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Powerful putty?(CLAIM CHECK)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
The claim. Mighty Putty is a two-part epoxy (resin and fixative) that can be applied to "most any surface," pitchman billy Mays says on a video at www.mightyputty.com. it can "support up to 350 pounds" and (cue truck being towed by a puttied chain) "pull this fully loaded, 80,000-pound tractor-trailer!" You cut it like dough, knead it, apply it, and let it dry.
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The check. We used Mighty Putty to join overlapped pieces of plastic, metal, and wood; clamped them; let them cure for 24 hours; then measured the force needed to pull them apart. We also tested Devcon Plastic Steel, ...
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