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Posted by Art on May 16, 2006, 9:31 am
The back of a plexiglass item got smashed into several pieces. No one will
see it but for strength I'd like to glue the pieces back together. Any
recommendation for the best glue to us one plexiglass? It is dark grey
plexiglass.
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Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on May 16, 2006, 9:32 am
> The back of a plexiglass item got smashed into several pieces. No one
> will see it but for strength I'd like to glue the pieces back together.
> Any recommendation for the best glue to us one plexiglass? It is dark
> grey plexiglass.
>
This is one of the materials on which Krazy Glue actually works the way it's
supposed to.
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Posted by Jeff Wisnia on May 16, 2006, 12:57 pm
Art wrote:
> The back of a plexiglass item got smashed into several pieces. No one will
> see it but for strength I'd like to glue the pieces back together. Any
> recommendation for the best glue to us one plexiglass? It is dark grey
> plexiglass.
>
>
If you are certain it IS Plexiglass (Trade name for one brand of acrylic
plastic.) then you will be best off to "solvent weld" it with methylene
chloride or a commercial solvent glue made for acrylics. That will give
you the strongest possible joint.
To solvent weld, you hold the broken edges together and wick some
solvent into the join with a syringe.
Just Google:
+"solvent weld" +plexiglass
and you'll find what you need.
If the piece ISN'T acrylic, then disregard the above and good luck to
you and the Red Sox. :)
HTH,
Jeff
--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
"Life is like a sewer -- what you get out of it depends on what you put
into it."
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Posted by Jim McLaughlin on May 16, 2006, 1:04 pm
IIRC, plexiglas is best worked wth a solent thing, not a glue. A chain
around her, TAP Plastics, sells a 2 ozbottle of the solvent, alog with a
really cool applicatr op for the bottle. The applicator is sort of like a
hpodermic needle -- real thin and hollow inside, the solvent flows through
it.
I have no idea what the solvent is....try a walk through yur local Yellow
pages and look under plastics / plastic suppliers, and make a call.
Again, IIRC, MEK will also dthe trick, but I don't like messing with MEK and
don't recommend it. The stuff from TAP Plastics that I use does not smell
like MEK.
--
Jim McLaughlin
Reply address is deliberately munged.
If you really need to reply directly, try:
jimdotmclaughlinatcomcastdotcom
And you know it is a dotnet not a dotcom
address.
> The back of a plexiglass item got smashed into several pieces. No one
will
> see it but for strength I'd like to glue the pieces back together. Any
> recommendation for the best glue to us one plexiglass? It is dark grey
> plexiglass.
>
>
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Posted by on May 16, 2006, 1:04 pm
On Tue, 16 May 2006 13:31:20 GMT, "Art"
>The back of a plexiglass item got smashed into several pieces. No one will
>see it but for strength I'd like to glue the pieces back together. Any
>recommendation for the best glue to us one plexiglass? It is dark grey
>plexiglass.
>
Acetone
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