Bonding Sillycone Rubber - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: metrologist
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 16, 2018, 07:39:19 pm
content: We had a slight mishap with our splat sow. It developed a small hole and started whizzing it's filtered water contents. I tried to repair the problem with what I thought was RTV sillycone, but it did not stick at all.I never knew until now and after searching for glue that sticks to sillycone, and discovered this is probably some kind of sillycone rubber, and that RTV rubber means room temperature vulcanizing rubber. I came to this because I thought of trying some inner-tube repair kit with that vulcanizing glue.Think that will work?

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 17, 2018, 05:21:14 am
content: So that's whatRTVmeans! I bought some 'RTV' recently, and still didn't know. I thought it was some silicone stuff.However I don't understand anything else in your post. What is a 'splat sow'? The photo does the opposite of explaining this. And why does it contain filtered water especially, and why is it worth repairing a hole?Is there some difference between sillycone and silicone, or are you just spelling it wrong for fun?

author: mzzj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 17, 2018, 07:37:48 am
content: This looks like kiddo's sticky "silicone" toys that are the latest craze for 5-year old kids.Try thin superglue, worked somewhat ok with sticky octopus...

author: metrologist
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 17, 2018, 08:02:49 am
content: Yeah, an 'irreplaceable' gift from a trip to Italy. I found them at the party store down the street for $2. Maybe they can 'repair' themselves if you leave them in the dark for a couple days...but only onceYou can can have RTV silicone rubber too.

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 17, 2018, 02:00:22 pm
content: Did it squeal "what a world!"as it was melting there?You'll have to keep the water from leaking again while the glue dries somehow.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 17, 2018, 02:19:05 pm
content: Try acrylic caulk for kitchen/bath, and if not worked, polyurethane construction sealant (wait a week to harden). Be discrete though as they may contain chemicals you do not want kids to be in contact with.

author: djQUAN
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 17, 2018, 02:36:48 pm
content: I have had better results sticking CA glue (superglue) to silicone rubber vs silicone caulking/sealant. The hard dried CA glue would be an issue though. I read about soft flexible CA glue now but not sure of its availability.

author: helius
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 17, 2018, 03:53:31 pm
content: Quote from: TerraHertz on October 17, 2018, 05:21:14 amhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicone_rubber#Condensation_cure_systemQuoteRTV silicones are one-part, condensation cure systems, that produce volatile byproducts during the curing process. The byproducts are either acetic acid (for acetoxy systems), methanol (for alkoxy systems), or methyl-ethyl-ketoxime (for oxime systems). The common tubes of silicone caulk are all RTV.Quote from: metrologist on October 16, 2018, 07:39:19 pmSilicone caulk will not stick to dried silicone.Quote