Flex glue

[Stan in Oly, WA]

There's a TV ad for a product called Flex Glue, an adhesive that you apply with a calking gun. In the ad it is shown to do unbelievable things. Unbelievable always sets off some warning bells with me, but I don't want to dismiss something out of hand. Occasionally a product actually does what is claimed about it. JB Weld comes to mind.

I Googled Flex Glue and was led to the site on Amazon where it can be purchased. There were 206 user reviews. 47% (97) reviewers said it worked as advertised, and that it was amazing; 31% (64) said it was garbage, a complete hoax. Many of the reviews in each category were detailed and credible. Any idea what gives here?

Stan

 

[timcasbolt]

I've seen the ads too, and wondered the same as you. My guess is it will probably work pretty much as advertised if you follow the directions. Looks mighty spendy for what you get, though.

 

[Stan in Oly, WA]

timcasbolt; Several of the one star reviews (the lowest rating allowed) on Amazon mentioned that it required a significant amount of time to dry, in contrast to what was shown in the TV ad. In that ad the spokesperson squirts two lines of the glue onto a large brick, presses it onto another brick underwater in an aquarium and, still holding onto the original brick, lifts both of them out of the water. Later, he squirts two lines of it onto one side of an 8x8x16 cement block, presses that block against another, and lifts them both holding the original block. The ad particularly stresses the product's instant grab, great strength, and waterproofness. The one star reviews particularly stressed that the product lacked these capabilities. One person said that it did eventually dry and form a strong bond, but no quicker or stronger than silicon caulk, and at many times the price

Stan

 

[Billy C.]

If it is like the Flex Tape it is completely useless. Phil Swift should be hung from a tall tree by his privates.

 

[Stan in Oly, WA]

Billy C; That seems drastic. If everybody in America who was willing to lie for money was driven out of the country, it would definitely free up a lot of space---most of it, actually.

Stan

 

[da.bees]

According to the guy in ad,"it even work's under wooder".

 

[Mule Meat]

I take a lot of product reviews with a grain of salt.

You could hand a brand new never before seen product to 100 people. 10 will read the instructions and use the product for it's intended purpose with good results. 30 will skim over the instructions, toss them aside do about 1/3 of the proper prep work and have mixed results. The other 60 would claim have more expeience with said product than it's delveloper and have nothing but bad to say about it.

 

[Dusty MI]

We have a class C motor home. The seams on the outdoors storage bins leak, when driving in the rain.
I bought a spray can of Flex Seal, and covered all the seams. I did a pressure test before and after. The before test the seams leaked rather badly. The after showed some slight bubbles.
I'm waiting for a nice all day rain to take the motor home out for a test drive to see if that fixed the leaks.

Dusty

 

[Steve A W]

Ya can't believe all the reviews on Amazon.
I recently bought a bathroom scale from Amazon.
I wanted a basic dial faced scale not an electronic.
While reading the one star comments I found three
reviews on three different scales that were word for
word the same.
Some troll sittin in momma's basement just sayin mean
things on the computor.

Steve A W

 

[Dave Sherburne, NY]

Take a look at a product called Through the roof. Comes in a caulking tube and it's the best I've found for fixing leaks. If you clean the area, when it's dry, you won't get it off.

 

[Ronnie Budd]

I'm usually pretty skeptical concerning "miracle products" sold on TV. I had the same opinion of Flex Glue. Then, my wife came home with some from Walmart and proceeded to reattach some kitchen tile to a vertical face in our kitchen. The same tile I have been promising to fix............ Against my advice, she proceeded to run a small bead on each piece of tile and then press them into place.

Darn things are stuck tight.

 

[Sawburner]

I have used Through the roof to fix a sky light in my rental trailer works great. The local lumber yard has it in tubes, quarts and gallon cans. Mark

 

[Stan in Oly, WA]

Dave Sherburne, NY; In response to a question I posted almost a year ago concerning a roof leak, somebody recommended Through the Roof products. (It might have been you for all I know.) I made a serious effort to locate some, but I wasn't able to. None of the big box home repair stores in my area carried it. Walmart online advertised it, but didn't have any. Even going to the website of the company that makes it to find a local retailer didn't produce any useful information. I'd love to try it, but I won't be able to if I can get my hands on any.

Stan

 

[Mule Meat]

(quoted from post at 21:31:47 07/21/18) Through the Roof products.

Stan

Through the Roof is just another elastomeric roof sealant Made by Shasco.

Google..
[b:15d6b6665a]Shasco elastomeric roof sealant[/b:15d6b6665a] click [b:15d6b6665a]Shopping[/b:15d6b6665a] and have at it.

Our local Hardware store has it in cans but not tubes while the nearest Lowes has the tubes but not cans. Lowes will not sell it online. You must go to the store in order to get it.

 

[Dave Sherburne, NY]

https://www.doitbest.com/products/105291

https://www.amazon.com/Sashco/dp/B00QU1FPNK/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1532265773&sr=8-5&keywords=through+the+roof

I get it at DO IT BEST

 

[D beatty]

The only product that I have used that can be used with a calking gun that works on a roof is nnalert..It can be put on wet surface and will work and does hold up well to weather.

 

[Stan in Oly, WA]

Thanks, Dave. The Do It Best site gives the price for Sashco's version of a quart (29.5 ounces) but for the gallon size (.9 gallon) advises you to check with your local retailer for pricing and availability. Online information shows that Lowes has Through the Roof in caulking gun sized tubes. It also said that last year but when I went to buy some there was none, and there was no empty spot on the shelves with a label for it. I'm not saying that it can't be gotten somewhere, but after I've put in a couple of hours unsuccessfully trying to find a product, I'm inclined to view it as not meant to be.

Stan

 

[Russ from MN]

Maybe only 47% read the instructions!

 

[Stan in Oly, WA]

Mule Meat; I'd like to think it isn't that bad, but your guestimates are probably accurate. I bought a farm jack at Harbor Freight to pull a couple of stumps at a location where there's no possibility of getting any machinery in to do it. The reviews for the tool on Harbor Freight's online sight (which I have found to be more accurate and honest than the reviews for products sold on Amazon) include more than a few in which people complain that when you shift the lever to lower the jack, it falls to the bottom of the column at once. In the instructions (which I'm often in the 10% to read) it stated clearly that the load on the jack must be 110 pounds or greater to be able to lower it one click at a time. If the load is less than 110 pounds, lifting mechanism will fall to the bottom of column.

Quite often in reading reviews I can get a sense of the experience level of the reviewer; sometimes I can even get a sense of their problem solving capability. It's easy to dismiss a negative (or positive) review if it's obvious that the person doesn't know schick from Shinola. Where it's not so easy is when the person describes the problem in such a way that you can tell that they know what they're talking about. I'd say that far more people who submitted negative reviews about Flex Glue fell into that category than did those who had positive things to say. That's the main reason I won't ever be trying any.

Stan

 

[SVcummins]

😂😂

 

[Mule Meat]

Stan. . You have to look at who's and whats that does the shopping.. Men and women with dirt under their fingernails who work for a living will go to Harbor Freight to buy a tool bag. While women (and a few men in some parts of the country) that carry those little dogs around in their pruse head to Amazon to shop for one of those Over sized, Eco friendly, Save the rain forest, PETA approved shopping bags (without a zipper of course, would hate to get bad reviews from people having trouble trying to figure out one of those work).

Kind of reminds me of that time when the ole lady spent two days showing me all of those pretty, and cute counter top bread maker/mixer combo things on Amazon.. Told her I would get her one..

She was not to impressed when she came home and saw that 2 hp, 15 speed Harbor Freight drill press bolted to the kitchen floor.