Welding With Superglue (cyanoacrylate), Baking Soda (sodium Bicarbonate) and Instamorph .

by rodrigov in Workshop > Repair

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Welding With Superglue (cyanoacrylate), Baking Soda (sodium Bicarbonate) and Instamorph .

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Broke

​It's Broke!

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Both metal legs of my ironing table broke.

Stuff Needed

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I glue it back with superglue and baking soda.

Layers of Superglue and Baking Soda

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You must put a layer of superglue and immediately pour baking soda over it.

Wait a few seconds and repeat it.

Make a few layer this way in both sides if possible.

Instamorph Ring

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To keep the place stable i added a ring of thermoplastic (Instamorph)

Voilá

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Saved a few bucks fixing instead of buying.

FAIL!

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Unfortunately the glue+soda wasn´t strong enough for this job.
I used the table a couple of times but today it failed.
:(