Some of the clear ‘weather stripping’ around my shower door is coming loose. One small piece has already fallen off. What would be the best adhesive to glue the stripping back to the glass?
Thanks.
Silicone made for use in bathrooms.
What racer72 said. Like this one, GE Advanced Silicone. There’s nothing else worth considering.
Thank you both.
Threads asking for advice usually belong in IMHO, so i moved this.
The above answers are good and right.
But I’m gonna plug two-agent epoxy putty – bless my soul if I can remember the name of the stuff – comes in yellow and blue strips. You knead it till it turns green, then you have about five minutes to squeeze it where you want it. Damn fine stuff. My entire lifestyle is held together by it.
(D&D miniatures sculptors used to use it as modeling clay!)
What WAS the name of that stuff?
I’m just here to say NOT SUPERGLUE or Crazy glue, whatever the “instant bond” type epoxy-de-jour is called. These tend to dissolve a lot of foam rubber things. I see you already have good suggestions, so I’m not really necessary, but as long as I was here, I thought I’d say what I came here to say.
Oh, and you do want an “epoxy,” or adhesive, not a glue. You are sticking either porous to non-porous, or non-porous to non-porous. Glues are only for sticking porous surfaces to other porous surfaces. Like paper to wood.
Two part epoxys are good for bonding many materials where you need a very rigid bond and especially where you need to fill in with volume but they are not a good adhesive for glazing glass. The lack of compliance and coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) differences will cause it to disbond prematurely, and the accelerant may discolor chromed finishes. For the application of the o.p., a silicone glazing sealant is preferred and is easy to apply, and will also be odor free and resistant to mold growth to boot.
Cyanoacrylate adhesives are excellent for close-fitting joints that experience little in the way of sustained tensile loads, but yes, the esters that are the precursor to the final bond will dissolve many polymers and discolor metal finishes. It would not be a suitable adhesive for this application owing to the compliant
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