Dc4

[timbox]

Hi folks my DC4 has de-laminated, I believe this is a common fault. I have 2 questions, how do I remove the existing glue and secondly what do I use to stick it back together?

Thanks in advance.

Tim

 

[MartiniDave]

I should think you could scape the old glue off with something like a Stanley knife blade. Something like Araldite will be fine to re-bond it. Don't forget to really clean the mating faces before gluing.

Dave

 

[timbox]

Thanks Dave I will get scraping I was hoping there would be some sort of solvent to remove the glue lol.

 

[forrestdweller]

sorry if i go a bit ... if that's a common fault: does anyone know of an alternative product in about the same dimensions?!

 

[Angst]

sand it....thatll also prep the surface nicely....clean with alcohol...then super glue that bad boy!

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Hi folks my DC4 has de-laminated, I believe this is a common fault. I have 2 questions, how do I remove the existing glue and secondly what do I use to stick it back together?

Thanks in advance.

Tim

 

[Ogri the trog]

While you are at it,

Unpick the leather pouch and re-sew it with the flesh side outwards - makes a great little stropping pad

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[homesicksteve]

sorry if i go a bit ... if that's a common fault: does anyone know of an alternative product in about the same dimensions?!

Spyderco's DoubleStuff is longer and narrower :

https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=87

25mm x 127mm whereas DC4 32mm x 100mm

 

[Graham_S]

I took the glue off with a stanley knife blade, and I glued it back together with evostick contact adhesive.
I clamped it in a vise to dry too.
10 years and still going strong.

 

[mountainm]

Dmt diafolds are good.

 

[ozzy1977]

Had mine 11 years now and it's still in one piece

 

[Toddy]

I was thinking the same thing; mine's positively ancient now, and it's still in one piece.

M

 

[MartiniDave]

Mine is also a very early one and still fine. In fact I'd be lost without it.

Dave

 

[janso]

While you are at it,

Unpick the leather pouch and re-sew it with the flesh side outwards - makes a great little stropping pad

ATB

Ogri the trog

Cracking idea there mate!


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[Harvestman]

I didn't bother. Just left it in two pieces. It still works.

 

[forrestdweller]

Spyderco's DoubleStuff is longer and narrower :

https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=87

25mm x 127mm whereas DC4 32mm x 100mm

i wish someone would manufacture a slightly wider stone (i used a borrowed ""arkansas stone"" of 100mm long by 40mm wide for some month and find it more comfortable to use) but my search has been fruitless so far (unless i buy a diamond benchstone and cut it up)...