Customer Reviews

Permatex 84107 PermaPoxy 30 Minute High Strength General Purpose Epoxy - 0.84 oz.

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After having a complete failure with this epoxy, I performed a simple test of steel-to-steel adhesion qualities for various adhesives. While this Permatex epoxy may have higher tensile shear strength than basic hot glue, putty-type epoxy, or contact cement, it did not adhere to the steel anywhere near as strongly as those products did; and definitely didn't come close to the adhesion qualities of my old standby, J.B. Weld. The Permatex epoxy simply pulled away from the roughened and cleaned steel when the metal test pieces were even slightly torqued.

I found this epoxy to be quite useless for bonding steel to anything, and will now stick with J.B. Weld.

After using many different Epoxies, I have found this one to be the best for applications for use in water. I have used other Epoxy that seemed to work ok until used in water, then they fell apart. So far, not this one after two years. The thirty min time limit is nice to have where you have complicated areas to glue down. The extra time is helpful when you are not in a hurry and want a better looking job. I bought this Permatex through Amazon as it is hard to find in a retail store. All other Permatex products are easy to find, but not this 84017 Epoxy. I would buy this product again.

Description implies you are buying 2.4 oz of epoxy. When the epoxy arrives it is only 0.8 oz. At this amount it is very high priced.