My travel trailer refrigerator door suffered a broken lower hinge, jb weld and 3 years later its still holding.
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Any great JB-Weld sucsess stories?
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I had a 1989 Mercury Cougar. One of the little hard plastic vacuum lines wore a hole in an aluminum A/C line right next to the firewall. I cleaned it up, put some JB Weld on it, let it dry, and recharged the system. It never leaked again and the A/C worked great as long as I had the car.
I JBwelded washer nozzle few years ago but it broke exactly where I had repaired it while cleaning the snow this year. So it lasted few years until it took a direct blow. It was under the hood the weld seems to have discolored over the years.
Back in 1964, I glued a spiral wrapped stainless water cooling tube to a 36" diameter stainless vacuum processing chamber with JB Weld. It worked perfectly. It was one of 6 that we built. We bought JB Weld in pint kits. Used it everywhere. I still use it for all sorts of stuff.
JB Weld has been around for a long time.
JB Weld has been around for a long time.
Originally Posted By: zzyzzx
I find it's best use is as a hard plastic filler. Other than that, if you really need a weld, you are better off just using a welder.
For the last 40 years I have had to weld repair many repairs where someone tried to use JBW and failed. The problem with that stuff is if it fails(and often it does)then the welder has a much harder time welding the break. Of course the longer it takes to grind the JBW away the more money it takes to do it right.
I find it's best use is as a hard plastic filler. Other than that, if you really need a weld, you are better off just using a welder.
For the last 40 years I have had to weld repair many repairs where someone tried to use JBW and failed. The problem with that stuff is if it fails(and often it does)then the welder has a much harder time welding the break. Of course the longer it takes to grind the JBW away the more money it takes to do it right.
Originally Posted By: Jimkobb
I had a 98 Ford Taurus That stalled on the railroad tracks near me and got struck by a train cutting the car clean in half . I took out a few tubes of JB WEld and pieced the two halves back together and drove it home.
Wow. You're lucky it was a clean cut!
I had a 98 Ford Taurus That stalled on the railroad tracks near me and got struck by a train cutting the car clean in half . I took out a few tubes of JB WEld and pieced the two halves back together and drove it home.
Wow. You're lucky it was a clean cut!
Originally Posted By: Jimkobb
I had a 98 Ford Taurus That stalled on the railroad tracks near me and got struck by a train cutting the car clean in half . I took out a few tubes of JB WEld and pieced the two halves back together and drove it home.
I cant tell if this is serious or not. Lol.
I had a 98 Ford Taurus That stalled on the railroad tracks near me and got struck by a train cutting the car clean in half . I took out a few tubes of JB WEld and pieced the two halves back together and drove it home.
I cant tell if this is serious or not. Lol.
I had a 100 year old house that had a crack in the sewage pipe in the upstairs apartment.
This is a old fashioned pipe with lead soldering the joints together.
It developed a crack.
A plumber wanted to rip the whole stack out and replace with plastic. For several thousand dollars of course.
I sealed the crack with JB weld, water weld, and it lasted for 6 years, and did not drip at all.
I recently sold that house, but I would imagine it is still holding.
This is a old fashioned pipe with lead soldering the joints together.
It developed a crack.
A plumber wanted to rip the whole stack out and replace with plastic. For several thousand dollars of course.
I sealed the crack with JB weld, water weld, and it lasted for 6 years, and did not drip at all.
I recently sold that house, but I would imagine it is still holding.
Originally Posted By: Vikas
Of course it was serious; why would he lie?
I did fix my Hoover vacuum cleaner decades ago using JBweld; and knock on the wood; it has still survived under the stressful location.
He could have been joking.. I didn't consider it a lie.
I thought JB weld took like 5-10 hrs to cure too.
Of course it was serious; why would he lie?
I did fix my Hoover vacuum cleaner decades ago using JBweld; and knock on the wood; it has still survived under the stressful location.
He could have been joking.. I didn't consider it a lie.
I thought JB weld took like 5-10 hrs to cure too.
Originally Posted By: dlundblad
Originally Posted By: Jimkobb
I had a 98 Ford Taurus That stalled on the railroad tracks near me and got struck by a train cutting the car clean in half . I took out a few tubes of JB WEld and pieced the two halves back together and drove it home.
I cant tell if this is serious or not. Lol.
Would I lie o a fellow Hoosier?
Originally Posted By: Jimkobb
I had a 98 Ford Taurus That stalled on the railroad tracks near me and got struck by a train cutting the car clean in half . I took out a few tubes of JB WEld and pieced the two halves back together and drove it home.
I cant tell if this is serious or not. Lol.
Would I lie o a fellow Hoosier?
Originally Posted By: Jimkobb
Originally Posted By: dlundblad
Originally Posted By: Jimkobb
I had a 98 Ford Taurus That stalled on the railroad tracks near me and got struck by a train cutting the car clean in half . I took out a few tubes of JB WEld and pieced the two halves back together and drove it home.
I cant tell if this is serious or not. Lol.
Would I lie o a fellow Hoosier?
Were you in it?
Originally Posted By: dlundblad
Originally Posted By: Jimkobb
I had a 98 Ford Taurus That stalled on the railroad tracks near me and got struck by a train cutting the car clean in half . I took out a few tubes of JB WEld and pieced the two halves back together and drove it home.
I cant tell if this is serious or not. Lol.
Would I lie o a fellow Hoosier?
Were you in it?
Originally Posted By: HerrStig
Originally Posted By: Jimkobb
Originally Posted By: dlundblad
Originally Posted By: Jimkobb
I had a 98 Ford Taurus That stalled on the railroad tracks near me and got struck by a train cutting the car clean in half . I took out a few tubes of JB WEld and pieced the two halves back together and drove it home.
I cant tell if this is serious or not. Lol.
Would I lie o a fellow Hoosier?
Were you in it?
Yes I was . I too was split in half . The doctors in the Emergency Room used JB WEld to piece me back together. So far so good. I did suffer a little constipation , come to find out they ran a little too far down my butt crack and I had to go back in to have some removed. Ahh! What a relief that was.
Originally Posted By: Jimkobb
Originally Posted By: dlundblad
Originally Posted By: Jimkobb
I had a 98 Ford Taurus That stalled on the railroad tracks near me and got struck by a train cutting the car clean in half . I took out a few tubes of JB WEld and pieced the two halves back together and drove it home.
I cant tell if this is serious or not. Lol.
Would I lie o a fellow Hoosier?
Were you in it?
Yes I was . I too was split in half . The doctors in the Emergency Room used JB WEld to piece me back together. So far so good. I did suffer a little constipation , come to find out they ran a little too far down my butt crack and I had to go back in to have some removed. Ahh! What a relief that was.
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