Another Loctite ED-120hp Question

Gables · Jun 23, 2011

Can you cap off and reuse the glue cartridges or once opened you have to quickly use it? I saw on Amazon that there is a gun applicator and replaceble tips. I assume I need a new tip each time I use it.

12345678910 · Jun 23, 2011

It is made for high volume industrial use.

The tips are made with an internal spiral helix that mixes the two parts & comes out ready to use.

Skip the gun and tips to try it out.

There are no plungers on the tubes like hardware store epoxy.
You can make up something with a steel plate and 2 bolts/nuts to push out the epoxy equal depths (pistons are different diameters)

Press it out onto a mixing palate(Nicky uses the divot in the bottom of a soda pop can)
and mix it up like any other epoxy, then recap it.

Recaping is dicy -

The gun, tips and using a whole tube at once is the best overall.

Gables · Jun 23, 2011

Many thanks for the info.

Dan Pierson · Jun 23, 2011

I have to disagree with The Count. I've been using an recapping this stuff for several years now
with no problems. I do use the gun and tips.

jawilder · Jun 23, 2011

Dan, do you replace the tips every time?

12345678910 · Jun 23, 2011

Dan Pierson said:
I have to disagree with The Count. I've been using an recapping this stuff for several years now
with no problems.
I do use the gun and tips.

By dicey I mean that if you don't keep it all perfectly clean and mix up a smidge from one side to the other , you will cure up and seal the cap on.

The gun & caps are nice, but a big $ outlay if you just want to try it and not sure you like it.

Dan Pierson · Jun 23, 2011

jawilder said:
Dan, do you replace the tips every time?

Oh yes. After one use the tip is full of hardened epoxy -- it mixes as the the
stuff spirals down.

Dan Pierson · Jun 23, 2011

12345678910 said:
By dicey I mean that if you don't keep it all perfectly clean and mix up a smidge from one side to the other , you will cure up and seal the cap on.

The gun & caps are nice, but a big $ outlay if you just want to try it and not sure you like it.

True, but I've never had a problem with curing the cap on.

The gun is $20-30 and lasts forever. The tips are something like a dollar each. Yes there's cost,
but there's also much less room for mixing errors that result in weak epoxy. Worth it to me, your
money may vary.

12345678910 · Jun 23, 2011

Dan Pierson said:
True, but I've never had a problem with curing the cap on.

The gun is $20-30 and lasts forever. The tips are something like a dollar each. Yes there's cost,
but there's also much less room for mixing errors that result in weak epoxy. Worth it to me, your
money may vary.

That's worth it if you know you want to stick with it vs trying it out once.

They want $5o-75 ish for the gun here.... everything is more....