Tough Team Forums

Start chatting in the Forum now - you know you have something to say. You could tell
people about the project you're working on, tell them about your favorite glue, or tell them
what you had for lunch.
The floor - the Forum - is yours.

You must be a member of the Tough Team to post or respond messages in the forum. 

 You can sign up here
Already a member? Login here.

 

 
  Tough Team Forums  Discussions  General Discuss...  Using the Gorilla in Germany
Previous Previous
 
Next Next
New Post 11/23/2008 12:21 PM
  CrussT
1 posts
No Ranking


Using the Gorilla in Germany 
Modified By CrussT  on 11/23/2008 3:26:07 PM)

I live in a rental house in the Rhineland-Pfalz region of Germany, and if you've ever seen a modern German kitchen, you know for the most part, the panels making up the cabinets and the like are particle board with a laminate.  The cabinets are fine but if subjected to some rough use, they can sustain damage that is difficult to repair due to the nature of the composition of the material.  Our house had some rough use before we moved in, the landlord told me about the last tenants, big family, rough kids, etc.

I had a drawer that (despite it's excellent sliders) had become unstable due to wallowed out screw holes that held the drawer's slider tracks in place on the side of the inside of the cabinet.  I put it back up once prior after it had come loose but I was fairly certain it wouldn't stay forever.  My wife called me into the kitchen today to show me the drawer hanging precariously because it's side-mount screws for its slider track had come out of the wallowed-out holes.

I had purchased some Gorilla Glue a year ago to put a broom handle back in a broom, so I had some on hand.  I figured why not try to bolster the screw mounts with some GG.  So I did.  I pumped a little into the wallowed out pre-drilled screw holes and I also dabbed some on the two screws just to be sure.  I re-installed the track and made sure it was flush and in the right position and then allowed it a few hours to dry.  A couple hours in I took some of the expanded GG off with a paper towel so that the track was free and clear. 

Wow!  That track is not going anywhere anytime soon, that's for certain.  I think maybe for things like this it would not be a bad idea to use some GG in the initial application.  If you've ever seen IKEA furniture, it could be used very effectively to repair damage to that kind of stuff as well, I'd reckon. 

GG is a great product that instills confidence and is extremely forgiving to use.  Honestly, every homeowner should have a bottle at the ready.  It's that good.

 

 

 
Previous Previous
 
Next Next
  Tough Team Forums  Discussions  General Discuss...  Using the Gorilla in Germany
 Search   Forum Home