Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> And did you abrade first both surfaces with diamond sandpaper? > > Mark William Rabiner > > > - - - - - - > > I'm glad you reminded everybody. It MUST be diamond sandpaper for the > Leica. > Ordinary silicon sandpaper just won't do. > > Larry Z Diamond sandpaper came up off the top of my head! I thought I'd made it up. But just for the heck of it I search engined it. Command shift L; sure nuff; it exists! I think you can buy it at Walmart. I've never seen it. Or I would have. I love sandpaper. Not that I've been in a Walmart for 3 years. I am serous about abrading surfaces to be glued though. You get a surface which which is like glass and how's the glue supposed to work? It needs little crevices to grab onto. Texture. I read this once I'm sure. And a quick abrasive swipe will get a slick film residue off the surface of whatever you're gluing as well. While it adds precious texture. The other thing about gluing is pressure. But I don't think it much applies to A&B. But on other stuff pressure can turn cheap acting glue into killer really good acting glue. Clamps Rubber bands. Gravity Glue helper. My name is Mark William Rabiner and I glue things. Very seriously.