Rear view mirror adhesive??

[40]

The outside rear view mirror fell off the wife's car....it is heated so fortunately,the wires kept it from hitting the ground and breaking.Just wondering what you guys would recomend to re-attach it??It appears it was previously held on with 4 dime sized spots of some type of silicone or adhesive.Thanks!

[Coleman396]

Go to a glass shop where they replace automotive glass. In no time they can clean it and use the right Loctite type glue to hold it on properly.

[autocol]

i agree, take it to the right place and get the right stuff.

when i was young my dad must've replaced the rear view mirror (with different adhesives) 15 times in a year. one day he finally cracked the sads and chucked it in the bin...  

[Ed ke6bnl]

I cleaned the window with solvent and the sprayed with locktite activator and used a superglue and its been on for some 6 months since getting the mirror for christmas. Now after sayiing this I watched the glass shop do the exact same thing while I was there getting some glass fuzzy and stuff. Another thing the locktite activator cost me some $12 at napa and the glass guy charge $10 to install the rearview mirror. Ed ke6bnl

[40]

It is the outside passenger side mirror....I agree,I should just take it to the glass shop....it's not the cost,it's trying to find time to get it there before they close....I am building a very complicated project and we have been working sun-up to dark.Perhaps I can get the wife to drop it by the glass shop or maybe I'll have her stop by the jobsite and use some subfloor adhesive on that sucker

[58 Yeoman]

I wonder if Gorilla glue that you can get at Menard's or Home Depot would work? About $4 for a small bottle.

[jakesbackyard]

I would suggest something better than silicone.

The best thing, (probably what was on it), is windshield urethane. You can usually get it at any auto parts store that handles body shop supplies. Ask for a tube (normal calking gun size tube) of "quick set" windshield urethane. It should be less than $10 a tube. Most popular around here and usually available anywhere in the USA are 3M or Essex. Clean the area of the mirror back and where it will attach with a good aerosol can of glass cleaner and put a dab on the four spots, put it together and hold in place with masking tape. Leave over night and remove tape.

You should be good to go. You may want to wear rubber gloves as it is next to impossible to get off your hands or any thing else you don't want it on.

If you have anything else to glue - use up the tube. It will not last long once it is open. But great stuff.

Good glueinggggggg......

[slider]

I heard tile cement works real well.