Pack damaged in shipping, need a quick fix

Equipment Proton Packs
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So I had my pack sent out to me from the east cost to LA, and just as I feared it ended up getting damaged in shipping. I tried gluing it back on but it broke in such a jagged way that the glue wasn’t able to bond very well and hold it together. As you can see it looks terrible too. The only other idea I had was maybe epoxy, though I’ve never used it before. Target showed this when I searched epoxy

http://www.target.com/Mighty-Putty-6-pk/dp/B00113OYPW/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&searchView=grid5&frombrowse=0&node=1038576&keywords=epoxy&field_browse=1038576&searchSize=30&id=Mighty%20Putty%206%20pk&field_availability=-2&refinementHistory=subjectbin,target_com_age,target_com_gender-bin,target_com_character-bin,price,target_com_primary_color-bin,target_com_size-bin,target_com_brand-bin&searchNodeID=1038576&field_launch-date=-1y&searchRank=target104545&searchPage=1&field_keywords=epoxy

It looks like it might be something else, anyone know anything about that stuff? Also would I need to pick anything else up when working with epoxy or whatnot? Like tools or anything?

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Use VERY small drops of gorilla glue.. VERY small.. its strong, and will hold that, and so long as you don’t put too much on, it won’t expand and foam out.

I can’t stress how LITTLE gorilla glue to use. I barely get a tiny smudge or two on parts I’m glueing together, and it works great. I leave some dry spots, and put superglue gel there.. the superlue gel sets very fast, and holds the part in place, while the gorilla glue then cures (2 hours for full strength)

Thats turned out to be a killer combination.

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It’s all jagged though, it doesn’t fit together nicely, there’s a bunch of spots that don’t connect. I don’t think glue is gonna work, and it’ll still look like ■■■■ even if it did.

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The mighty putty will do the trick, just mix it well and sculpt in the void… You might also want to consider a 5 minute epoxy to initially set the part and hold it in place then use the mighty putty to finish the job…

The gorilla glue would be a good start to bond it back in place to start with, but it takes some time to dry…

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I went to Target and they didn’t have the mighty putty, but I did pick up the 5 minute epoxy. I hope it’ll be though.

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Mighty putty is in the ‘AS SEEN ON TV’ section

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insert Billy Mays joke here

GB Jer

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You can get it on eBay.

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Hmmm.. maybe secure it with gorilla glue or two part epoxy, and then just put black electric tape or duct tape around the break point as a temp halloween fix. after halloween, remove the tape, fill it and fix the joint properly.

Rushing a fix for halloween could just make it permanantly look like ass.

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You could probably use a 2-part epoxy to over-fill the gaps. An epoxy like JB Weld is a dark grey when it dries so it probably wouldn’t stick out too bad. Then after halloween, you can sand down the area you overfilled level with the rest of the surface area and repaint the section (assuming you can match the paint).

Being that today is the 31st, get the quickest drying stuff you can get. I do think JB weld makes a quick drying 2-part epoxy, but you can use your own judgment on what brand you want.

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To repair that I would either try a two part liquid expoxy or something like loctite glue. I’m pretty sure super glue would not withstand people yanking on that. Epoxy would most likely give you the strongest hold.

And covering the scar is easy enough. Get an epoxy putty and make a weld liine there with it. There’s one on the pack in that location anyway.

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JB Weld will do a good job of setting and holding (just sand paint off first - else it’ll stick to the paint, which you DO NOT want).

Plus it’s sand/paint/etc able.

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I had very little time so I used the 5 minute epoxy to hold it on, and then I just used electrical tape to cover the scar. Wore it on Halloween with no problems.