Handy Tech Under $100 - It's all sticky ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2017-05-06
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1,337 words · ~6 min read
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it's time for my first handy Tech under 100 and this time we're going to get
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hard and sticky so come along and let's fix your pipe manage your cables and
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then cool you off at the
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end the Arya headphones from Phoenix come complete with a cardioid clip mic
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and acoustic Chambers constructed entirely of Japanese Pinewood check it
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out in the link below starting us off with number one is fiber
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fix it's a resin product that can bond to metal and wood that's available in a
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patch a heat wrap and a repair wrap
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that's the one that I bought it claims that it can Harden like steel sounds
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great I'm in so to put it to the test I cut through a table leg support with an
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angle grinder then I followed the fiber fix instructions by preparing the
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surface around the brake by sanding it down with the included sandpaper a
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little bit and I included some in just to make it go a bit faster then I put on
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my gloves and dunked the fiberfix wrap underwater for about 5 Seconds now
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fiberfix doesn't adhere the same way traditional tape does I had to wrap the
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first few layers carefully making sure they were at least in the right location
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then with subsequent layers I cranked it in a little bit to make sure that it was
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all tight following this I wrapped some of the included vinyl strips on top of
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that also cranking those down and let it sit for about 15 minutes to cure before
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removing the vinyl then it was time to test
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it okay so it did come off but that's
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actually because I deformed the entire pipe against The Rock the problem here
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wasn't the strength or rigidity of the fiber fix it was its ability to adhere
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to the pipe which I did score quite a bit although admittedly I didn't get all
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of the paint off but the fact of the matter is I can still pull the remaining still unbroken
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part out of the end I would suggest using fiberfix along with some type of
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super glue or Gorilla Glue depending on the project I'm very happy with its
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strength but I'm not a huge fan of its adherence watch this real quick you're
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not going to see this completely on camera
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but there I can just pull it right
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out next up we have item number two
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sugru its creators call it moldable glue
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and after taking however much you need out of the package you can stick it to
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loads of different things like Ceramics glass metal and wood along with most
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Plastics and even Fabrics you then have 30 minutes to fix Bond cushion replace
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mold seal and stick things together then
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after waiting 24 hours sugaru will turn into a durable flexible silicone rubber
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that in the vast majority of cases will stay stuck permanently unless you decide
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to remove it sugru can stand up to some pretty intense conditions as well it's
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temperature resistant up to 180° C or
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down to 50° CSUS its dishwasher safe
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weatherproof and even resist the effects of the ever dreaded salt water it's
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shock resistant UV resistant and it's even electrically insulating below 24
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volts acceptable for small electronics projects I had John use it for a number
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of things including some cable management cable strengthening mounting
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and SSD in a computer case and more if
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you'd like to see a huge range of stuff that sugu can do check out their Tech
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DIY outdoors and general tips sections
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on their site I was originally going to make a video on Channel Super Fun about
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this stuff way back in 2014 but ended up
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using it all before we got around to it uh it's pretty great which brings us to
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our third and final handy sticky Product Arctic Silver thermal adhesive this
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stuff is the real deal I mean it includes a warning stating that yes it
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is a permanent adhesive components that you attach with Arctic Silver thermal
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adhesive will stay attached forever your
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7 G of thermal adhesive is split in 3.5
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G Parts across syringe a and syringe B
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you'll need to mix these parts like an epoxy in equal 1:1 ratios on some sort
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of tray that you don't mind throwing away after mixing you can use the
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included mini spatula to apply the solution to your heat sink or chip or
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whatever you're trying to stick together wait for it to cure and voila
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permanently adhered thermal transfer with solid performance to boot it's
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Arctic Silver right so it has 62 to 65%
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silver content by weight pretty intense
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you can learn more about why this matters here but why would you want this
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well if you're doing a mod to a graphics car which will remove the cooling on a
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few chips or just working on a smaller Electronics project it can often be
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useful to be able to add heat sinks in places where there aren't holes to mount
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them by traditional means and since thermal stickers perform worse and don't
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hold very well under any kind of weight load and drilling through the PCB
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randomly is obviously a terrible idea
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this is better than nothing which brings us finally to the full disclosure part
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of these handy Tech episodes lonus originally included this section since
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they're structured more as a recommendation to buy with links below
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to Amazon versus a review I personally think this was a wise choice so without
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further Ado item one the fiberfix was purchased by me to use for work Teran
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suggested we get it when lonus broke the trailer and while he already found a
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solution for that it seemed like a great idea to have some around in the future
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for just any whatever use case item two the sugu was sent to us by sugru
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themselves for use around the office and we told them since we already had
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experience with the product a couple years ago that we were pretty sure it
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would make its way into a video at some point this is that video item three the
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thermal adhesive was purchased by lonus to put the dam 6700k back together again
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because it's been apart for a really long time and the tube of thermal
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adhesive that he had from like 6 years ago happened to dry out if you're not a
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a fresh shave anytime you want and you'll get a first class shave when you
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use their executive blade especially when paired with their Dr Carver's shave
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butter which goes on clear so you can see actually what hair you're shaving at
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that point in time which is pretty helpful they ship to the US Canada and
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Australia so head over to dollarshaveclub.com Linus and give them
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a try for free all right guys thanks for watching this video hopefully you liked
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my first debut to Handy Tech if you did
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let me know in the comments down below hit that like button get subscribed all that fun stuff if you hated it dislike
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that's that's fine also if you're interested in any of these things you
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can find them at the Amazon links down below you can check out our shirt store
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also down below and uh check out this video which is the third handy Tech ever
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to go on YouTube I'll see you next time