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   Jamie_Buxton | Mar 28, 2004 09:44pm | #1

   Most caulks bond well enough to wood and to glass to hold trim.  Use masking tape and/or spring strips to hold the trim in place while the glue cures.

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   DanH | Mar 28, 2004 09:50pm | #2

   Yeah, either silicone "bathtub" caulk (clean mirror real well first, & wipe with alcohol) or foam double-stick tape.

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   geob21 | Mar 28, 2004 11:06pm | #3

   You might want to paint the backside of the mouldings black first as you will see it's reflection.

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   andybuildz | Mar 28, 2004 11:38pm | #4

   What GEOB said....be sure to paint the back side of the trim first.

   I used hot glue in the past and it held for all the time I lived there.about ten years.

   Although, the trim was wide enough that I was also able to nail the edges to the wall.

   Be a reflection

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   WorkshopJon | Mar 28, 2004 11:53pm | #5

   "I used hot glue in the past and it held for all the time I lived there.about ten years."

   Andy,

   I did that too with a bunch of small pieces of trim.  'Bunch of them popped off after a year or two.  My best guess is that it was due to the wide swings in dew point out here over the seasons. (below 0F in Winter, and to in excess of 80F in Summer) causing the trim to expand and contract to a point that the seasonal expansion of the trim exceeded the flexibility of the glue.  Never had that happen with trim glued up with RTV silicone. So...

   IMO, use RTV, but hot glue to hold the trim in place  (couple small spots) until it sets up.

   Jon

   BTW,

   What happened with the "Historic Review Board"?

   Edited 3/28/2004 8:24 pm ET by WorkshopJon

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   andybuildz | Mar 29, 2004 02:34am | #8

   Jon

          I'll try and find you the link for that $100 glue gun I bought.

   The thing so seriously rocks/ed.

   I'm pizzed that in all the mess around here I can't freakin find it...grrrr.

   The Historic society has yet to come back but supposidly they will.

   Katrina says F them. we're doing it anyway and fight it later if need be for various reasons...Thats so unlike her.so she must be right.lol.

   I was always there..... but you know me.

   Catch ya soon bro

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   WorkshopJon | Mar 29, 2004 03:29am | #10

   "Katrina says F them. we're doing it anyway and fight it later if need be for various reasons...Thats so unlike her.so she must be right.lol."

   Andy,

   If they do call,........Just remember to keep on the "happy face", yes "good point.......You're right".............Blah, blah, blah, even if it is BS.  And keep the doggie bone handy.

   Jon

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   gdavis62 | Mar 28, 2004 11:56pm | #6

   Go to a glass shop and see what they use in the way of 2-sided tape.  I built a medicine cab with baltic birch plywood doors, and had my glass place bond mirrors to the faces.  They used a tape around the perimeter (real thin stuff) and a mirror mastic in the center field.

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   gdavis62 | Mar 28, 2004 11:58pm | #7

   Here you go

   S Index
   Scotch¯ Mounting Squares and Tape
   

   High-density tape or tape squares with strong double-coated foam adhesive. May be used for mounting mirror tiles, pictures, wall items. etc. (Stationery Products Division)

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   Piffin | Mar 29, 2004 02:46am | #9

   My glass guys have used clear silicone caulk for similar application

    

    

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   donpapenburg | Mar 29, 2004 03:30am | #11

   I glued walnut numbers on a glass clock face with epoxy .  About twenty years ago ,still marking time.

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   WorkshopJon | Mar 29, 2004 04:01am | #12

   Don,

   Actually, Epoxies are probably one of the best adhesives out there.  There are better for CERTAIN applications.  But in general, no.

   Jon

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   scottyb | Mar 30, 2004 12:53am | #13

   Thanks for the replys and info.

   I can nail the top piece of trim too hold it in place,so I was thinking of cutting all the trim and gluing and nailing it together and install it as one big frame.

   Didn't think of painting the back to hide reflection.

   Gona try silly cone.Let you know.

   Thanks again for the feed-back.

   Wonder if I'll get paid for this one?

   If I do I'm not shareing.