A while back, I used an adhesive made specifically for Platsil Gel 10 and it worked great, it was called 'Sil-Poxy' from Polytek. But I quickly ran out of it because I borrowed a tube of it from the people I was working for on that specific job. I put about an ounce of it into an air-tight container but, the air that was in the container with it, cured it within a week - rendering it useless to me.

When I had a good sample of it and used it, it seemed suspiciously very much like another material I had used for basic home repair - silicone adhesive...

There are many types of silicone adhesive products on the market, but only a few fit the category I was looking for - the type that is clear and has a very strong solvent, in the methylene family. So I went out to my local store that sells basic home repair stuff and hunted through the racks of silicone caulking and found GE Silicone 1* for plumbing and bath.

I had some spare Platsil Gel 10 cured samples and applied it to one of them as a test patch. I glued a steel washer to it and I also smeared a patch of it alone on an area of my sample. I set it aside for several hours, allowing it to set up without any interference... IT WORKS!!!

Now don't get me wrong, for silicone there is no 'magic bullet' as far as adhesives go. You can always peel any substance cured against silicone off, but the question is... what bonds best? This stuff from GE bonds just as well and I suspect it is the same stuff as the 'Sil-Poxy' sold by Polytek.

So if you're in a bind for time and you've run out of silicone adhesive for your puppet, look to your local hardware shop for this stuff, cuz I think it's the same thing. (without the shipping costs and lag time waiting for the delivery)