Is there a fix for this?

[R MICHAEL]

Hello all The pin came off the back of my party badge. One of my daughters friends tried to pull it of the piece of material I had it pinned to. My first thought was take it to a jeweler but decided against it as I did not to explain why...

Anyway has anyone else had this happen?

Thanks, Mike

[bodes]

IF not solder, you could try JB Weld.....Bodes

[Military]

Careful about soldering or your enamel (if it has) may crack due to the heat and uneven cooling.

Mil

[scotty1418]

Ouch - a careful dab of some of the stronger epoxy's might do the trick and be unnoticeable.

[Wiegert]

Yeah I would use a clear epoxy before I would use solder if its an enamel, I possibly would use solder on a later zinc "painted" badge but would go the epoxy way first.

A small amount of clear epoxy should be a "cleaner" fix either your badge is enamel or painted. Hopefully that all makes sense and helps.

I hope you didn't lose your mind when your daughters friend did that? To hopefully prevent things like this in the future, go to Michael's and get yourself a shadow / display box. They are fairly cheap in price and great for displaying badges, tinnies, etc. http://www.michaels.com/studio-decor...wboxes&start=9 They are actually buy one and get one free.

Cheers
Brian

[Wiegert]

One of my Shadow Boxes

I actually have two, one for my enamel's, stickpins, etc and then a 2nd for my tinnies. I have had them for a pretty long time (at least 4 years). The fabric use to be a light grey in mine and they were starting to look a tad crapy with all the holes and stuff from stick pins, badges, etc. So being every careful I was able to remove the old fabric from the styrofoam and glue some new fabric on.

I suggest Elmer's (stick) glue (if and when you want to change the fabric), it has enough strength to hold the cloth in place and not come through it but still able to remove the fabric down the road if ya need to change it out again. Just be super careful and take your time (so you don't damage the styrofoam underneath the fabric).

Hopefully this will help display your stuff and keep peoples fingers off your collection. Thats one thing I can't stand, people like to touch and then not put it back where it was and screwing up the way you had your things set up on display. Drives me nuts!! A old friend use to like to pick up my HJ dagger all the time, so one day I had to tell him if you can't put it back the way you find it then please don't touch it and if you break it I hope you have the money to replace it. There was no more touching after that.

Sorry for the kind of crapy picture.

Have a good one.

Cheers
Brian

[bodes]

Careful about soldering or your enamel (if it has) may crack due to the heat and uneven cooling.

Mil

My bad, but I was actual thinking about a liquid type solder which is basically a pre-mixed epoxy....It's what I used on a Japanese helmet when one of it's "bales" broke off.....Worked wonderfully and IF applied right, should be unnoticeable....Bodes

[juoneen]

You might be able to put it face down in wet sand and flux the spot where it came loose, then use an electronics type soldering iron and touch it on the back of the pin plate when in position till the flux smokes some slight then wait till it cools and see if it will hold. Although there are different solders for different jobs one with a low melting point like some silver solders for plumbing purposes comes to mind, but you do it at your own risk ....JB weld or other products that are better done cold will work...and likely never come off....its your call....I have seen stuff in stores used that attack all kinds of dissimilar types of items together and are virtually impossible to pull apart....JB weld is only for low or NO stress applications, meaning anything that will be under any stress will likely not hold very well.....I used to see those products in auto parts stores in displays , but am not sure how available they are now for purchase or if they are still being sold..

[BROBS]

super glue.

it's very thin so you can place the pin back in the exact spot where it broke out.
you won't be able to tell it's superglue holding and not the original solder.

simplest and least detectable fix.

just make sure to use a tiny, tiny amount so it doesn't ooze out!
-Brian

[R MICHAEL]

Thanks guys for the responses! I was not thinking soldering as it is enameled. The small bit of epoxy sounds like the route to go. Many thanks!

As for the daughter and friend situation it is partially my fault as I left my gun safe unlocked and I didn't catch it till a few days later. So just sternly chastised my daughter, who knew better..

Mike

[R MICHAEL]

I actually have two, one for my enamel's, stickpins, etc and then a 2nd for my tinnies. I have had them for a pretty long time (at least 4 years). The fabric use to be a light grey in mine and they were starting to look a tad crapy with all the holes and stuff from stick pins, badges, etc. So being every careful I was able to remove the old fabric from the styrofoam and glue some new fabric on.

I suggest Elmer's (stick) glue (if and when you want to change the fabric), it has enough strength to hold the cloth in place and not come through it but still able to remove the fabric down the road if ya need to change it out again. Just be super careful and take your time (so you don't damage the styrofoam underneath the fabric).

Hopefully this will help display your stuff and keep peoples fingers off your collection. Thats one thing I can't stand, people like to touch and then not put it back where it was and screwing up the way you had your things set up on display. Drives me nuts!! A old friend use to like to pick up my HJ dagger all the time, so one day I had to tell him if you can't put it back the way you find it then please don't touch it and if you break it I hope you have the money to replace it. There was no more touching after that.

Sorry for the kind of crapy picture.

Have a good one.

Cheers
Brian

Nice display! That is the idea I am following now. I have a riker case I am putting my small amount of TR items in for safe keeping.

Mike

[Wiegert]

Mike
Cool, yeah display / shadow boxes are the best way to go in my mind. Better to hang for display and built to last for a good amout of time. I don't like the ones you find items in at the flea market cause they are just foam, cardbord, and plexiglass. The ones I sent you the link to are much better.

Go to Michel's and see what they have. They usually always have their display / shadowboxes on sale.

Good luck with everything man.

Cheers
Brian