Bondic SK001pro Liquid Plastic Welder Pro Kit, Clear

Interesting premise, a lot of promise, fails to deliver.The comparison provided in the manufacturer's marketing between Bondic and glue are extremely misleading. When a bonding agent (a.k.a. glue) is applied correctly, the results are proven and are spectacular. When two materials are welded correctly, the results are proven and are spectacular. The problem with Bondic is that the welding agent (the Bondic liquid) does not create the a bond strong enough to join two items together. Welding steel typically requires a molten agent (steel or a steel alloy) that bridges joints and bonds items together. The resulting bond can, in some cases, be stronger than the materials being bonded. This does not occur with Bondic. At best, this product is a very poor person's 3D printer - without the printer. Sure, you can fabricate missing pieces of a plastic housing. Sure, you can attach two items together (as long as you don't put any pressure or force on either item - in any plane). But what you cannot do is 'weld' items together and have any expectation that the void filled by the Bondic material will repair the original item to a state where it can withstand the forces the item was originally designed to accommodate.

I am always interested in new ways to do old things, especially when the new way is better. This stuff, Bondic, is SO much better than glue! I have already used it to fix a few things around the house that I thought were broken for good. It really is fantastic and I am looking forward to finding new ways to use it. I'll add to the review when I do. One example - I have a little hand held digital recorder I use for recording bird songs. The little tab that holds the battery cover in place broke almost immediately, with very little force. That was going to be a problem, because it wouldn't stay in place without the tab. And, I have tried super glue in similar situations, and it never worked long and was a lot of trouble (because of the size of the tiny little piece of plastic. I put a little bondic on it and that little bit of stickiness (not really sticky, just surface tension) held the piece in place. Zapped it with the UV light and, voilà - not quite. It was so small that on looking closer, I saw that I "welded" it slightly out of alignment, so the tab didn't catch well. Hmm, I then put a little bit of bondic on the tab, zapped that, then lightly filed it - better than perfect. Now the tab is stronger than before, and catches perfectly when I close the batter cover. The UV light source is simple and looks easy enough to replace the battery. I bought an extra tube and have a feeling I will soon buy more! Great stuff!

Its okay. Not great. Doesn't do a whole lot. But okay.Here's the deal, it fills gaps. That's all its good for. That's what enamel is good for, and why you would use enamels in hobbies and crafts. For miniatures, its kinda like a crappy version of Green Stuff. I'm going to say it this way, its not the worst item in the world, but has a very very narrow range of uses. As mentioned by the company, this is NOT an adhesive, and therefore has no hold or bond to the surface you mesh it to.However, there are two areas where this product is useful.-This item is hell on wheels for filling holes. I mean, holes in your table, holes in your minis, any hole you got, this enamel will fill it, and because its liquid, it'll flow into every single crack.-This stuff will let you create a thing. But it has to be stand-alone. It can't be a part of something else. Say there's a part you're missing, or you need a spacer or something you'd like to add to a model. This will let you create a thing, but you'll have to find another way to glue/screw/bond the thing to something else if that's what you're looking for.

It seems that this is not actually an adhesive but rather a filler.... I am very experienced in the workshop. I bought this as it seems to be the same product as used by dentists to bond crowns and other tooth repairs which we know are incredibly strong. If you need to fill an imperfection then sand it for top-coating, this would work but it seems to have no actual bonding strength to hold two pieces together. Perhaps it would be OK for ceramics or something of this nature?Overall, I was not satisfied with this product.

The initial tube that came with this package had a small leak in the seam between the main tube and upper section. I'm not sure why they're designed this way, but it creates a sticky mess on the tube that I need to clean off every time I use it. I tried effectively creating a plug/block by shining the light on that seam, which I think helped, but it still leaks a bit between uses.Overall, I've had mixed results with the product itself. I tried repairing a plastic nut that's used to place tension on a ball joint for a dash-mounted phone holder. It held for a while, but the tension was too much and the bond eventually failed. I tried again by creating small holes for better adhesion, but then the tension ended up splitting the bondic. Probably the wrong application. It worked great to repair some older Apple cables, and I've used it to seal some corks to glass bottles - both of these cases the bondic was perfect. In all cases, the product still has a tacky surface texture after activating/hardening, forcing me to wipe it down - I've seen this in other reviews, but I don't remember it being mentioned in the instructions or product descriptions.I do like the product and will keep trying to find uses for it, but it feels a little like a hammer looking for a nail, and I probably won't buy any replacement tubes for quite a while.UPDATE (about 1 1/2 yr later): I ended up finding many small uses for this stuff and thoroughly drained one of the tubes. Adding back one star from my original review - you just have to find occasional uses and not expect it to be the right thing for too many jobs. Even bought one for a friend as an Xmas gift.

Just wandering the house looking for things to fix! I love this product and what I HAVE fixed so far is great.

gift to my son

I use this product a lot....love it

I tried to fix some boots that had big melt holes in about the size of a pencil thickness about 2 inches long but its bond was not strong enough to stay fastened to the holes, I also tried to patch a bike tire inter-tube pin hole with it and it held for a little while but then let go.