J-B Weld ClearWeld 5 Minute Epoxy, Clear, Syringe, 2 Pack, 50112-2

I’ve used JB Weld products with great success in the past. I was looking for one that would bond a brass to a aluminum bar as a very temporary fitting rather than tapping the brass cylinder out. Just something I could use long enough to put a little torque on it and turn it one turn. It was a 60 year old hot water pressure valve fitting that’s the intake to a faucet that seals had finally given out. I just wanted to get one turn out of it without going into a full tap set with a microscopic amount of space to put as a place to join something. Anyway, I did everything right. Sanded it down, mixed the compound properly and so on. Applied properly and then tried multiple methods of random bits to fix to it, if only temporarily. Nothing at all would stay, it left with a gummy, weak bond that never really seemed to cure. Maybe too much humidity, or the pipes latent heat was too much for its specs, but according to the specs all of that was in the realm of both applications, use and environment. So sadly to say, this one is less useful that dollar store super glue, at least if you’re in a *mildly* hot and humid environment. Most adhesives I’ve used work in that type of environment without any issue. I even gave it two days to bond before touching it, still the same gummy meh bond. Its maybe useful if you’re sanding down two large flat squares of plastic or wood and sticking them together inside a vice with this and then putting in screws for a permanent bond. Sure, maybe it would work then. But then what’s the point of getting something like this? Any old adhesive would work for that.

The rotating lid is a complete Rube Goldberg machine. Complexity for complexitys sake. Very difficult to tell which direction without looking closely. The old lid worked fine, why change?

Used Epoxy to fix a glass door handle to the brass base It has been fixed dont think it will come apart too anytime soon.

The epoxy worked great to adhere a golf shaft to the hozzle adapter of a Callaway driver. It was easy to mix and apply, set up well, and is working fine on the golf club. I had used a different epoxy in the past that was for golf clubs. It was more expensive than this one and the two bottles held way more epoxy then I needed. By the time I tried to use it for a second club it would harden.

My skill with this product is not the best, but I was able to repair things using this epoxy for which superglue and gorilla glue had failed. I suggest wearing disposal gloves when using. And I remember each time I use it as Im trying to clean the epoxy of my hands.

Excellent product, solid set, a little over 5 minutes to tack. I let the JB epoxy set overnight even though it’s 5 minute set. I use this epoxy for knife handles and Japanese steel blades that I refurbish. The set time I use depends on the blade tang length and thickness. I also use the JB weld 20 Minute epoxy for knives as well. One great feature apart from the actual epoxy is that the plunger is the twist and locking screw cap for the ends of the two tubes. The cap provides a positive seal on the dual tubes of epoxy and hardner so they don’t dry out. I’ve thrown out a lot of competitive brands of epoxy because the end seal cap is inferior, the epoxy goes bad and I have to put the remaining epoxy in the trash bin a week later. That gets costly and aggravating. One tip for uncured epoxy cleanup is automotive brake cleaner spray. I spray a bit of the brake cleaner on a paper towel and wipe the uncured epoxy. It works great on metal and even wood. Be careful on plastics though - brake cleaner may dull plastic finishes. Test first. Overall, one of the versions of JB Weld is my “go to” adhesive for knife work. I also recently used the 5 minute version to repair my iPhone belt phone case that was delaminating - worked really well! Hope that helps!

bonds well

My wife has a resin memorial plaque she placed over where our pets are interred on the property. It was clear coated a year ago but had no method of actual hanging, and I didnt want it sitting in the dirt. I needed a method of hanging on the back to hang it on a fence, so I bent some loops out of stripped thick copper wire that had been stripped. I wiped the back of the plaque with some denatured alcohol, and affixed the loops where I wanted. After 30 minutes, the epoxy set a little, but not fully. I let it sit overnight. Next afternoon, I went to check, and the epoxy still had a jelly like consistency. The resin plaque itself was not affected in any way, so I dont think there was an adverse reaction there. I scraped it off and started over, wiping the surface this time with acetone first, then denatured alcohol and letting it air dry.. Same issue. Yes, I mixed equal parts out of the syringe. I dont know if I got a bad batch, the epoxy reacted with the copper (never heard of that before) or the clear coat or the resin. I switched to JBWeld two part steel epoxy, and that set up hard overnight. I stand by JBWeld products, and have used their products for a lot of projects, so I was very surprised in the lack of satisfactory outcome.

Exactly what I needed easy quick use and goes on clear but a tiny dot spreads big, value is good goes a long way but you will need to purchase more tips if you’re going to use after one use and it is a small tube but seems like it will go a long way and be able to be used a lot.

Difficult to use and re-use cap once glue material builds up…and it will. Plunger apparatus works well to disperse glue for mixing. Effective adhesion but let sit overnight.