Re: [CR]WTB 3M Fas Tac for rim cement

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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:43:58 -0500
From: "Eric Goforth" <ewgoforth@earthlink.net>
To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]WTB 3M Fas Tac for rim cement
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Mazzeo, Daniel wrote:
> Group,
> Is anyone still using the 3M trim adhesive product? I always
> found it a superb product and way less expensive than any of the cycling
> market glues.
> As I recall there are 2, 3M offerings one that will harden far
> too much for sew up use and one that works very well. The 3M product
> codes differ by one digit and, of course, my tube is in the garage and I
> am goofing off at work.
> Thanks
> Dan Mazzeo
> Morrison, CO
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Daniel
> Artley
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:20 AM
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]WTB 3M Fas Tac for rim cement
>
> I've used Fas Tac ages ago and am looking for more to glue up my first
> tubies in years. Can someone direct me to where I might find this
> stuff?
> Internet searches have sent me everywhere but a place to buy it. Is Fas
> Tac contact cement still being made? And if not, what is a contact
> cement of choice or some other glue I can buy that allows me to keep the
> tires clean? Since this has had an extensive thread before, please
> contact me off list. I'll be at the Westminster Maryland Swap Meet if
> someone has some to sell.
>
> Regards, and happy trails.
>
> Dan Artley in Parkton, Maryland
>

As far as the 3M stuff goes, you want 08031, they also make an 08001. I've used it before, when Pep Boys was out of 08031 and I needed to mount a tire so I could ride the next day. I don't know if I would trust it as much as 08031 though. It was during the winter so I was commuting and doing long rides, not criteriums.

Like I said someone tested a bunch of rim cements though and Vittoria Mastik One was better than Fast Tack. It was a stronger adhesive and it reached it cured faster than Fast Tack.

-Eric

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Eric Goforth
Raleigh, NC USA