Post by wades on Mar 17, 2006 14:30:07 GMT -5
I have a Thumler 3# with the white lids that wear through.
The first lid got a hole in it on the 2nd batch of rocks: I filled the hole with epoxy putty, and it wore through again.
I obtained a replacement lid, and, following the advice of somebody at Thumler's, put a patch of bicycle tire innertube on the inside of the lid. That one's holding up OK, but I must have used the wrong kind of adhesive (I think it was an aerosol rubber cement, which I sprayed on the patch but not the lid). The adhesive has crept out from under the patch and has picked up grit & rock particles.
I'm going to get some more lids, and I want to stick the same sort of patches to them only with an adhesive that will stay put and not interact with the slurry. While sealing the edge of the patch to the lid, so particles can't get stuck between the patch and the lid. Ideally I'd like something that turns to vulcanised rubber, or something with similar properties.
Got any ideas?
Thanks.
The first lid got a hole in it on the 2nd batch of rocks: I filled the hole with epoxy putty, and it wore through again.
I obtained a replacement lid, and, following the advice of somebody at Thumler's, put a patch of bicycle tire innertube on the inside of the lid. That one's holding up OK, but I must have used the wrong kind of adhesive (I think it was an aerosol rubber cement, which I sprayed on the patch but not the lid). The adhesive has crept out from under the patch and has picked up grit & rock particles.
I'm going to get some more lids, and I want to stick the same sort of patches to them only with an adhesive that will stay put and not interact with the slurry. While sealing the edge of the patch to the lid, so particles can't get stuck between the patch and the lid. Ideally I'd like something that turns to vulcanised rubber, or something with similar properties.
Got any ideas?
Thanks.
