Bought the basic kit at the local hardware store to repair glasses frames that snapped in half at the bridge. Did a pretty good job, although that was a tough task to be on my Bondic learning curve.
Had to do it 3 times before I really got it right. (Small, curved surface that I didn’t want to scruff TOO much by sanding it down. Used too little Bondic, then used too much.) But once I did, I was reasonably impressed. I’ve used it for a few other things and had even better luck. Guy at the hardware store experimented by snapping a paint-stirrer in half lengthwise, then put it back together with Bondic, and it became impossible to snap again.
The one note I’d add is that you should let the thing you’re fixing sit longer than Bondic recommends — a few hours to overnight.
Works great, very tough, adheres very well. “As seen on TV” versions are a bit less expensive, but these prices are reasonable.
Note that this is NOT glue, but it’s a good companion – it’s a kind of plastic, and is best used for filling and building up where material is missing – exactly the cases where glue is no good. It will work as glue only if one side is clear and will pass the light.
It mostly cures instantly, but you’ll want to let it “dry” for a few hours after. Also probably a bad idea to buy too much ahead of time, but it should stay good for at least a year or two.
Bondic does not advertise on TV…not that I’ve ever seen. The product advertised on television, and which can be purchased in the “As seen on TV” shelf in Walmart and most drug store chains, works as well as Bondic and can be purchased at a lower price. I bought 2 such pens for approx. $30.00, including S&H. The adhesive works as well as the Bondic pen I’d previously purchased for approximately $25.00 from Amazon.
I bought this stuff the last time it was on sale. Don’t waste your money because it doesn’t work. There were only a few items where it it held initially then later broke apart.
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Anybody out there know if this stuff is food safe? In other words, would you use it to fix a container you would eat from?
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Why would you spend $30 to fix a $0.59 plastic bowl and take the chance? Go buy another bowl.
My guess would be, unless the light can get to the entire surface of the bondit
then no it will not work. This will not work for hidden bonding. Bondit must see the light.
Have you tried an epoxy like JB Weld or Loctite? I’ve always had luck with both of those products on metal. JB Weld now has “Kwik Weld” though it’s not as strong, but it dries just about as fast as you can put it on, and cures in an hour or so.
You can get a kit for under $10 at any home improvement store, and it will last quite a while.
Let’s say you had a $30-35 Thermos that had a cracked bit of threading on the drinking cap. Leaks all over the place now but with a food-grade repair it might be useful again.
Or maybe a food processor bowl had a rough ride through the dishwasher and it’s a little dodgy to use.
I bought a number of these for personal use and XMas presents on woot a while ago. There certainly is a bit of a learning curve, and it isn’t going to (nor meant to) replace all your adhesives. However, I am glad I have it in my arsenal as when it has a use, I find it works great. It’s a versatile utility to have around the house. I’ve used it to repair a broken plastic stopper on my sliding shower door, built stoppers on a bathroom mirrors’ hangers so they’d stay horizontal and I could hang it myself, used it to mount xmas lights on the underside of my breakfast bar, and various other tasks.
They do advertise this item on TV, I have seen commercials for it. It was also on some shark tank-like inventors show on Science channel competing for seed money a while back…they bonded two ends of some metal cables together and it held upward of over/around 300lbs before it let loose. They showed too that it will work under water.
I can’t speak for the other brands others have mentioned, but I’d recommend Bondic to anyone, even if you only use/need it once, it’s a great item that can serve many purposes.
Nah. Bondic thinks it’s a glue alternative, not a food grade plastic. The liquid plastic is a mix of monomers, oligomers, and UV initiator and that you definitely don’t want in contact with your food. I would expect that even the fully cured product is not food safe. Not that you could prove it safe anyway; you just can’t depend on “all” of it curing in this application.