<VV> JB Kwik, was 2007 Rolex

[Tony Underwood]

At 09:47 AM 1/25/2007, Jim Burkhard wrote:
>I disagree... It's not nearly as strong, nor as 
>grindable/machinable, but it does set a *whole* lot quicker!  If 
>time is not a factor and permanence is important, go with the regular JB Weld.



For my purposes, and for most stuff, J-B Kwik is good stuff and very 
worthwhile.   It may not be quite as strong or as hard as the regular 
slow stuff but for patching plastics or cementing most metals 
together, or attaching things to metal, it's not half-bad.

I use it at work for repairing commercial engineering laser cases and 
threaded bosses on castings that get cracked or holed by clumsy 
users.   Works well.   Also great for patching/repairing almost 
anything made of plastic or composites.   For most things, J-B Weld 
is overkill and the Kwik variant, which IS pretty strong stuff, is 
perfectly adequate.


No problem here, about J-B Weld having its particular uses, vs Kwik 
which is quite useful for the rest of what you might wanna stick 
together or patch or secure.   I admit that Weld is a bit stronger 
than Kwik but not as user-friendly.    For me, to date, there have 
been no problems.   Now, for a serious repair, the Weld gets the 
nod... like the cast pump housing on my pressure washer that cracked 
because I stupidly left some water sitting in it and while stored in 
the shed "around back" the cold snaps froze it up.   That one gets 
Weld...  but everything else with a less demanding attitude gets Kwik.


In the case of the Porsche guys buying up J-B, the Kwik may well be 
the trick since you wouldn't have to wait for 24 hours before it was 
set hard enough to put strain on it.   The Kwik sets up pretty hard 
in less than an hour, and non-sticky , as in you can handle the 
piece, in only a few minutes.   Weld would never allow you to do 
that... and a guy waiting on the Weld to cure up enough to stick 
something onto a car in the pits would  be waiting a long time...  ;)




tony..