A strong, flexible, clear, waterproof glue to seal HID lights
its a bit like a silicon though as its quite thick.
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26-05-11, 10:04 PM
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Re: A strong, flexible, clear, waterproof glue to seal HID lights?
Might give that a try
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