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New Post 11/17/2009 11:05 AM
  ejackson
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BBQ Repair  

Guys, you will want to cry when you read this...

 

I have dreamed of owning a high end BBQ for a long time.  A buddy who was moving offered me his $2000 Weber for $200.  I thought I'd won the lottery!

 

It's a monster BBQ.  I have a smaller hatchback car.  We had to lift and turn the BBQ in order to get it in my car.  When we were doing this, the heavy BBQ lid flipped open and the lid broke off at the hinges at both sides.  My world collapsed in a heartbeat.

 

I looked all over the city for someone who could do aluminum welding but no luck.  The guy at the hardware store recommended Gorilla Glue.  I have just used it to glue the broken pieces back together.

 

Forward looking questions:

 

1.  The product is supposed to bind anything.  How have results been with cast aluminum?

 

2.  The product says heat resistant up to 4 hours.  I rarely spend more than an hour on the grill.  Should I expect this to hold if I keep my cookoffs to around 3 hours?

 

3.  The entire weigh of this heavy BBQ top will be on the pieces that I just repaired with Gorilla glue.  Before I spark the thing up, should I glue some steel pieces to reinforce the area inside and outside the BBQ in the area where I made the repairs? 

 

Many thanks for your help and advice.

 

Jackson

 
 
New Post 12/23/2009 6:15 AM
  ggmaryellen
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Re: BBQ Repair  

Hi Jackson,

If the entire weight of the lid is on the glued joints, I would not rely on them being held together by glue alone.  I would definitely work to reinforce with extra steel pieces.  As you mentioned, if you heat a glue line, the strength will decrease when it's at a higher temperature.  If exposed to temperatures 212 F and higher , the glue line may lose significant strength even when it returns to room temperature. 

My major concern with this repair is that metals are likely to change shape and size under the influence of temperature.  The amount the metal changes varies for different metals and is usually not the same for the cured glue line itself.  This means that the glue line may break under shifting conditions.   You may want to look at some "High" temperature adhesives that are on the market for this specific applicaiton.

Mary-Ellen
 
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