Fire proof glue.

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2 total messages Started by Brendan Brolly Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:11

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Author: Brendan Brolly
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:11

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Has anyone found a glue that can be used to glue wicks onto things.
I've heard rumours of them but never come across one.
    I know that phenoic resins would make very good glues of this
sort but has anyone done it commercially.

    Brendan

Re: Fire proof glue.

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Author: Gregory Cohen
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:18

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In article <MAILQUEUE-101.930128141137.352@phys-irc.novell.leeds.ac.uk> Brendan Brolly <PHY5JBB@phys-irc.novell.leeds.ac.uk> writes:
>Has anyone found a glue that can be used to glue wicks onto things.
>I've heard rumours of them but never come across one.
>    I know that phenoic resins would make very good glues of this
>sort but has anyone done it commercially.
>
>    Brendan

I've experimented with every high-tempeture glue I could get my hands on.
It seems that the higher the rating, the more watery the glue is.  This
leads to the wicking absorbing the glue to an extreme, thus plugging
the weave that you want to leave open for the fuel.  The glues I have
experimented with have also had a reasonably low shear point (according
to manufacturers specs.) and should fatigue in short order, leaving the
potential for wicks to fly free.  The phenoic resins are sold at any store
that sells woodburning stoves.  They use them to glue the high temperature
gaskets onto the doors.  I think you will be disapointed, as you will lose
absorbancy in the wicking.  On the other hand, if you do experiment, I'd
be interested in hearing about how it went.

-GReg Cohen
Another bit of Infinite Illusions trivia.
gcohen@mailer.cc.fsu.edu

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