There seems to be a lot of epoxy brands out there. Some specific to the rodbuilding industry some not. The Question I have is with the epoxies that are not. I have seen a few epoxies in the craft and building trade that look and behave the same as the ones designed for the rodbuilding. Usually they are cheaper as well. One I have been testing (been on rod over 2 years) looks as good as the day it was put on. I wont name the brand but the price was at least half that of other rodbuilding epoxies. To cut a long story short, are these epoxies ok to use. I might be a bit paranoid but I think a lot of 1 to 1 epoxies are the same. The only difference is their put in different bottles. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks Roger. One important thing I left out was the epoxy I was talking about. It was for covering binds not for actually gluing components. Sorry about that.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/08/2011 12:15AM by Dion Woodfield.

Dion,
Glues and adhesives are built by chemists and manufactured by manufacturers - generally for industrial use.
When you see glue in hardware or other locations, you are seeing the result of a jobber buying barrels of adhesive and repackaging the adhesive to meet a particular size requirement or a particular marketing group.

Are there differences in adhesives. Absolutely.
Can many different types and brands adhesives used for the same purpose and do the job as good or better than another adhesive? Certainly.

If you want to use a glue that has been marketed for rod building, buy one of the glues that have a rod building logo attached to it.

If you want to do some experimenting on your own, feel free.

Many many glues will work very well, or even better than some adhesives that are marketed for a particular use.

Enjoy.

Roger

Experimenting is fun and laudable, however....

The amount of epoxy on a rod is maybe $0.25 worth, so I don't see it as a place to save a lot of money. In the end, for an individual rod, it's probably better to use something well known that removes the guess work, even if it is a few cents more expensive.

Good luck


Drew

Most of your (2) part epoxies bought at a hardware store are going to be fine for rod building.
I used to use Duco and Lock-tite brands all the time with no problems. I've also used the industrial stuff
when I used to work at a company that bought it in gallons (so I took a little).

What I like about Rod Bond which IS made for rod building is it's a paste and won't drip out of a glued joint
like between a handle and reel seat.
But as Roger said above it's all marketing - i.e. rod bond is a "paste" epoxy, they have "gel" epoxies now also.
They are all part of the epoxy adhesive family some are marketed as for rod building but all will work fine.

Some epoxies ARE made for specific industrial applications and can be found by going to a manufacturers web site
like Lock-tite. (we had a sample of one where I worked that was for gluing fabrics together...worked great when I
split my pants one day at work)