Fix It: A "Quick" Repair With Heavy-Duty Double Sided Tape
$20.00
10 Minutes
Easy
When I fixed the broken vanity mirror hinge, Sweetie sweetly reminded me that I'd forgotten / never gotten around to fix the magnetic latch plate that had fallen off.
The latch is one of those spring loaded plunger things with a magnet tip. It holds in closed position magnetically to a metal plate mounted on the back of the door. The cabinet opens by pressing the door in in and letting go. Our problem was that the magnetic plate fell off.
With the plate retaining the lion's share of the crud residue, I saved a trip out to the garage for mineral spirits, WD-40, or whatever solvent could clean it off. I deftly raided the very cabinet I was working on and absconded with some of Sweetie's nail polish remover. Shhhhhhhhh...
ECHOtape had sent me an assortment to play with. I would use their Ultra Bond Indoor / Outdoor Double Sided Tape. Over kill? Heck yeah!!! ...and loving it.I could tell this tape exhibited stick-ta-tude of Herculean levels as soon as I peeled it from the roll and stuck it to the latch plate. I trimmed the excess with an X-Acto as before peeling the secondary backing off.
Here's the patented AZ DIY Guy tip! I added some paper towels in between the magnet and the latch plate when I connected the two lovers with their ever attracting embrace. I wanted to reduce the strength of their bond a little as I peeled the backing...
... and closed the door, allowing the tape to grab the back of the mirror.
It's on there tight. It's one of those things I just know by wiggling it. It's tight. Yep, I think I'm going to sell my framing nailer and tape my next construction projects together.
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