Produce gold from Bismuth

[joel321]

Do you not remember?  I have already accepted this challenge from you and...I have already won. 

So, are you requesting a rematch then?

I don't remember me showing proof of my welding two plastics together that hold better than JB weld. I do remember we discussing how JB weld "WORKS" under water...I have seen that in the TV show "bering sea gold" where they mix up the two compound and then dive under water to patch the small hole in the boat = smudge it all over and call it a 100% fix. Lol

At any rate, yes, I want a rematch! Lets see you win welding two broken pieces of plastic with JB weld VS me fixing them with no JB weld at all? How much are we betting here, 3 dollars?

Don't think for a minute that I have forgotten how you JB welded fan on a poor ladies washing machine motor...or was it a dishwasher? lol

[Pirate88179]

I don't remember me showing proof of my welding two plastics together that hold better than JB weld. I do remember we discussing how JB weld "WORKS" under water...I have seen that in the TV show "bering sea gold" where they mix up the two compound and then dive under water to patch the small hole in the boat = smudge it all over and call it a 100% fix. Lol

At any rate, yes, I want a rematch! Lets see you win welding two broken pieces of plastic with JB weld VS me fixing them with no JB weld at all? How much are we betting here, 3 dollars?

Don't think for a minute that I have forgotten how you JB welded fan on a poor ladies washing machine motor...or was it a dishwasher? lol

It was a dishwasher and...the repair guy wanted to install a new motor/fan assembly for $200 and I fixed it for her for like $2.  That was 4 years ago and...she told me it is still working great.

I was just kidding...I do not get any money from JB Weld for mentioning their product.  I actually use many different types of epoxy in my repairs.
My heat pump is still pumping and...my car radiator is still fine after 1 year.  Not as good as a new radiator...sure...but...that would have cost me $250.  I fixed it for like $2.

Bill

[TinselKoala]

The key to good repairs with epoxy is _surface preparation_. And of course using the right epoxy for the job. The reason that an epoxy (JB Weld) repair can be stronger than the original unbroken piece or plastic-welding is that you can build up a "fillet" of epoxy that spreads the stress over a larger area than the original crack or break. Of course this is adding material and changing the size/shape of the original part somewhat, but often this is not as important as fixing the part in the first place.

Many automobile radiators these days have plastic top and bottom tanks with only the channels/fins made of metal. The bond between the metal and plastic is made with epoxy of some kind or another. I went through a couple of these over the years on my old Chevy before I found a replacement that was good metal all the way through, with soldered seams. A couple of years ago the engine was overheating from sludge buildup so I took the radiator to a local radiator shop--- they unsoldered the top and bottom tanks so that the whole thing could be boiled out in some kind of fancy tank full of acid or something, then they reassembled it... but they put the top tank on backwards! So they had to take it apart again and put it together right. I lolled at that for sure.... it still cost about half of what a new replacement radiator would have cost. Now my old Chevy runs cool again.

[joel321]

It was a dishwasher and...the repair guy wanted to install a new motor/fan assembly for $200 and I fixed it for her for like $2.  That was 4 years ago and...she told me it is still working great.

I understand bill. I hate how LCD TV's get thrown out just because two ten cents capacitors went bad in the power supply board. I have revived like 30 LCD monitors due to bad capacitors in the power supply board. I have saved about 5 vacuum cleaners that have been thrown out because the hose got clogged. As a matter of fact, I just "fixed" a "eureka! Whirlwind" vacuum cleaner just two days ago. If I had the room, I would have a bunch of LCD monitors and vacuum cleaners to fix. REPAIRED WITH NO JB WELD lol. Oh! Even washing machines and dishwashers, they all work on the same principal.

I was just kidding...I do not get any money from JB Weld for mentioning their product.

This is obvious to me bill, lol.....don't you have two jobs and a 4GHz overclocked computer too?

I actually use many different types of epoxy in my repairs.
My heat pump is still pumping and...my car radiator is still fine after 1 year.  Not as good as a new radiator...sure...but...that would have cost me $250.  I fixed it for like $2.

Yes, I agree with you. I have done many repairs myself but not just with JB weld. In the electronic side of things, use a soldering iron and solder. Have you even replaced a SMD component? HECK! My insurance company estimated a car crash from a teenager to be over $3000US when I repaired it with $300US...a guy was charging my neighbor $2000US to fix their AC when I fixed it for free...things are more complicated than JB weld dude. Lol

If you cannot tell me how an AC system works, I find it hard for you to understand how Bismuth could potentially turn in to gold...your JB weld stuff is just funny stuff lol. That pride of fixing a dishwasher is all the pride you have bro? How about the stories in your younger years? When you made a change in someones mentality or made someone make money? I am still waiting for you to write a paper/book from when you where 5 years old to the age you are right now...will you do that? I want to hear the story of pirate besides this bullshyt of JB weld.

[joel321]

The bond between the metal and plastic is made with epoxy of some kind or another. I went through a couple of these over the years on my old Chevy before I found a replacement that was good metal all the way through

Metal all the way through you say? but but but, what about JB welding? If everything is metal then to weld the metal we need to use tig welding or arc.... no JB weld needed

Sorry OP, I'm still thinking that you turning bismuth to gold is far-fetched just as you cannot turn GOLD TO BISMUTH?