Broken Key

[John Ross]

Hi Ralph,
I got it years ago, when I used to work on my older cars. It is almost like
tinfoil, about .0035" thick.
I have no info on it. I have enough left to last me awhile. It is a roll 1 1/2"
wide, it is adhesive backed with a film over it that you peel off to get to the
sticky surface. It will stick well to a smooth surface, but the wood is porous,
that is why I use the CA. The CA also goes on the broken joint, as I think it was
Newton suggested.
Sorry I can't give you a brand name, or even what it is called. The Bondo stuff
sounds like it would do the same thing.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada

RalphBl@AOL.COM wrote:

> Hi John:
>
> You wrote:
> >I use metal tape from car repair, for the
> reinforcing. It is strong and thin, so filing is not required.<
>
> Thanks for the suggestions! The response was really quite good...some ideas I
> already knew about but yours intrigues me. I went searching for the metal tape
> at an auto supply store but they had nothing like that and didn't really know
> what I was talking about. Could you give me some more specifics about it? My
> son is an auto painter and if I could reach him, might shed some light on it
> but he's out for the weekend. The store had some metal adhesive-backed sheets
> made by the Bondo people that might serve the purpose. You simply cut it with
> scissors to shape, peal off the backing and stick to the, in this case, key.
> It had a sort of web-like (lots of holes) appearance. I think its purpose is
> to support the application of Bondo over holes in car bodies or something like
> that.
>
> Anyway, thanks for the response and I look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Ralph