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Coating stainless steel

We are attempting to use a cyanoacrylate adhesive to bond a stainless steel part to a rubber part. The glue will not adhere to the stainless steel. I would like to know if anyone has a suggestion regarding coating the stainless steel with an aluminum rich coating (ARC) in order to accomplish this.

James Henson
Cooper Tire & Rubber - Bowling Green, Ohio

Try using a glue called Sicomet. I used it successfully to bond stainless steel to rubber.

Sergio Lievano
- Santa Ana, California

Our company is trying to do the same thing, bond rubber to a 17-7 stainless steel and we're having mixed results. We're using a chemlok 205 primer with a 250 adhesive. We're cleaning with MEK / methyl ethyl ketone.

If you find anything else that works well, please pass it along.

Thanks and good luck.

Elmer Lee
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

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