Panel bonding has been used in the aviation industry for decades.
But only in certain pre engineered and highly tested and inspected situations.
Everybody needs to know what they are doing and be trained to do it and everybody gets to sign for it.
If that bond fails and causes a crash?
They will find you and charge you.
Just a part of the industry.
But, when they sell "miracle glue" to the general public or to a less regulated industry like auto body,
That paper trail of liability doesnt exist.
Any type of adhesive or resin or any chemical mix can only be used within its very specific set of parameters.
If you go outside of those parameters,
You end up with catalyize failures, bond failures, slow cure, no cure and on and on and on
All of this also applies to fiberglass, carbon fiber settup epoxy bolts ....
A cab corner patch?
Okay maybe. You wont kill anyone but I still hate the whole idea.
Rocker? No
And you still have to follow the instructions exactly.
I know this doesnt really have a whole lot to say that is really relevant to a cab corner,
But I'll leave you with a couple of glue failures.
1. The "BigDig" in Boston.
They used epoxy anchors in a verticle application and a huge and entirely decorative slab of concrete dropped on some poor womans car and killed her.
Why? you cant use epoxy anchors in verticle application.
If you are stupid enough to try it, you need to use undercut wedge anchors which is stiill a bad ******* idea.
She got crushed by a slab of stone just to satisfy some egotistical architect.
#2
The Americas Cup carbon fiber multi million boat that snapped in half and sank.
Some moron didnt understand how carbon fibte works.
Hole sawed through the deck to install compasses.
You tube it, its pretty awesome failure.
#3 personal experiance.
Had a sub install 2000 friggen concrete bolts and they all failed.
And this, if you are still reading is the very important part.
He got a "great deal" on epoxy tubes.
They were 5 years expired.
Whatever you decide to do, pay really close attention to the batch date and expiration date.
Dont pay for **** thats been on the shelf for years.
Old goop of any type reacts and sets in a different way than new goop.
And it might not react at all.
It may "fake bond" and shrink back.
The moral of the story?
Just ******* buy a cheapass decent mig with dual sheid and practice on some scrap and watch some vids and learn how to weld and how to shrink welds for ***** sake.
Its art. Learn how to be an artist.
And thats my rant.
Stay safe, stay warm my friends