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Old 3rd Dec 2013, 5:59 pm   #1
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Default Useful rubbery setting stuff

http://sugru.com/

Looks handy for all sorts of things, grommets, fixings, pads etc.
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Default Re: Useful rubbery setting stuff

I can envisage some uses for that but the limited shelf life would I'd have to buy as I needed it.
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Old 4th Dec 2013, 2:41 pm   #3
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Default Re: Useful rubbery setting stuff

Just bought some from Maplins, Not tried it yet.
Some things they suggest repairing with it would be cheaper to buy new.
The amount in the packets is pathetic.
Still , If it does what I want I'll report back.
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Some things they suggest repairing with it would be cheaper to buy new..
That's "greenies" for you.

Still, I guess the same could be said about most of this-millennium-produced TVs/radios/computers/power-supplies/set-top-boxes/MP3-players/domestic-goods.
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Default Re: Useful rubbery setting stuff

I have used Debor which is available in big tubes.

It's a rubber solution but dries fast and is extremely hard wearing; watch you don't get it on your hands as it's a hard job getting it off.

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Default Re: Useful rubbery setting stuff

I've used Sugru before. It seems to work best when you need a harder compound than what you'd get with bathroom-type silicone. I've used it for adding ergonomic grips for metal-handled tools and it worked very well in that application.

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That's "greenies" for you
Whether it's "greener" or "cheaper" are not the same, though there can be a strong connection in some circumstances. Generally something is greener if it has less "embedded energy" if that energy is carbon sourced. Distilled water is decidedly "brown" if you use oil to boil water to make it but pretty much "green" if the water's boiled with solar energy.

I wonder how Sugru is made?
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Old 15th Feb 2014, 10:37 am   #8
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I am told by a reliable friend that it is possible to make sugru type stuff. Mix silicone mastic, cornflour and a pigment if desired.
My take on 'greenness' is I hope common sense. I don't want to use stuff that is horribly toxic to myself or others. Given that, living simply, repairing and reusing often outweigh I would imagine, considerations of embodied energy. Thus many people are greener than they realise, and many 'greens' are not.
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