Best iMac screen adhesive (on a roll)
I have a small computer repair shop, and install a lot of SSDs in iMacs. A year or so ago I searched for an alternative to iFixit adhesive strip kits, because they are quite expensive. I ended up buying this:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3pcs-Dou...
This went well, until today: a customer called me saying their iMac screen fell off. I had installed the screen just a month ago. It cracked falling out, and of course I’ll be paying for the replacement.
So now I’m looking for an alternative adhesive. Preferably a large roll of the exact adhesive Apple uses, but barring that, a not crazy priced roll of tape that will reliably hold the heavy (and expensive) iMac screens in place. People who open up several iMacs per day - what do you use?
Update (12/06/2018)
If somebody finds this via Google, I found the original Apple adhesive strips. They’re packaged in bundles of 20, and are even cheaper than the iFixit ones:
http://applecomponents.com - LCD Service refill kit with tool, iMac 21.5 4K 2017
The part numbers are:
076-00331
076-00009
They can also be found on eBay.
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Let’s all take a step back here and look at what we’re typing … screens held together with glue. Apple portrays to be this green company yet they can’t out some screws in the products so people can keep them going for longer… that’s not green it’s greed.
- de Joey Davey-CoCo
They’re not held together with glue, but with a thin replaceable adhesive film. Suggest doing homework.
- de Guy Hemmings
Has anyone ever used a small thin bead of hot glue?
- de Giovanni Jimenez
I'm not sure how typical hot glue really holds after long periods of heat from usage. I really wouldn't recommend this, also because opening the iMac after that I'm sure will be pretty difficult without breaking the screen.
- de spacec0w
Personally I wouldn't recommend it, I'd either use the adhesive strips designed specifically for iMacs, or another adhesive/strip with the same qualities. I'd be afraid the hot glue just wouldn't adhere properly. Don't want to risk the panel falling off. The first time I attempted this repair I had an adhesive failure even using official strips (you really have to be careful and make sure all surfaces are clean). So my second time around, I used adhesive cleaners and alcohol, then even when I'd adhered and put the panel on, I used painters tape all around the outside to keep it tightly held together for a time. I actually left the painters tape on there for over a year just out of paranoia cause the panels are harder to find.
- de uncleyak
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