M.E.K. solvent cement (where to get)
Garp wrote:
MEK stands for Methyl Ethyl Ketone. More commonly known as solvent
cement/glue for solvent pipe fittings.
It doesn't tend to work on most plastics other than water pipe.
It's a solvent mixed with plastic powder to make it thick and gooey - by
itself it's like water and very runny, so they add plastic powder to make it
easier to work with and to give it some density.
It works by melting the plastic of the item it is applied to (plastic water
pipes being the favourite). Painted on the ends of the 2 pipes, they go
sticky, plug em together and the whole lot sets usually in a couple of
minutes.
I'm not sure about a shower tray, as the strength of MEK relies on
overlapping surfaces melting and bonding together. The shower tray won't
have this overlap.
If you can find out what sort of plastic the shower tray is (there's loads
of different typpes), you may find an appropriate solvent and a spare bit of
the same type of plastic as a patch to stick underneath... But I wouldn't
know who to approach to find this info out.... sorry.
Cheers
Garp
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"CampinGazz" wrote in message
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I've got a plastic shower tray in the motorhome, got a few cracks in the
corners (someones stupid idea to put a couple of crates of drinks in the
shower tray, then drive halfway around europe)
I've read about some stuff called M.E.K. solvent cement, it's apparantly
sold primarily for sealing a plastic shower tray to the wall, but is also
used for plastic shower tray repairs,
it's in a sealant guny type cartridge, and the blurb says it turns to
solid plastic in 12 hours after being applied,
Problem is i've only found one place that does it, and it's on ebay, and
the sellers postage is taking the **** a little bit to say the least.
Anyone know where i can buy this stuff from a shop? or is it more of a
thing for the static caravan market and thus i need to be near the coast
to find it in those types of shops, (i'm near nottingham)
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