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#1 Glueing Teflon

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Is there a glue available that will adhere to Teflon please?

Thanks in anticipation.
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Thank you rowik, but I was hoping for a simple product that does not cost over £110 :roll:
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OK, maybe it would help if I explained what I want to achieve because glue might not be the only option.

My pre-amp is shortly due for a change to a six input LDR volume control. In consideration of this change, I'm thinking through other issues in the chassis I ought to address. All my interconnect wires are Teflon insulated and are hard wired into the pre chassis. At the moment they are soldered directly to a robust selector switch. For strain relief on the interconnects I have simply zipped up a zip tie around the cables on the inside of the chassis. This provides a degree of strain relief, but not a lot. I've not worried about it up until now because, as said, the selector switch has robust solder pins and a pretty violent action would be needed to rip the cable away from the contacts.

With the LDR conversion, I intend to keep the inputs hard wired, but they will now be going direct to a more fragile PCB, so strain relief becomes more of an issue.

I was thinking of improving the current system by simply glueing the zip ties in place. If that is not possible at an affordable price, does anyone have a suggestion on how I can achieve more efficient strain relief on my hard wired interconnects.

Once again, thanks in anticipation.

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sorry I have no idea Greg. It's hard enough finding a glue which effectively glues a rear view mirror to glass, let alone stick Teflon. It is a tall order.
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What about using something like this?
You could always pull the adhesive backing off and use Araldite or some other strong glue.

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Howsabout those self adhesive cable tie anchors stuck to the inside of the chassis? Yiu can then zip tie to the anchors.

This sort of thing.

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Ha! great bodgers think a like! Snap.
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#9 Strain relief can be many things

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Many things come to mind:
Studio cables have a compression arrangement:
http://www.remke.com/images/RSR-Alum-Straight_small.jpg
There are similar things for fuel lines:
http://www.batteryspace.com/componentwa ... cknut.aspx
Here are some multi cable clamps:
http://buttkereit.co.uk/products/cable-clamps
They also have strain relief:
http://buttkereit.co.uk/products/category/strain-relief
http://buttkereit.co.uk/products/rlfz-e ... ain-relief
They have free sample packs too:
http://buttkereit.co.uk/contact/request-sample-pack

I really hate glue because I always discover something that I want to change - right after it sets!

Still, for cable I am sure that plumbers silicone sealant generously applied will work just fine.
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Hot melt glue?
Might not stick to it, but will definitely stick around it and hold it in place.

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Thanks for all your suggestions. I don't have the space to incorporate multiple anchor plates and too fiddly. The chassis is a WAD Pre II with the input holes at the rear closely located to each other, originally intended for RCA sockets. Currently I have shouldered grommets fitted here that the interconnect passes through. My interconnects are pretty thin so I am now looking at whether I can find small enough cable glands with locking nuts. Not ideal because the compression flange will be nylon that slips on Teflon, but if I can find ones that fits and does not interfere with neighbouring hole fittings, they surely should be better than a zip tie across the cable on the inside of the chassis. Hot melt glue in my view will not be an option. Once set it will simply allow the Teflon to slide through.

I'm working on it but by all means, please keep your suggestions coming. I appreciate the response and someone might come up with a really brilliant solution.

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Looking at these the other day ..they go down to 5mm
maybe not what your looking for Greg but could be handy....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271208966726? ... _951wt_824
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You couls use larger glands, but put a piece of small diameter silicon aquarium tube around the interconnect to protect it
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Will wrote:Looking at these the other day ..they go down to 5mm
maybe not what your looking for Greg but could be handy....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271208966726? ... _951wt_824
As a plumber who works with materials like rubber, that is the best suggestion so far but I do believe that teflon would pull out of it as quickly as a mirror finished stainless steel bar dipped in oil..

the only thing I think which would hold teflon in place, without using a specially chemically constructed agent would be to stitch it but there might be a tearing issue.
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