Possible Damage, Please Advise

[Vachidra]

Hello, the control pad came off my Open Pandora, is this something I can fix myself or will I have to send it in for repairs?

 

[levi]

The d-pad I assume? No problem, just glue it back on. That's how it's placed there originally.

 

[elw3]

Happens quite often actually, happened twice for me on two keymats.
I am still looking for a glue that actually works for it, who has suggestions?

 

[Vachidra]

Oh good, whew, just regular superglue fine?

 

[netcat]

Loctite?

 

[levi]

Loctite is a brand that mainly supplies cyanoacrylate glues which are commonly known as superglue in this household at least.

Edit: I was thinking more along the lines of copydex which turns to regular latex rubber when dried, which should be compatible with the keymat underneath at the very least. It may not hold the d-pad much better than the original glue though, I couldn't say.

 

[TrashyMG]

Just avoid getting glue on the contact pads

 

[levi]

Yes, the rubber domes wouldn't react well if covered in superglue, although I'd have thought a quick mash of the dpad would shatter that glue.

 

[EvilDragon]

In worst case, I still have tons of them here, so if you get glue on the contacts, we can get you a new one

 

[Vachidra]

I tried superglue twice now, It didn't work for some reason.

Would epoxy work better?

 

[levi]

Epoxy glues dry harder than superglue, but I can't say how likely any random epoxy is the bind to both the presumably PVA dpad and the rubber keymat.

 

[Vachidra]

What kind of glue do they typically use when it's first connected?