Q-Bond

**Motu** · 1st July 2005, 12:56

The Snap-On truck was in this morning and I got some stuff off him called Q-Bond.3 small bottles about the size of a little Loctite bottle - these are filled with a powder,2 black,one grey...and half a doz superglue bottles.

OK,so you pour out some powder and then put about 3 drops of superglue (or whatever it is) onto the powder,it smokes a bit,and then 30secs later,or the time it takes to pick up a file,you can get into it - this stuff sets instantly rock hard,bonding to whatever it's on.It's harder than Knead-It,no need to work it,just pour on the powder and go.There is heaps of potential here for some ''temp'' repairs to all sorts of things....the box has pictures of Motorcycle fairings,but you can also do engine covers,radiator tanks etc.I might carry some with me on the bike....repairing cracked frames,pistons,spokes,you name it,I can do it.

Seriously,it's seriously strong stuff...$68.

Also got a new knife,a Blue Point...nice rosewood inlaid handle,pocket clip,thumb stud,leather belt pouch - and it takes utility blades,with a 10 blade dispenser.I always carry 2 knives...one for doing things you never use a knife for,prizing open things,mixing and speading bog,undoing phillips screws with the point...and carry another sharp knife for doing things you do with a sharp knife,but seldom get it out because I don't want to blunt the blade on mundane jobs.But with a utility flick blade I can just change blades to get back to a good cutting edge - $38.

**Ixion** · 1st July 2005, 13:02

Originally Posted by Motu

The Snap-On truck was in this morning and I got some stuff off him called Q-Bond.3 small bottles about the size of a little Loctite bottle - these are filled with a powder,2 black,one grey...and half a doz superglue bottles.

OK,so you pour out some powder and then put about 3 drops of superglue (or whatever it is) onto the powder,it smokes a bit,and then 30secs later,or the time it takes to pick up a file,you can get into it - this stuff sets instantly rock hard,bonding to whatever it's on.It's harder than Knead-It,no need to work it,just pour on the powder and go.There is heaps of potential here for some ''temp'' repairs to all sorts of things....the box has pictures of Motorcycle fairings,but you can also do engine covers,radiator tanks etc.I might carry some with me on the bike....repairing cracked frames,pistons,spokes,you name it,I can do it.

Seriously,it's seriously strong stuff...$68.

Also got a new knife,a Blue Point...nice rosewood inlaid handle,pocket clip,thumb stud,leather belt pouch - and it takes utility blades,with a 10 blade dispenser.I always carry 2 knives...one for doing things you never use a knife for,prizing open things,mixing and speading bog,undoing phillips screws with the point...and carry another sharp knife for doing things you do with a sharp knife,but seldom get it out because I don't want to blunt the blade on mundane jobs.But with a utility flick blade I can just change blades to get back to a good cutting edge - $38.

That sounds good. Do you have to do any preparation of the bonding surface ? Where can ordinary mortals, whom the SnapOn truck does not visit , get it ? (Just as well the Snap On truck doesn't visit me, it's be little boy in the toy shop time, and Mrs Ixion would be gravely vexed)

**scumdog** · 1st July 2005, 13:07

That shit sounds ideal for filling pits in you forks eh?

**bugjuice** · 1st July 2005, 13:44

I could buy those trucks myself..

Does this magical pow[d]er generate heat? Just thinking about other 'glues/cements' that are da biz, they generate heat and can melt plastics.. Would this be good with fairings then? Sounds like good stuff tho.. I like making things smoke.. I have a frame to fix with it

**Motu** · 1st July 2005, 13:52

Originally Posted by scumdog

That shit sounds ideal for filling pits in you forks eh?

Sounds perfect for filling holes in teeth I reckon.

Dunno where you can get it from Ixion,it's not a Snap-On product (neither are Snap-On products,but we won't go into that) He's just selling it out of the truck,he had 500 and nearly all are gone....the panelbeaters are snapping it up because as with us (and motorcycle shops) everything is plastic these days,it gets brittle with age and everything you touch falls apart....kinda hard to explain to customers when it was in one piece before we got our grubby mits on it.

The Snap-On truck is scary stuff,I could spend hundreds of thousands easy,real easy.He keeps wanting me to update my scanner (the Brick),with all my old cartridges as a trade in on the new reprogramable cartridge I can update for $4000!,I only paid $3000 for the whole scanner,they can update on the truck....that'll be $500 to $1000 each time....gee wizzz,with people complaining how I charge too much can you see me recovering those costs?

**Artifice** · 1st July 2005, 14:01

message decided to run off and party

**TonyB** · 1st July 2005, 14:01

Originally Posted by scumdog

That shit sounds ideal for filling pits in you forks eh?

I was thinking the same thing.
If it's a powder, how do you shape it?

**bungbung** · 1st July 2005, 14:07

I found some 'metal-filled epoxy' at work. Its like araldite with some kind of powdered metal in it. It sets in about 30min, and you can tap threads in it.

This could be used on fork pits.

**Artifice** · 1st July 2005, 14:13

wasnt there a trick with superglue for fixing fairings.
liberally coat the crack and the region around it with glue then pour a little baking soda on it. the soda gives it a surface to set on. then coat it with another layer of glue, then more soda. repeat till you have a bridge built across the crack.

**Motu** · 1st July 2005, 14:38

Originally Posted by TonyB

I was thinking the same thing.
If it's a powder, how do you shape it?

This will both one of it's advantages and disadvantages - filling a hole with powder and putting on a couple of drops....filling the gap around a bearing.But yes,some things will be hard to get right,but you can layer it - I wouldn't recomend holding it into shape with your fingers and then adding the drops...unless you have a way of unbolting the component.As with superglue - acetone is the solvent.

**Pixie** · 2nd July 2005, 04:20

Originally Posted by Ixion

That sounds good. Do you have to do any preparation of the bonding surface ? Where can ordinary mortals, whom the SnapOn truck does not visit , get it ? (Just as well the Snap On truck doesn't visit me, it's be little boy in the toy shop time, and Mrs Ixion would be gravely vexed)

Sounds like it might be a Permabond product.Call Homersham's 0800 659 888

**Ixion** · 2nd July 2005, 10:11

Originally Posted by Pixie

Sounds like it might be a Permabond product.Call Homersham's 0800 659 888

Checked the Permabond website, no mention of anything . But it might be too new for the website. I'll try Homershams on Monday

Mr Motu, does your little bottle have a manufacturers name on it ?