Adhesive for rubber feet?

Was wonder what's a good adhesive to use for the rubber feet on my laptop, specifically the 12-cell batt. Acciently slid it on my bed and the rubber feet came off, they still stick, but they fall off sometimes when they get rub against something. I'm looking for something that isn't hard to find, and cheap. I'm thinking super glu or elmers wood glue woudln't be a good idea to use to adhese rubber a plastic? Any thoughs and suggestions? Thanks

 

Super glue?

 

I've been told rubber contact cement is good to put the rubber bumpers back on the lcd screen after opening it. I would assume the same would work on the bottom.

 

Also they aren't essential. I lost a couple and held onto them for awhile planning to stick them back on but eventually gave up. You don't need them.

 

Use hot glue, it is cheap sticks well and will hold them on for a long time. It dries fast, and it can be removed if you scrape at it or heat it up.
Superglue will remove the paint from the plastic, thus making it white. It looks bad, and superglue is not made out to be super. For bonding plastics I generally use plastruct or zap-a-gap, but on a laptop I have always used hot glue for the feet

K-TRON

 

silicone caulking (clear)

 

I would be a little hesitant about using caulk... many release acetic acid as they cure, and while the likelihood of the acid damaging something are minimal, there are many other alternatives that will work just as well without the risk.

 

Double sided tape will usually do.

 

Already have used nd nothing happened but one never knows >>

 

3M double stick molding tape ftw. Or Guerrilla Glue tape.

 

U meant GORILLA GLUE right >>

 

I don't think I would ever use tape on it, even if it could do the job it just doesn't seem right. Too much effort to get a piece the right size when you can just squeeze a tube. I also think the glue would hold better anyway.

I still stick with my rubber contact cement, although some of these other ideas have got me wondering.

 

I just used plain ol' super glue to put the rubber contact back on where my screen touches the palmrest. Worked like a charm.

If you are worried about the temp of the battery effecting the adhesive, they have tempature rated epoxy at home depot. I used some of that stuff on my friend's plastic radiator reserve tank and it held up for 3 years. I think the engine compartment of a car gets pretty hot

 

I know of a local computer shop that uses super glue to put rubber feet back on laptops.

 

I second hot glue, something like the contact cement will work but be kinda permanent. The hot glue will hold but it can come off if you need it too.

A mini glue gun is like $4.00 and you can get a pack of like 20 glue sticks $1/$2 so for what you get hot glue is very cheap and you will definitely find some other use for it at some point in your life so its a good investment.

 

Hmm... yeah I've seen super glue on action on plastics, never had a successful adhesion with them, and it turned some of them white as said. I might look into the rubber contact cement, epoxy, or the hot glue gun. So far I think I might go with the hot glue gun because it seems the less damaging if something where to go wrong. I never really thought about the heat of the batter affecting the adhesive (probably something good to keep in mind now). I might go with double sided tape till I can find out what the better (semi)permanent solution would be. Does anyone really know what OEM's use? That stuff seems really strong, but cleans off nicely.

EDIT: Went with Glue dots, got it from Michael's, I think it's almost exactly the same stuff that was used originally. Was really easy to apply somewhat (I bought the roll, and there was a lot of paper dust in it from the lining itself, so some didn't stick to the pad). I'd advise getting the 252 pack of individual dots, and not the roll maybe, they were about 4$. Takes about 3 dots a foot.

 

Try two-part epoxy. I had a rubber pad peel off the back bumper of my car a few years ago. I used epoxy, and here we are 3 or 4 years later, and it's still holding fast.
Just use it sparingly.

 

I disagree completely. Missing one or two feet leads to flex when you put your hand weight on the laptop. This WILL eventually turn out to flex your motherboard and break a solder and f@ck something up.

I've had success with hot glue. Rubber cement has failed on me. I never tried super glue because it degrades plastics. I would imagine two stage epoxy would work well, that would have been my next option had the hot glue failed.

 

3M molding tape should work ya