Mark W Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Hello. I've bought some Coust pad material, and it should be here some time soon, hopefully. Anyway, it's just the material in a 50x10x10mm block, so it's not gonna fit into my Magura/Powerpad backings straight off. At the moment, I have sitting next to me a Koolstop red backing that I just emptied. It's got two little square towers inside the main pad backing, one at each end. Am I best of cutting those off, or would I be better off trying to somehow get my new pad material to fit over it? Any help with mashing my pads in or hints 'n' tips would be cool (Y) Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb88 Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Cant help with the pad dilemma but where did you buy your material from, and how much was it? cheers (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siders77 Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 I don't think it makes that much difference if you cut them off or not. Cut them off I say, It'll probably be easier. (Y) *Waits to be corrected* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted November 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 I was thinking it might be easier without, and I didn't think stability or anything would be a problem? Anyway, Noz, I got them from someone who I can PM you the name of, for 5 euros per pad (just for material), so it was 12 euros altogether, which is £8.28. Bit of a bargain (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddy Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 (edited) super glue is what i used for my coust pads and cultiv8ed matts material an it seems to work well, i used some from a model plane shop super think and seeks into all the holes (Y) i think it was £3.50 for a 50ml tub. i used 35mm pad backings so there wasnt anything to cut away but i think you can just cut the square things away. iv got me some coust material coming my way aswell 70x10x10 (Y) sam Edited November 11, 2005 by wad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siders77 Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Nah, it shouldn't be. (Y) Aren't Janson and Peter running them with no tower things? Can you tell me the person on MSN too? I wanna know. (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted November 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 super glue is what i used for my coust pads and cultiv8ed matts material an it seems to work well, i used some from a model plane shop super think and seeks into all the holes (Y) i think it was £3.50 for a 50ml tub. iv got me some coust material coming my way aswell 70x10x10 (Y) sam 70mm? Holy freakin' long backing, Batman (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddy Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 (edited) 70mm? Holy freakin' long backing, Batman (Y) cut in half makes a pair of 35mm pads (Y) Edited November 11, 2005 by wad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted November 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Oh yeah, and I'd be using some random Motorworld-sorta own brand araldite/epoxy resin type biz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddy Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Oh yeah, and I'd be using some random Motorworld-sorta own brand araldite/epoxy resin type biz. araldite dident seem to work for me i could just pull the material off with my fingers (Y) superglue (CA) works great much stronger and quicker (Y) sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 I'd recommend Loctite 406, and some proper primer. Of course, superglue and no primer will do the job, but might not stay held together so well.... Epoxy is only good if the fit isnt very good - ie. it will fill gaps when you f**k up (Y) The only decent epoxy I've used on pads is some UHU Heavy Duty Plus+ stuff I got from Morrisons, haha. You can double the cure strength by heating it to about 100'C (instructions on the packaging) This is how I used to hand cut pads: Done by hand with a 6mm drill bit. Using an actual drill usually makes it snatch and tear a big hole in the backing. Angle grinder for the sides, stanley for the middle bit. Good luck, its tough! See if you can get something else to practice with first, I guarantee your first few goes will be shoddy compared to what you can do after a few attempts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Papasnap Maher Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 I'd recommend Loctite 406, and some proper primer. Of course, superglue and no primer will do the job, but might not stay held together so well.... Epoxy is only good if the fit isnt very good - ie. it will fill gaps when you f**k up (Y) The only decent epoxy I've used on pads is some UHU Heavy Duty Plus+ stuff I got from Morrisons, haha. You can double the cure strength by heating it to about 100'C (instructions on the packaging) This is how I used to hand cut pads: Done by hand with a 6mm drill bit. Using an actual drill usually makes it snatch and tear a big hole in the backing. Angle grinder for the sides, stanley for the middle bit. Good luck, its tough! See if you can get something else to practice with first, I guarantee your first few goes will be shoddy compared to what you can do after a few attempts... Good to see somone else's fingers are in a bad state like mine (Y) (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 I tried cutting some pads to shape with a blade and they are soooo shoddy. I wanna use a dremel type thing and cut the material using a mulsi direction bit, should be better then, I dont wanna mess up my coust material I bought of someone on msn (Y) Also, wheres the best online place to buy this UHU stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Also, wheres the best online place to buy this UHU stuff? I couldn't find it online! The long cut in that picture I posted above is made with an angle grinder... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 how did you get it so neat? (Y) there would only be a tiny bit of pad left if I went at it with my grinder (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_rob2@hotmail.com Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 how did you get it so neat? (Y) there would only be a tiny bit of pad left if I went at it with my grinder (Y) I think i might try and get hold of some good rubber to use, so then i can have ago at making some pads, diffrent techniques of making the pads shape and stuff like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 right, I finally got a good result.....Wad and the unnamed supllier of coust pads reccomended a sharp knife to cut them to shame, with water as cutting lube.........I tried it..... It worked!!! heres my pads (yet to be glued) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 i thought the material was blue :shifty: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 I havnt got my coust material yet, this is some secret rubber from some unknown place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_ferret Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 making pads looks fun!! ( sorry to steal thread mark) but would it be worth trying some material that is currently not being used by any company or should i stick to the good stuff? oggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Make Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2009/padding8il.jpg Glue may hold the stress but how's the backin. That was my Zoo pad, "Power Pad" backin broke in parts when I least expected it. Fortunately I was wearing helmet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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