Automotive & RV Repair
Vintage cars, trucks, hotrods, motorcycles, RVs...
Mister Glue’s Instant Glue is the handiest automotive glue you will ever use.
Mister Glue’s Instant Glue has numerous applications for vintage car restoration or just general fix ups on your not-so-old car. Simple repairs can be done with metal, rubber, and plastic. The rubber molding around your trunk or car doors can be very quickly and permanently reattached - that's rubber to metal. Most plastics in a car can be glued to themselves or other materials. Loose laminate - wood or plastic - can be repaired with a tiny bit of Mister Glue.
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Whether the rubber molding is coming off on your car or your refrigerator, you can repair it in seconds with Mister Glue. Apply a small bit on (the least porous) side where it has separated. Run a very thin bead all the way along. Press the two surfaces together for a few seconds and that should be it. Obviously, clean the surfaces of oil, dirt and debris beforehand. And it is ideal if the surfaces are not soaking wet.
Mister Glue is very quick to bond and will stay flexible and is waterproof.
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There are a few things on your bike that will need some repair now and again. I've been asked about using it on a motorcycle faring. Super glue can get brittle so the vibration of the bike can work it apart. Mister Glue dries flexible(and clear). Make sure both surfaces are clean and will fit together well. Run a small bead of glue along one surface and press them together. After it has set, one suggestion was to put a bit of fiberglass on the back of the seam to reinforce it. Good idea.
Mister Glue can also be used for rubber gaskets or holes in hoses. Put a new grip or glue one that has come apart. Mister Glue will bond rubber to metal.
If you use the Accelerator, you can also bond some pretty weird plastics.
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You purchase a Motorhome or some type of Recreational Vehicle and then drive around trying to shake it apart! Who wants to track down a hardware store every few days when you are camping? Mister Glue will bond most materials to themselves and each other. Plastic or vinyl laminate to wood. Metal to wood. And almost all plastics. If you add a bottle of our Accelerator that will even bond the more difficult plastics, those oily ones like polyethylene.
Screws that get loosened in cupboards by all that movement can be repaired with a bit of sawdust and a few drops of Mister Glue. A tear in a vinyl awning: Cut a strip of similar material and glue over the tear. Mister Glue dries in seconds and remains flexible and waterproof when cured. Good for hard or soft vinyl.
Mister Glue does an amazing job on PVC. You can glue it end to end, without screwing it together and once cured the bond will be waterproof and stronger than the surrounding area. You can test this yourself by gluing together two short pieces of PVC end to end, leave for a few hours then hit with a hammer to break. It will not break along the bond.
Use to repair weatherstripping or any other type of molding around windows or in the bathroom.
The handle of your favorite coffee mug breaks off – glue it back instantly with Mister Glue. Does a great job on any ceramic.
Those annoying plastic parts that keep breaking anywhere and everywhere: use a few drops of Mister Glue. (As I mentioned before, with tougher, oily plastics, use in combination with our Accelerator.)
The door handle comes off an appliance, like your Microwave, glue it back.
Have a look at some of our other sections on ‘how to’ for more information and specifics.
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If you are restoring a classic or antique car of any sort, you often cannot find the proper parts and it leaves you with repairing old broken pieces or jury rigging something. Some of the benefits of Mister Glue in doing these kind of repairs:
1. waterproof
2. dries flexible
3. dries clear
4. bonds most plastics
5. is really, really fast
6. bonds with dissimilar materials
So, use for rubber molding around the door or trunk. Rubber and plastic parts - hoses, etc. You can even glue some of the more difficult plastics if you use Mister Glue with the Accelerator.
Steve started using Mister Glue on a restoration project a while back and below is a link to a video where he talks about the product and some of its uses.
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Rearview mirrors on the inside of older cars are attached directly to the inside of the windshield. With newer cars this is not so much an issue. This will be something you would need more with vintage or classic automobiles.
The rearview mirror on the front window can get knocked off or the weather, over time can affect the glue so they just fall off. You can get glues for this at the auto parts store. They are epoxies (two parts) and are pretty good. You can also use Mister Glue’s Instant Glue for this - metal to glass. If the surfaces are cleaned properly and you get a good tight fit, the bond should last a year or two. On some of the rearview mirrors, there is a little piece of metal that the main part of the mirror slides into. Ideally, you want to remove this and glue it by itself. Put a bit of glue on the metal piece(you only want the glue on one side) and press it tightly to the glass. Put something, a piece of tape or whatever on the outside so you know exactly where to place it. If any glue leaks out and runs down, leave it and scrape it off with an Exacto knife once dried up a bit. Once fully cured, carefully attach the main part of the mirror. One VERY IMPORTANT thing, though - make sure that you attach that little piece that the mirror slides onto the right way up!!
I had an outside mirror on an older car where the glass got smashed out on the driver’s side. I got a piece of mirror from the auto parts store, cut it to size, and glued it in with Mister Glue and it lasted for 5-6 years - I sold the car - it is likely still there. It worked perfectly The beauty is that Mister Glue is waterproof so the weather will not affect it.