I recently broke a distilling glassware (flask + fittings to condensor all in glassware) :(
The bottom of the flask has broken and now i'm considering replacing the flask to save the fittings. I've spotted a product, JB-WELD. I've already patched some stuffs with it and it is really impressive. I've even built a ghetto still to make homemade alcohol glueing the pieces together with it.
It's a very resistent "resin epoxy".
Here's some quotes from the manufacturer:
We call our resin epoxy steel because it contains fine particles of ironand steel.
Adhesiveweld has a tensile strength of 278.4kg/cm2.
Adhesiveweld resists temperatures of 300oC and often higher.
Because the cured Adhesiveweld can be treated like metal and drilled,tapped, machined, polished and painted it can be used for a whole variety of applications apart from bonding surfaces/substrates together.
When cured Adhesiveweld is completely resistant to water, oil, petrol,diesel and most aggressive chemicals such as battery acid. It is also non corrosive and non conductive. This means you can use it as a circuit-breakeror where corrosive chemicals are present or in a hard climatic environment.
Adhesiveweld has a shelf life of 20 years, even after tubes are opened.
So what I want to do is to "weld" the two glasswares (the flask and the fittings) with JB-Weld. I'm sure it will work for the welding but will it resist/alter the distilled products ?
They claim it is totally unreactive to *most* products.
Does anyone have any info on JB-WELDing glasswares and his reactivity ?
Here's the URL to the manufacturer's website:
http://www.jbweld.co.uk/files/prodb.html#Feature (http://www.jbweld.co.uk/files/prodb.html#Feature)
Thanks !
The French Canadian Bee