OK Just finished the dish washer test - no easy failures. My current samples (sorry if it's getting confusing, but deal with it
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ATS-34 60HRC cleaned with Simple Green/brake cleaner
1. Loctite Extrem
2. E-120HP
3. Acra Glas
4. West Systems (failed)
5. U-05fl
6. DEVCON (failed)
7. JB Weld (Failed)
8. 2nd West Systems (failed)
Redo ATS-34 60hrc no cleaning (freshly abraded with 50 grit)
6. DEVCON
7. JB Weld (failed after dishwasher)
8. Gorilla
Mildsteel test: Simple Green/brake cleaner
9. E-120HP
10. JB Weld
Again after the redo and the dishwasher test everything is still holding but the JB Weld/simple green combination.
This is VERY interesting to me. JBWeld on stainless cleaned with Simple Green/brake cleaner failed right away. JBWeld on stainless that was not cleaned is just fine. JBWeld on mild steel cleaned with simple green/brake cleaner failed.
This tells me directly that there is a problem with the cleaning method. I've never had a problem with brake cleaner, but never used Simple Green before. I had a number of failures that shouldn't have been (this test and the one before) all of them I used simple green to de-grease.
Does that tell you something!!!!????
Steve
Texasjack, thanks for the information that is extremely useful.