1964 Dart GT Bonnet Ornament Badge

Hyper_pak said

Hello, glad you found a solution. I have a question, you posted this statement "Fitted to my chrome using a few blobs of Araldite, clamped in position. When dried I carefully smeared the inside with Sikaflex to hold it securely." What is Araldite and Sikaflex?
I have a Lancer NOS emblem (not this one, but one like it) and I am afraid that it will fall out or someone will push it out the back. I am just looking for a solution for my problem. Thanks in advance.
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Your worry is exactly what I was concerned about: people playing around with it and pressing the badge out of its socket, which is why masking tape was something of a disappointment, although made it easier to remove and fit to my own chrome strip, which was better.

Araldite is a high-strength, two-part epoxy adhesive, been around for a million years...
http://www.selleys.com.au/adhesives/household-adhesive/araldite/

Sikaflex is a silicone sealer, construction sealer, I used that mainly to make the back fairly smooth and rubbery so it wouldn't fill up with water and dirt, as well as flex a little bit so the chrome piece sits flat, and ensure the badge does not come adrift. This was probably unnecessary because Araldite is great all on its own...
https://aus.sika.com/content/australia/main/en/solutions_products/02/02a024/02a024sa08/02a024sa08100/02a024sa08101.html

Hope this helps, I actually thought both these products would have been available worldwide?