Roberts cotton head attachment

[Don Monfils]

My 30 year old cotton head peeled back out of the frame the last time I used it. It’s been sitting in my garage for 2 almost years. I almost threw it out. Do you think this is fixable?
I’m not sure what type of glue to try.
Contact adhesive, C A glue ??

 

[Floorist]

I would certainly try to fix it. When my old Roberts, jr. wore out, I made parts to fix it.

 

[highup]

I'm betting this would be bulletproof. You'd want to weight it and let I'd set for a few days to get fully cured.

 

[Don Monfils]

Thanks Randy, that should do it .

 

[highup]

Do a couple small tests on a material that looks similar to the cotton head if that's possible just to see how it behaves. I think you might need to let it flash off for a few minutes if that's possible. It might be recommended.
Once together, you might clamp it a little bit putting a section of commercial carpet on the "cotton" followed by a layer of plywood to clamp against. I glued some curved strips of plexiglass to plywood when making a dust separator. It felt like the two materials had become one.
Just be sure to let it cure out really well if the cotton face part and the structural head don't look like either will breathe. The body is aluminum?

 

[highup]

Here's the project.

 

[Tile Tom]

Throw it away!! If you keep it you’ll probably use it on the fuzzy ****. If you don’t have carpet tools, you can’t do carpet!! Right?

 

[Csason]

I would use a two part epoxy if I had some old containers of Armstrong S240 that would hold it

 

[Don Monfils]

Yes it’s aluminum Randy

 

[Darren Ramey]

I'd probably try Chemrex or equivalent. If it will hold tackstrip with a stretch on it it should hold that.

 

[Incognito]

My "go to" is also two part epoxy or urethane.

 

[highup]

My "go to" is also two part epoxy or urethane.

JB works on almost anything, but Plastic Steel is also super stuff.

 

[Incognito]

JB works on almost anything, but Plastic Steel is also super stuff.

That's what I have on hand. When I was working it would be easy to get a urethane, like what we use on rubber. I think that the flexibility of the urethane would be a better choice in the case of the cotton head. But I would certainly go with the JB as it's on my shelf already opened.