I was looking for a
way to fuse jewelry items together with out using welding or messy work of
epoxy/resin. My online search lead to this Bondic - a liquid plastic welder (http://notaglue.com/) and decided to give it a
try.
From their website :
"Bondic works
where glue fails and won't stick to your skin. It stays liquid until you cure
it with the UV LED light and then hardens in 4 seconds"
Though FAQ on their
website talks about using it for jewelry work, I confirmed with the company
(through emails) that it is safe to use on jewelry - both for skin as well as
for jewelry material.
One point to note is
that company specifically mentions that it needs rough surface for Bondic to be
more effective :-
"The rougher
the surface the better! Bondic™ isn’t a glue, it has some adhesive properties
but it sticks to smooth areas using a lot of surface tension rather than
stickiness. If you can let the liquid Bondic™ get into cracks and crevices then
it will hold incredibly well "
Here is my review of
this product.
First, I tried
fusing silver-filled-glue-on ear post and Swarovski no-hotfix flatback
rhinestone. It was easy to put it together. However, after a day with just a
slight tug rhinestone and ear post came apart. So, I can't use it for this
purpose.
Second, I tried
"welding" jump rings closed. This was my main reason to purchase
Bondic, as an alternative to welding. I wanted to put together jump rings and
then shut them closed; with welding it is normally hard to use heat around
finished pieces. Well, I couldn't fuse two ends of metal, of a jump ring, using
Bondic either. Just like my rhinestone testing, jump rings came apart easily
(didn't have to put much force at all).
Unfortunately,
Bondic doesn't work for my jewelry needs. So if anybody out there is trying to
use it, just like me, I would suggest stick to old methods until something else
comes up. And do let me know if you know any product that can be used for
fusing metal on a finished product (like jump rings) without resorting to spend
thousands of dollars.
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