Glueing a broken plastic refrigerator shelf
On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:27:25 -0000, Chris Lewis wrote:
According to HotRdd :
You need to test a few spots to see what will hold. I love to use crazy glue
(Cyanoacrylate Adhesives) but it only works on certain plastics and
basically solvent welds them together. In some cases it's stronger than the
original bond.
CA doesn't solvent weld most plastics any more than it does on metal
or wood. It also isn't that good under continuous weight bearing duty
The only thing CA (superglue) works on is human skin. It is worthless
for everything else as it is too damn brittle.
Try acetone. It temporarilly disolves the plastic into a goo. Brush some
on the edge of both pieces. Touch to gooey sides together, and when it "dries"
it'll be a single piece of plastic.
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