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    From NY@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 8 10:25:29 2025
    My laptop has long strips of U-shaped rubber fastened underneath as "feet"
    at the front and rear. The front foot pulled away and stretched so it was no longer possible to fit the lugs on the rubber into the locating holes on the plastic case - it caused bulges because the rubber had stretched. So I had
    to cut the strip into several pieces, cutting out the excess, and glue them back on.

    But what is the best glue to use. As far as I know the strip is rubber and
    the case is some sort of hard plastic.

    Whatever glue I used before (*) worked very well for a few months, but some
    of the strips have gradually unstuck and become detached, probably due to
    the large amount of wear that the front foot gets when the laptop is used on
    my lap or on bedclothes if I use my laptop in bed.

    (*) I can't find the tube of glue...

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  • From Tricky Dicky@21:1/5 to me@privacy.invalid on Tue Apr 8 09:59:07 2025
    NY <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:
    My laptop has long strips of U-shaped rubber fastened underneath as "feet"
    at the front and rear. The front foot pulled away and stretched so it was no longer possible to fit the lugs on the rubber into the locating holes on the plastic case - it caused bulges because the rubber had stretched. So I had
    to cut the strip into several pieces, cutting out the excess, and glue them back on.

    But what is the best glue to use. As far as I know the strip is rubber and the case is some sort of hard plastic.

    Whatever glue I used before (*) worked very well for a few months, but some of the strips have gradually unstuck and become detached, probably due to
    the large amount of wear that the front foot gets when the laptop is used on my lap or on bedclothes if I use my laptop in bed.

    (*) I can't find the tube of glue...



    Contact adhesive or hot glue gun

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 8 11:00:00 2025
    NY wrote:

    But what is the best glue to use. As far as I know the strip is rubber
    and the case is some sort of hard plastic.

    impact adhesive such as evostick?

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  • From wasbit@21:1/5 to Tricky Dicky on Tue Apr 8 15:15:04 2025
    On 08/04/2025 10:59, Tricky Dicky wrote:
    NY <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:
    My laptop has long strips of U-shaped rubber fastened underneath as "feet" >> at the front and rear. The front foot pulled away and stretched so it was no >> longer possible to fit the lugs on the rubber into the locating holes on the >> plastic case - it caused bulges because the rubber had stretched. So I had >> to cut the strip into several pieces, cutting out the excess, and glue them >> back on.

    But what is the best glue to use. As far as I know the strip is rubber and >> the case is some sort of hard plastic.

    Whatever glue I used before (*) worked very well for a few months, but some >> of the strips have gradually unstuck and become detached, probably due to
    the large amount of wear that the front foot gets when the laptop is used on >> my lap or on bedclothes if I use my laptop in bed.

    (*) I can't find the tube of glue...



    Contact adhesive or hot glue gun


    I was also going to suggest hot melt glue because often there is a
    hidden screw under the rubber. Perhaps leave a gap where any screws are
    & hot melt glue the other rubber bits, then they shouldn't need removing
    again.


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    wasbit

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