Devcon 62345 Plastic Steel Epoxy - 25 ml Dev-Tube

Easy to use and it works. I've used this product for years to bed rifle actions to the stock.

This stuff is amazing, it's a bit runny when you apply it so use tape or some sort of damn to hold it in place until it cures, I repair an exercise bike petal where the threads was completely wallered out, it's as strong as a weld but it doesn't do allot of heat well. This will impress you if you haven't used it before, plus you can use small amounts as needed, save the rest for another project.

It cures to become a vary hard, tough plastic. It starts thin when you first mix it but give it a few hours and it is like taffy, and sticks well.

I have used this stuff for a long time, everything from bedding jobs on rifles to repairing everyday items and it works very well, easy to mix, no measuring required.

<Update 4/1/2013 - I redid the shower handle with this same epoxy, however this time I use the side of a aluminum soda can for reinforcement and give the glue a 3rd point of contact and so far it has held up for well over a year now. As far as the headphones, I just purchased another pair.> __(thin alum) --(broken brass pipe) <Update 12/9/2011 - after 2 months the shower handle broke into two again, just setting it down on the handle. No unusual strain. After 1 month the headphones re-cracked. They did not crack all the way thru, I just heard it happen and then saw the fracture and re-epoxied it. The eyeglasses are still holding up, however they are never under any stress.> It has been about a month since I purchased this at a local hardware store and used it for two metal to metal repairs, and so far both are holding up well. Repair #1 was my eyeglasses. I stepped on them 4 months ago and have re-glued them many times with various glues, super glues, expoxy's on-hand, etc. All have eventually failed the moment the glasses fell to the ground or were accidentally struck by one of my kids. So far, this last repair, using this plastic/metal epoxy is holding up well. Admittedly, it is difficult to compare the force of the one dropping I have had so far this month to previous falls, however, combined with the following repair speeks to its probable effectiveness. Repair #2 is a hand held brass shower handle. It was leaking, so I tried to tighten it and it litterly broke into two pieces. I knew that replacing it it would likely costs a ton of money (it is not a brand that the local hardware store carries), I figured that I had nothing to loose by trying this epoxy (I am fortunate that the location of the break and the design of the handle gave me lots of area for the glue to adhere). We use that shower handle every day and it shows no sign of leaking or coming apart. Admittedly, I am still afraid to drop it, but I doubt any other glue/epoxy available for home use would work any better. There is a bit of a drop in pressure, however that is due to my inability to keep the glue from seeping into the pipe and reducing the inside diameter, with no way to ream it out; no fault of the epoxy. Repair #3 was the plastic arm of my Sony headphones. The earpiece snapped off and I used this to put it back together again, which was kind of a pain because of the odd-angle it had to be held and the long setting time of this epoxy.

I bet they could double the amount you get and they’d still be profitable. But the stuff is great.

It seems to be a good product, but the marketing/labeling can be very misleading. You often hear about using Devcon Plastic Steel Putty #10110 for rifle bedding, they also make a thinner version #10210. It would be easy to assume that this product also called ":Devcon Plastic Steel Epoxy" is the same or similar product but it's much more complex. It turns out that the product here, is not even manufactured by the same company, and is not equivalent. So the Devcon industrial 10110 and 10210 products are manufactured by ITW Performance Polymers, however the Devcon "Home" versions of Plastic Steel Epoxy are manufactured by a different group ITW Global (appears to really be permatex) and they are not the equivalent product. This was confirmed by ITW Performance Polymers. Beyond that the two versions of the "Home" Devcon Plastic Steel Epoxy are also different, the syringe version is thinner and contains no powdered metal in it. The 1oz tube version does contain metal in the mixture. I was unable to get exact specs from ITW Global on these "Home" versions of Plastic Steel, but at the very least the syringe version is almost certainly a vastly inferior product from durability, tensile and compressive strength to Devcon 10110. Not that it can't work for bedding, but if you were going to use it, I would only use the 1oz tube version with powdered metal in it not the syringe version, and for the price I'd just get the Devcon 10110 or Marine-Tex.

Works great! Used it on a hammer spur that would not stay on . Follow directions