HELP!! RE: AquaStik Epoxy Putty

Nano · #1 07-20-2012, 03:21 AM

I've used the super glue gel for a few things, with success. It does take a few tries to get it to hold, but when if it does, all you have to do is wait for it to encrust itself to the glass after that :P

Aquattro · #2 07-20-2012, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Nano

I've used the super glue gel for a few things, with success. It does take a few tries to get it to hold, but when if it does, all you have to do is wait for it to encrust itself to the glass after that :P

Pretty sure a quick bump with anything would know that off though, I've had stuff encrusting to the glass that just fell one day

Nano · #3 07-20-2012, 03:35 AM

lol not in my case, I went to move my red monti the other day to "change things up"... cant get it off, I ended up braking it

but its still on there!

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wait I forgot mines on acrylic :P this could make a difference!!!

if you had some way of roughing up the surface of the glass you wanted it on, thats what I did to the acrylic on my overflow, this probably is why I cant get it off!

marblesab · #4 07-20-2012, 03:43 AM

Ok, I'm not going to be defeated but this darn putty. I've decided to try and stick it to a suction cup, THEN stick it to the glass that way.

Wish me luck!

marblesab · #5 07-20-2012, 04:53 AM

Ok, it didn't want to stick that way either, I give up! (at least for tonight....)

apexifd · #6 07-20-2012, 07:47 PM

I have fairly good luck sticking sps frag on the overflow with milliput. should work for glass as well, probably sticks better with coraline algae growing on the glass.

pinhead · #7 07-20-2012, 08:19 PM

I've never tried using epoxy putty to stick a frag to glass, but this technique works 100% of the time in attaching frags to rock.

Dry off the base of the frag and apply a large glob of gel super glue (no need for brand names - only $1 at my local dollar store).

Place your ball of epoxy in the super glue and put some more glue on top of the epoxy making a superglue/epoxy/superglue sandwich.

Place your frag where you want it mounted and press down to flatten out the epoxy and superglue onto both surfaces. The superglue sticks very well to the epoxy and sets quickly. As soon as the epoxy sets, you should have a strong bond.

I've tried just epoxy or just superglue and they don't hold compared to combining them