Hi,
I am new here and have been enjoying reading discussion for a few months now.
I have a Corny Keg and the rubber at the top is lifting at 1 side.
I am wondering if anyone has any "tried" methods of re-attaching these.
I tried PL Premium but that didn't seem to work.
Thanks for any suggestions!
Corny Keg Repair
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Re: Corny Keg Repair
You could try some JB Weld, available at Canadian Tire"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.
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Re: Corny Keg Repair
I have never used it on a keg, but Jb weld is some amazing stuff. If anything is going to do it I would say it would be that.
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Re: Corny Keg Repair
I used a GOOP brand product from Canadian Tire - just can't remember offhand which one. I'll check tonight as I still have the tube. It has lasted a year so far, no issues.Swine wrote:Hi,
I am new here and have been enjoying reading discussion for a few months now.
I have a Corny Keg and the rubber at the top is lifting at 1 side.
I am wondering if anyone has any "tried" methods of re-attaching these.
I tried PL Premium but that didn't seem to work.
Thanks for any suggestions!
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Re: Corny Keg Repair
The biggest consideration with any adhesive is to get the two materials to stay together (clamps etc) while the adhesive bonds them.
planning: beer for my cousin's wedding
Fermenting: black ipa
Conditioning:
Kegged: barrel barleywine from 2014 - i think i still have this somewhere
Fermenting: black ipa
Conditioning:
Kegged: barrel barleywine from 2014 - i think i still have this somewhere
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Re: Corny Keg Repair
Fill it with homebrew and turn it upside downCorneliusAlphonse wrote:The biggest consideration with any adhesive is to get the two materials to stay together (clamps etc) while the adhesive bonds them.
"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.
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Re: Corny Keg Repair
Nothing will beat windshield urethane for this application. If you have a caulking gun, go to a auto window place and see if you can get a part tube. The shit is expensive to buy, maybe trade a couple beer for it. Think about what a windshield goes through in a run of its lifetime. I swear by that stuff for jobs like that. Caution, don't get it on anything you don't want it to be. You won't get it off very easy.
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Re: Corny Keg Repair
That's what the GOOP stuff reminded me of - the black urethane windshield adhesive. And yes, it was just as messy too!HPhunter wrote:Nothing will beat windshield urethane for this application. If you have a caulking gun, go to a auto window place and see if you can get a part tube. The shit is expensive to buy, maybe trade a couple beer for it. Think about what a windshield goes through in a run of its lifetime. I swear by that stuff for jobs like that. Caution, don't get it on anything you don't want it to be. You won't get it off very easy.
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Re: Corny Keg Repair
Yup, that window stuff is something. Although the permatex line at CT can be pretty good if the surfaces are clean.
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Re: Corny Keg Repair
It was the automotive grade GOOP I used.
Something like $10 at CT.
Something like $10 at CT.
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I've used the same stuff, works like a charm.
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It's probably near the same stuff, and way easier to get. Good find guys!!!
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Re: Corny Keg Repair
Thanks for the tips guys, you are quick!
The stuff @ CT looks like it will be what I go with.
Now to get the PL Premium off...
The stuff @ CT looks like it will be what I go with.
Now to get the PL Premium off...
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Re: Corny Keg Repair
Just to let you know, tried this out a couple of weeks ago, finally...
It worked great!!! I roughed up the keg with emery cloth and cleaned with rubbing alcohol.
Applied a crap load of the GOOP and piled 2 full kegs on top for weight, left it for a week or two and it is firm.
I wanted the repaired keg right side up so gravity would take any extra GOOP away from the lid of the keg, didn't want to seal that shut.
Thanks for the tips.
It worked great!!! I roughed up the keg with emery cloth and cleaned with rubbing alcohol.
Applied a crap load of the GOOP and piled 2 full kegs on top for weight, left it for a week or two and it is firm.
I wanted the repaired keg right side up so gravity would take any extra GOOP away from the lid of the keg, didn't want to seal that shut.
Thanks for the tips.
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Re: Corny Keg Repair
Mine has held for over a year now,No issues.Swine wrote:Just to let you know, tried this out a couple of weeks ago, finally...
It worked great!!! I roughed up the keg with emery cloth and cleaned with rubbing alcohol.
Applied a crap load of the GOOP and piled 2 full kegs on top for weight, left it for a week or two and it is firm.
I wanted the repaired keg right side up so gravity would take any extra GOOP away from the lid of the keg, didn't want to seal that shut.
Thanks for the tips.
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