By the power of SUGRU!!!
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bunnI've been holding off making this post, lest I jinx things, but it does look as though the thing may be fixed. You may remember (or, if you are one of the Egg Guineapigs and have a Busy Life, you may not) that the power jack socket on my laptop was driving me nuts, and I kept having to take the thing to pieces and reassemble the socket.
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ozisim saw me whinging woefully on LJ about this and said: what you need is SUGRU! And not only did she suggest this, she posted me some, which was a true Act of Kindness.
It comes in a little silver packet, and feels a bit like plastacine. But unlike plastacine, it sticks to things quite enthusiastically, and it hardens when left at room temperature to a tough, rubbery substance like those silicone baking tools. And it is *exactly* the stuff you need if some poorly-made component needs to be stuck back together in a way that will hold it together longer term. My laptop has not lost power once since I Sugru'd the power supply back together.
I thought about photographing the repair, but that would be pretty dull. However, I did have some sugru left after repairing the socket, so I thought I would try repairing the bit on the outside of the case where there used to be a bunch of plastic bars over the air intake, but most of the plastic bars have snapped off. I thought if I tried to make plastic bars of sugru, they would inevitably look a bit saggy, so I decided to roll with the sagging, and instead make a sort of Cthuloid grille thing. I did not, honestly, expect this to stay in place. I thought it would probably fall off overnight. But it's still there a week later, and it seems to be amazingly robust! I wish I'd put a bit more effort into making it now.
In short : Sugru is Amazing. And anyone who tells you that whining about your minor technology woes on a blog is a waste of time, is WRONG. :-D
The wonderful
ozisim saw me whinging woefully on LJ about this and said: what you need is SUGRU! And not only did she suggest this, she posted me some, which was a true Act of Kindness.It comes in a little silver packet, and feels a bit like plastacine. But unlike plastacine, it sticks to things quite enthusiastically, and it hardens when left at room temperature to a tough, rubbery substance like those silicone baking tools. And it is *exactly* the stuff you need if some poorly-made component needs to be stuck back together in a way that will hold it together longer term. My laptop has not lost power once since I Sugru'd the power supply back together.
I thought about photographing the repair, but that would be pretty dull. However, I did have some sugru left after repairing the socket, so I thought I would try repairing the bit on the outside of the case where there used to be a bunch of plastic bars over the air intake, but most of the plastic bars have snapped off. I thought if I tried to make plastic bars of sugru, they would inevitably look a bit saggy, so I decided to roll with the sagging, and instead make a sort of Cthuloid grille thing. I did not, honestly, expect this to stay in place. I thought it would probably fall off overnight. But it's still there a week later, and it seems to be amazingly robust! I wish I'd put a bit more effort into making it now.
In short : Sugru is Amazing. And anyone who tells you that whining about your minor technology woes on a blog is a waste of time, is WRONG. :-D
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Date: 2014-04-13 12:20 pm (UTC)I love sugru!
I love sharing it.
Acrylic paint sticks very well as long as you don't paint it on really thick.
So you could paint it up in nice rainbow colours. (Or add some leaves and paint it green;)
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Date: 2014-04-13 01:05 pm (UTC)