How To Fix Metal To Wood

When your beautiful, brass handle falls off your drawer, what do you do?

Selleys Araldite is the strong durable two part epoxy general purpose adhesive for the job.

It can be used to repair almost any broken fixture around the home.

Beginner Intermediate Advanced
30 minutes

What You Need

  • Selleys Araldite 5 Minute
  • Clean rag
  • Acetone or nail polish remover

Easy as..

 

  1. Make sure both surfaces are clean, dry and dust-free. All traces of grease, rust, paint, etc. should be removed.
  2. Carefully cut the sealed tips off the end of both syringe nozzles.
  3. Dispense both parts (resin and hardener) equally onto a clean, disposable surface such as cardboard and mix them together with a nail or stick. You have 2 to 3 minutes to use the mixed glue.
  4. Apply the glue mix to both surfaces and press together.
  5. You don’t need to clamp, but don’t strain the bond for at least 30 minutes. It will gain maximum strength in 16 hours.
  6. Scrape off excess adhesive and wipe mixing utensils with a tissue dipped in acetone or nail polish remover and replace the cap from plunger on nozzle.

Handy Tips

  • Clean up any uncured Araldite with acetone or nail polish remover.

Products

Selleys Araldite Super Strong Epoxy Adhesive

For the most heavy-duty repairs, this product provides a super strong bond and a 5-minute set time. Araldite Super Strong Epoxy Adhesive is designed for load bearing repairs, broken furniture, woodworking or concrete repair with a crystal-clear finish.

Selleys Araldite Rapid Epoxy Adhesive

For a rapid 90-second cure, this epoxy is designed for more intricate repairs where clamping is not possible. Perfect for jewellery, vases, crockery or even leather bags.

Selleys Araldite Extra Time Epoxy Adhesive

Leverage our longer working time Araldite epoxy for large surface areas or multi-assembly jobs. Perfect for benchtops, flooring, coatings, structural application or load-bearing repairs where you need 60 minutes of working time.


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