J-B Weld SteelStik Epoxy Putty 2 oz Gray

GREAT product!! This wizardry fixed the BROKE IN THREE AREAS bike frame of my 16 yr old grandson. That joint that the seat sits and branches out to both wheels and frame. I would think one of the most integral places of a bike frame. I sanded the area down, cleaned it WELL with spray Dawn, then did a good twice over with 99% alcohol. Smoothed it all out to look a least repaired as possible..lol. Lol more sanding with 1000 grit...and was able to even 'match' the wine color with some nail polish and a nail shellac top to prevent chipping. etc. it looks like it never happened AND has held up just as well. We'll see how it holds over the longer terms.

I love this stuff, though I could stand for it to dry just a tiny bit slower. I want to mix the putty well to make sure it holds well, but if I do that to my satisfaction, I have to rush through using it, or it gets too hard to mold into shape. It works on items that you need to look right, again, but I wouldn't use it on something that's going to undergo a lot of stress after the fix. It breaks more easily than the regular JB Weld liquid epoxy does, but it's great for the things I've used it for, like repairing part of a brass decorative item that had snapped off. It sands smoothly, and paint adheres to it. I used some gold foil to cover the area I repaired in a nod to the Kintsugi process for broken pottery and it works well with that. While it dries enough to make molding difficult in just a few minutes, and can hold items that don't weigh too much right away, it does take some time to completely cure, 24 hours, at least. It holds well as long as the repair is not in a place that has to hold a great deal of weight or undergo a lot of stress. I haven't tried it in those situations, but I get the feeling that my suspicion on how well it would do is correct just from handling the material. I've actually had to repair the same item more than once in the same place, it's just an unwieldy protrusion that I'm going to have to be careful where I put it in the future, but that leads me to believe that it won't hold up under a lot of pressure. So, choose your battles, use it where it will do well and not where it won't