Suitable glue

[oldbilbo]

... or adhesive.

I have a cracked toilet seat to repair, and I'm advised by the manufacturer's CS person that it is moulded from Urea Formaldehyde. Could anyone advise me authoritatively what glue(s) might be suitable for remaking the cracked-across split?

Would a strip of woven carbon be secured to the cupped underside using an epoxy?

 

[ghostlymoron]

I doubt if glueing the crack will be strong enough because the contact area is too small and the stresses too great. Get a new seat if you are to avoid a painful accident.

 

[nigelmercier]

Cascamite 'Extramite' is Urea Formaldehyde.

 

[Lakesailor]

I doubt if glueing the crack will be strong enough because the contact area is too small and the stresses too great. Get a new seat if you are to avoid a painful accident.

You could get a nasty nip.

 

[oldbilbo]

You could get a nasty nip.

Aye, that.

I'll have a look for some 'Extramite' and use it to stabilise the crack. It's accepted as necessary to reinforce the unit on the underside. hence the notion of abrading, then using some carbon tape with an epoxy.

A newly-purchased seat is 'in situ'. I'm merely trying to recycle something which cost circa £200.....

 

[prv]

Surely carbon fibre is a bit excessive for a bog-seat, even a 200 quid one (how much!?!). I'd have thought epoxy and glass tape would do that part of the job just as well, in fact better through being semi-transparent hence less visible.

Pete

 

[boguing]

Surely carbon fibre is a bit excessive for a bog-seatPete

Excessive? Use the old seat as a plug and make a new carbon one.

 

[macd]

Excessive? Use the old seat as a plug and make a new carbon one.

...or, for that money, use his stern as a custom plug, as they do in F1. Ah, luxury...and no sliding about at sea.

 

[nigelmercier]

Can you spring the crack apart? If so I'd be inclined to insert a biscuit made of a suitable material.

 

[JumbleDuck]

Can you spring the crack apart? If so I'd be inclined to insert a biscuit made of a suitable material.

You're still talking about the toilet seat, right?

 

[nigelmercier]

You're still talking about the toilet seat, right?

I did think that as I wrote it

 

[Amulet]

Just make a wooden seat and coat it in lots of epoxy. That's what I did and it's fine 10 years on.

 

[ghostlymoron]

Can you spring the crack apart? If so I'd be inclined to insert a biscuit made of a suitable material.

Hobnobs are my favourites.

 

[oldbilbo]

Excessive? Use the old seat as a plug and make a new carbon one.

Don't mock! A few years ago i was being shown around an all-carbon racing trimaran ( Poole based ) when it's owner-builder proudly indicated the neat white sea-toilet installation with "What d'you think of that?"

I made surprised but suitable mutterings of approval, puzzled as to why he'd singled out this odd but nondescript artifact for comment, when there were many, many other little gems of construction/modification worthy of approval.

"What d'you think it weighs? Go on, guess....."

Having little idea of the avoirdupois of such luxuries, I ventured "Oh, maybe 10 kilos or so....?"

"Nope!" he grinned, "Two. Just over two."

I blinked, while he explained he'd cast the whole thing in carbon, using some material left over from his rotating wingmast-making. "It's probably the lightest in the RORC fleet," he enthused, "but my wife just wouldn't come on board without something like that, so here we are......"