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Re: 69 Vette bonding material
Since Fusor is a two part adhesive, Fusor adhesives come packaged in a double barrel "syringe" that uses a special gun that moves both plungers at the same rate. A mixing nozzle attaches to the syringe where the two barrels come together. Fusor adhesives come in two sizes...300cc and 50cc; the gun for the 300cc container looks like a modified calking gun. Three hundred cc looks like two parallel cylinders about 1" in diameter and about 7" long.
A 300cc tube of Fusor 100EZ will cost you about $40, the gun to mix it another $45-$50. You'll receive a couple of mixing nozzles with the adhesive. The polyester adhesive will probably cost little more than half that. I know the prices because I just bought the materials to make an SMC repair. Fusor 100EZ is a heat set material, so you would also need a heat gun or lamp to heat it to 180 degrees.
If you are thinking of buying the Fusor adhesive, then squeezing it out in equal portions, mixing it, and loading it into another syringe...I think you would be better off to just buy the polyester adhesive, mix it, and squeeze it up into (maybe on top of) the joint using a large piece of brown paper rolled into a cake icing cone. You can apply a little hydraulic force with a putty knife to ensure the adhesive goes up into the joint.
Don't make the mistake of thinking that "old-timey" polyester adhesives are inferior to modern adhesives for bonding polyester body panels...your fiberglass will fracture long before fresh polyester adhesive. I had an applicator cone filled with some leftover that had cured; I chucked it up in a vise and tried to break it by beating it laterally with a hammer...no dice; mixed and cured properly, it's extremely tough and not brittle when fresh.
Since Fusor is a two part adhesive, Fusor adhesives come packaged in a double barrel "syringe" that uses a special gun that moves both plungers at the same rate. A mixing nozzle attaches to the syringe where the two barrels come together. Fusor adhesives come in two sizes...300cc and 50cc; the gun for the 300cc container looks like a modified calking gun. Three hundred cc looks like two parallel cylinders about 1" in diameter and about 7" long.
A 300cc tube of Fusor 100EZ will cost you about $40, the gun to mix it another $45-$50. You'll receive a couple of mixing nozzles with the adhesive. The polyester adhesive will probably cost little more than half that. I know the prices because I just bought the materials to make an SMC repair. Fusor 100EZ is a heat set material, so you would also need a heat gun or lamp to heat it to 180 degrees.
If you are thinking of buying the Fusor adhesive, then squeezing it out in equal portions, mixing it, and loading it into another syringe...I think you would be better off to just buy the polyester adhesive, mix it, and squeeze it up into (maybe on top of) the joint using a large piece of brown paper rolled into a cake icing cone. You can apply a little hydraulic force with a putty knife to ensure the adhesive goes up into the joint.
Don't make the mistake of thinking that "old-timey" polyester adhesives are inferior to modern adhesives for bonding polyester body panels...your fiberglass will fracture long before fresh polyester adhesive. I had an applicator cone filled with some leftover that had cured; I chucked it up in a vise and tried to break it by beating it laterally with a hammer...no dice; mixed and cured properly, it's extremely tough and not brittle when fresh.
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