I think this thread started out about gluing headbadges and morphed into gluing tires. I think 3 or 4 different 3M product have been mentioned. If Fast Tack is a "trim adhesive", would it work well for reattaching a metal headbadge? Which 3M product is best for this purpose?
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA
> From: henox <henox@icycle.net>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] tubular tire glue
\r?\n> To: "Jack Countryman" <jcountry@mac.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 10:04 AM
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] tubular tire glue
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Jack asked:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> > Is anyone familiar with the stuff 3M made then to be
\r?\n> able to find out what
\r?\n> > sort of glue this was, what it was made for, current
\r?\n> availability, price,
\r?\n> > etc.?
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Back in the day, in the 50's to 60's that is, there were
\r?\n> two types of trim adhesive being used.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> The first was a "fast tack trim adhesive", which was yellow
\r?\n> and had a very short open time, almost like a contact
\r?\n> cement. I used this on the track but would never trust using
\r?\n> it with a spare other than just to get home. I never liked
\r?\n> this stuff much,
\r?\n>
\r?\n> The second was a "trim adhesive", which was gray, and would
\r?\n> stay open long enough to allow repositioning a tire to have
\r?\n> it run true. I used this adhesive a lot, on the road and
\r?\n> track, and the only draw back was that it was almost too
\r?\n> strong (you had to be careful not to pull the basetape off
\r?\n> when demounting the tire) and also that it needed regluing
\r?\n> after using a spare to get home. I liked this adhesive by
\r?\n> far the best.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> 3M never sanctioned the use of trim adhesive on bicycle
\r?\n> tires, for obvious reasons.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Hugh Enox
\r?\n> La Honda, California, USA