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Identifying ABS plastic components? Geoff Mills 11-08-2006
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Posted by Geoff Mills on November 8, 2006, 7:50 am


Hi,
I need to do a repair on an ABS garage door. I found some info on the
Net explaining that ABS plastic could be dissolved in cellulose
thinners to produce a paste for building up broken parts. Problem is
how can I tell if a potentially suitable plastic item for dissolving
is actually made of ABS. Is there some king of identifying test I can
do?
--
Kind regards,
Geoff Mills

Posted by Frank on November 8, 2006, 10:09 am



Geoff Mills wrote:
> Hi,
> I need to do a repair on an ABS garage door. I found some info on the
> Net explaining that ABS plastic could be dissolved in cellulose
> thinners to produce a paste for building up broken parts. Problem is
> how can I tell if a potentially suitable plastic item for dissolving
> is actually made of ABS. Is there some king of identifying test I can
> do?
> --

You would probably be better off looking for a repair kit for the ABS
door. Maybe the manufacturer could recommend one. Commercial ABS
materials are normally not pure polymer but contain a variety of
fillers and other chemicals, so in my opinion, it would be hit or miss.

Frank


Posted by Geoff Mills on November 12, 2006, 10:52 am



>
>Geoff Mills wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I need to do a repair on an ABS garage door. I found some info on the
>> Net explaining that ABS plastic could be dissolved in cellulose
>> thinners to produce a paste for building up broken parts. Problem is
>> how can I tell if a potentially suitable plastic item for dissolving
>> is actually made of ABS. Is there some king of identifying test I can
>> do?
>> --
>
>You would probably be better off looking for a repair kit for the ABS
>door. Maybe the manufacturer could recommend one. Commercial ABS
>materials are normally not pure polymer but contain a variety of
>fillers and other chemicals, so in my opinion, it would be hit or miss.
>
>Frank

Thanks Frank, I understand your point but I was looking for the easy
option. I ended up dissolving a couple of dozen floppy disk outer
casings in Acetone, then applying the resulting paste in combination
with glass fibre matting. It worked out fine.
--
Kind regards,
Geoff Mills

Posted by Frank on November 12, 2006, 12:05 pm



>
> Thanks Frank, I understand your point but I was looking for the easy
> option. I ended up dissolving a couple of dozen floppy disk outer
> casings in Acetone, then applying the resulting paste in combination
> with glass fibre matting. It worked out fine.
> --
> Kind regards,
> Geoff Mills

Good. I suspect the clear cases are plain old polystyrene but if it
worked, what the heck ;)
Frank


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