How can I re-attach the 'OK' button on the HDR's remote control?

[Ezra Pound]

I wonder what plastic glass is?

I wonder whether products with wording that include all necessary commas are more effective at doing their job

 

[Brian]

I was curious about this because it has not been my experience. I took two hose washers (flexible rubber of unknown composition) and applied a non-specific cyanoacrylate (ie what a non-specialist would be trying to use), and left them for a good 15 minutes.

Result: failure.

So have I by chance hit on a poor test case, or is Brian claiming knowledge he doesn't have?

I have had more than 15 years experience working with rubber, and have used various Cyanoacrylate adhesives, mostly manufactured by Loctite. The most important thing is to prepare the substrates before attempting to bond them. Surfaces should be roughened, and then thoroughly degreased in order for a successful bond to take place.

 

[MontysEvilTwin]

I have had more than 15 years experience working with rubber

Call me daddy! Apologies to the League of Gentlemen

 

[Brian]

Call me daddy! Apologies to the League of Gentlemen

??? Who or What is/are the League of Gentlemen?

 

[MontysEvilTwin]

??? Who or What is/are the League of Gentlemen?

They are comedians, used to have a show on Radio 4, then a BBC Two TV show. They are all now seen often in TV roles. One of the troupe, Mark Gatiss co-writes and plays Mycroft in Sherlock. The sketch I was alluding to involves the goings on at an S&M B&B. Must be a bit too esoteric.

 

[Black Hole]

I have had more than 15 years experience working with rubber, and have used various Cyanoacrylate adhesives, mostly manufactured by Loctite. The most important thing is to prepare the substrates before attempting to bond them. Surfaces should be roughened, and then thoroughly degreased in order for a successful bond to take place.

That's fine, but hardly in the realm of the home fixer - the casual experience of Super Glue is that (on compatible surfaces) it is difficult to stop it bonding! The glue (presumably) also needs to be a formulation that produces a flexible bond (and I am aware there is a huge range of specialist adhesives available to industry). Therefore I say again - an EvoStik-type contact adhesive is my preferred option in this application (with about 50 years experience of DIY make-do-and-mend), and would be my first port-of-call if faced with a similar repair.