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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: lee_dewing on May 31, 2009, 09:48:38 am

Title: repairing windows
Post by: lee_dewing on May 31, 2009, 09:48:38 am

Just wondered if any one knows of a good glue.

Got some costy's with windows where there's plastic's stuck to the glass.

They are upvc windows and the small fanlights have 4 bits of plastic on forming a cross,
   also french doors have plastics on a lot of them, used to be a bl00dy nightmare trad.
Alot easier wfp but some of these plastics are falling off.

Tried super glue ok but not great, also i know there's araldite, but it's a pain in the bum having to mix up and then get up the ladder to stick on before it's starts to go off.

anyone know of anything you can just squeeze out the tube like super glue but basically better.

thanks all lee :)

Title: Re: repairing windows
Post by: LWC on May 31, 2009, 10:01:04 am

Ive got ahouse just like this, would silicont work?

Title: Re: repairing windows
Post by: lee_dewing on May 31, 2009, 10:04:45 am

silocone glue?

I take a look, i might pop into a small double glazing shop mon, nearby ask there advice.

let you know.
Anyone else know of any good product??

thanks lee.

Title: Re: repairing windows
Post by: john tomkins on May 31, 2009, 10:09:59 am

When this question came up on here a while ago someone mentioned
 "Gorilla Glue" I tried some and yes it is very good at sticking most things we may have dislodged ::)  It works fine on broken gutter brackets :-X loose leaded strips :-X  those plastic sill caps :-X
Only negative is that once you put it on, before it dries, it expands slightly, so watch you don't put too much on then it will show.

I saw it recently in Focus DIY.

Title: Re: repairing windows
Post by: matt on May 31, 2009, 10:20:24 am

a few small blobs of silacone

job done

Title: Re: repairing windows
Post by: GWCS on May 31, 2009, 10:30:35 am

araldite that has a mixing funnel.. it mixes as you push it out the tube.

Its how i do my fishing pole's.

Title: Re: repairing windows
Post by: chris@c.m.s on May 31, 2009, 11:17:25 am

I clean a estate where there are loads of those and they are always falling off, I keep a roll of the double sided tape that's used originally for them, cost me about £10 from a glazing firm but well worth it. 

Title: Re: repairing windows
Post by: perfectpanesplymouth on May 31, 2009, 08:10:16 pm

i use double sided tape too.
it was a tip from my bro and it works really well

Title: Re: repairing windows
Post by: lee_dewing on May 31, 2009, 08:46:36 pm

thanks guys
given me a few options.
Lee