Drat.



"Ron Natalie" wrote
How rapidly does the oxide form on aluminum? Seconds? Minutes? Hours?
Almost instantaneous.

If you had your parts all ready to go, then hit them with some
scotchbrite to get them oxide-less and satiny-shiny, and slathered on
the T-88 within a few seconds, would that allow the glue to bond to
the aluminum and not to an oxide layer?
Nope.