Beware..Mighty Putty is Worthless

[nunzia]

I have a DBIL who buys all that stuff offered on TV (but wait..there's more!). So..naturally he got a triple order of Mighty Putty. My new (to me) Ford Focus had an area of trim on the outside passenger door that needed to be glued down. So my DH went to my DBIL ad used the Mighty Putty since the commercial shows it working on metal car trim. Applying the putty and having the trim held in place for 45 minutes didn't work and so my DH put on a clamp with a board and left it for 4 hours..it still just came right off. Don't waste your money on this product.

 

[3NJDisneyDivas]

I too am a sucker for anything "as seen on tv".
I was going to buy this at Target the other day.
I don't know why I would buy it. I don't fix things.
Glad I didn't.
Thanks for the heads up!
Lisa

 

[patsal]

Totally OT, but my favorite part of that commercial is when the lady molds a new handle for her $1.00 store coffeemug---too funny . I just spent $$$ to fix my $1.00 store mug!

Sorry it didn't work on your car--pretty sure that should be covered on your warranty.

 

[girli565]

Maybe the car part was a bit of stretch but I have heard that other people have success with it holding up the towel rack in the bathroom and other things like that. Maybe the piece was just too heavy.

 

[rhiansmom]

I had the exact opposite impression. I had a coat rack that I couldn't keep up for anything in the world and its been hanging on with mighty putty for about six months or longer now. I could sit on that thing and it wouldn't come down.

 

[Todd&Copper]

I have had good luck fixing leaky pipes with this stuff - but I bought my "mighty putty" at ACE hardware (it is the ACE brand version fo the product, and I bought it about 2 years ago, before I had heard of Mighty Putty).

 

[bdcp]

I assumed when I saw it that it was not quite up to the hype. Most things you see on tv like that aren't. Nothing that pliable and soft could be that "strong" that quickly and also not break down over time. Even crazy glue doesn't last forever. Um and for car trim, I'd use adhesive made specifically for use on cars. That's what I don't get, why not buy something made specifically for what you are doing instead of something that might work or might not just because you saw a hyped up commercial on tv?

 

[Anjelica]

Maybe the car part was a bit of stretch but I have heard that other people have success with it holding up the towel rack in the bathroom and other things like that. Maybe the piece was just too heavy.

Bingo - my husband fixed our TP rack in the master bedroom with that stuff and I was a little mad because I wanted to eventually replace all those fixtures - darn thing won't come out no matter what I do.

 

[Ciao Mickey]

I used it to fix a mirror and it worked fine.

You have to make sure you mix the putty thoroughly.

The first batch I made didn't work, cursed some , and then tried making a second batch. Mixed the putty a little longer and it worked fine. The stuff gets really warm to the touch so it's uncomfortable to mix with your fingers.

I bought mine through QVC, but I assume it's the same stuff. It's guaranteed to hold up to 300 lbs. and bonds any surface to any surface.

 

[extremesoccermom]

I really like it. So far I have used it to fix the metal piece that holds my wooden flag pole to the brick house. DH tried a number of times to use the screws and anchors but the thing fell off first when the kids were jumping and trying to catch the flag then again when we got a strong wind. I have only had it a couple of months but so far so good.
Secondly, we bought one of those kids wading pools for our new German Shepherd puppy and she keeps running and jumping. She has put 3 holes in it already and I have filled the tiny holes with Mighty Putty. So far it is holding.

 

[floridafam]

When my kids saw the commercial for might putty they both looked at eachother and said "why didn't she just buy a new mug?"

 

[Imzadi]

Mighty Putty is a putty, for filling stuff in like cracks, it's not a glue.

Try J.B. Weld on your car. That stuff will stick metal together, even under extreme heat. Some metal part broke near my engine. It was late in the day & my usual mechanic couldn't get the part. So he used J.B. Weld on it and had his assistant hold the 2 pieces together for 15 minutes. It couldn't be vice clamped. It worked like a charm. I never did have that part replaced by the time I got rid of the car.

 

[Jess4Disney]

Totally OT, but my favorite part of that commercial is when the lady molds a new handle for her $1.00 store coffeemug---too funny . I just spent $$$ to fix my $1.00 store mug!

Sorry it didn't work on your car--pretty sure that should be covered on your warranty.

That's my favorite part too!!!

Drats.. knew that stuff was too good to be true.

 

[sdzman]

Mighty Putty is just epoxy putty. It isnt an adhesive, you can use it to patch holes and cracks but it isnt going to hold things together very well

 

[nunzia]

I assumed when I saw it that it was not quite up to the hype. Most things you see on tv like that aren't. Nothing that pliable and soft could be that "strong" that quickly and also not break down over time. Even crazy glue doesn't last forever. Um and for car trim, I'd use adhesive made specifically for use on cars. That's what I don't get, why not buy something made specifically for what you are doing instead of something that might work or might not just because you saw a hyped up commercial on tv?

Well, maybe I didn't explain this well. My husbands brother had a ton of this stuff, so we tried it. It wasn't the whole trim. It was about a 2 inch piece of 2 inch wide metal side door trim that had come loose and just needed to be put into place. Since free is always better if possible we tried it, and as expected it didn't work. Now, of course, we will get the proper adhesive to glue down the trim. On a side note...does Ford use bad adhesives? This car is an 06 model and I don't think trim should be coming loose. My DD has an 05 and all the inside stuff on the passenger side just fell off. Bad glue.

 

[nunzia]

Mighty Putty is a putty, for filling stuff in like cracks, it's not a glue.

Try J.B. Weld on your car. That stuff will stick metal together, even under extreme heat. Some metal part broke near my engine. It was late in the day & my usual mechanic couldn't get the part. So he used J.B. Weld on it and had his assistant hold the 2 pieces together for 15 minutes. It couldn't be vice clamped. It worked like a charm. I never did have that part replaced by the time I got rid of the car.

JB Weld is great! We use it on alot of stuff.