goo vs goop

I've always known Goop as a hand cleaner, not an adhesive.

Rusty

When I saw the title of this thread, I immediately thought of the movie "The Jerk." 

Bad Greg, Bad.

Are you sure you mean "marine goo"? Goop makes a Marine Goop.........

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-7oz-...-Clear-/321100820450

I've been using Household Goop for years and it's wonderful. My two main adhesives are JB Weld for rigid, permanent and Goop for almost everything else. It's strong, flexible, waterproof and it need be, can be removed. Great stuff. Goop is packaged in various iterations, but I have a feeling, they are all the same. 

Roger

This comes from the Technical Data Sheet for the Amazing Goop Household Adhesive: Not recommended for use on polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene. Many of our plastic structures are made from polystyrene. Polystyrene is the correct name for what many refer to as styrene.

i apologize for asking a jerk question.

i misstated, marine goo is marine goop obtainable at my local true value. 

goo is available apparently only at walthers and i believe they have some sort of patent? on it or the name. 

i was trying to understand if there was any meaningful difference between the two different glues.

mikeg

Goo, or Walther's Goo, was originally Hobsco Goo and is a contact rubber cement that is currently acetone based and is similar to some other contact rubber cements with varying proportions of components.  Any patent on it should have expired long ago - I've been using it longer than the lifetime of a patent,

Goo works good but is expensive. Walmart has a rubber type glue thats cheap and after repeated attempts to glue my rear view mirror on my windshield using auto parts stores glue made for that in desperation I tried the Walmart glue and it held, I sold the car with the rear mirror still on.

Liquid nails is another rubber type glue that is cheaper and works good.

Try the Goop.......it's wonderful. There's nothing I've used it on that it wouldn't stick to and has dissolved nothing. I've used it on styrene sheets to create platforms for relays in engines.....no problems. in fact, this afternoon, I used it to create a platform for a lead weight in an engine. Styrene. 

I started using it after having an issue with a pair of "waterproof" Keen sandals which delaminated from.....water exposure. Keen wouldn't repair them.....said they were out of warranty. I used/tried all kinds of adhesives including silicone and nothing held well. Found the Goop in a hardware store and as they they.....the rest is history. I've used it for train projects, delaminating snowboard boots, attaching LEDs, attaching toggle switches to control panels, repairing worn spots on gloves, you name it. I just don't use it for rigid repairs.

Roger