The cloth dresser has been working out pretty well, but I very quickly learned that there would be an obstacle to overcome before I could even think about secure it.
The frame is composed of metal rods that fit into plastic corners. Even though they go in tightly, a slight bump is enough to separate them. It was obvious that I would need to to glue the frame together before I could even consider securing the whole thing to a wall.
I did some research on alternatives to epoxy for bonding metal and plastic. I didn’t want to go the epoxy route because it’s finicky. The best second choice seemed to be Gorilla Glue.
I thought this product would be hard to find, so I was delighted to stumble on it at Walmart in the caulking section.
Application was super easy and clean. I need to allow for 24 hours cure time before I can see if it worked or not.
Gorilla Glue is our go-to product here at home. We love it! I am sure it will do the trick.
I’m impressed with the speed of your reply, Nicole! 😀
I’ve heard nothing but good things about this ‘miracle’ product, so we’ll see.
LOL I think I checked your blog right after posting. One thing to be careful about the gorilla glue, they sell a couple different kinds and one of them expands all most tripling in size. It can get messy but holds forever! One of our favorite expierences with GG is that the cross beam on our fence gate had broken and we repaired the beam and gate in the middle of a tropical storm and it held for two more years. It really is a miracle glue.
This stuff that I bought started to fizz and foam, making me VERY grateful that I took seriously the warning to use it sparingly!
That’s an amazing story! My application need isn’t so severe. 🙂
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Gorilla glue worked great gluing down a piece of metal trim that came loose on my camera. i tried crazy glue first and it didn’t hold for much over a day but the GG has held for a few years now.
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