Yesterday the mirror fell off the windscreen…
I bought a Loctite kit from local Halfords, used it exactly as the instructions advised and it was dire:
The kit has a tube of adhesive that has to be spread over the cleaned surface of the mount; then it instructs to place the sheet of activated gauze over that, pressing it into the adhesive and apply immediately to the inside of the screen.
Despite doing that I found the glue had reacted & set in the seconds between applying the gauze and getting the mount to the screen. Halfords were fine about it and swapped without question, so I tried again, this time with ‘my own’ procedure:
- Cut a strip of gauze the correct width, but longer than needed;
- Tape the gauze to the screen in the correct position, making sure you leave a sufficient gauze area for the mount;
- Spread the adhesive on the mount;
- Press mount onto the pre-located gauze & hold for 30 sec.
Works a treat - solid fix, no air bubbles and once the tape’s been removed the excess gauze can be carefully trimmed away using a scalpel.
Result is a neat, tidy job, so I thought I’d just share the instructions (and the joy!) on here 