Re: [SEL] OT - thanks to list for VW bolts etc., goop ® uses

[MaytagTwin at aol.com]

Hi Chuck, Bill, and All,

This goop ® that Chuck mentioned is all around wonderful stuff.  I have 
repaired cracked plastic cold water pipes, a garden hose I hit with the lawn mower, 
joined leather belting, reattached chrome trim that was coming off an 
automobile, and patched cracks and peeling places in old tractor tires.  When you get 
to the hardware store and look for it, you will find "goop ® " to have 
several variations, all packed in about 4 ounce tubes.  Don't be concerned about the 
different types, they all seem to be the same.  I think the different labels 
are so that people will buy more product for different uses.  

The finest and highest (actually, lowest) use I have had for goop ® was to 
repair the sewage holding tank on  the old Winnie.  It hung low, and was in the 
middle, and the wheelbase was long.  So, I would hit it on stuff like railroad 
tracks and the plastic tank would crack and leak.  I found I could hose it 
out, rinse the outside off, let it dry and then apply a couple of beads of goop 
® down the cracks.  It would seal it until I hit something again and broke it 
open.  I did that several times and never had to replace the tank, which was a 
real savings in material and labor.

Clean the threads on the tube when you finish, and cap it tightly.  It still 
may require a pair or pliers to reopen.  If you don't cap tightly, it will 
harden in the tube.

I keep several new tubes of goop ® stashed in various tool boxes.  With a 
little of goop ®, and some duct tape to hold things while the goop ® sets, often 
the hopeless is back in service.

Chuck, thanks for mentioning goop ®.

Regards,
Ron Carroll
Clearmont, MIssouri USA

PS:  Historically, I believe goop ® is a descendent of a product of the 60's, 
Shoe Goo, which was sold in small cans to be used for repairing worn soles on 
shoes.  Slather it on, build up several layers, let it harden, and, walk on 
it.  I tried that once but it seemed too much trouble. 
  

In a message dated 6/3/2004 9:00:04 AM Central Standard Time, 
kerogas at the-i.net writes:

> if you cant find that so easy wally world and everybody else too has goop ®
> adhesives
> a cyanoacrylate based thick  stuff  will stick to glass permanently . lots
> cheaper than eurthane
> just as tenacious
>