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Default Gluing washing machine plastic?

Frank Erskine wrote:
On 28 Jul 2009 21:35:38 GMT, Jan Wysocki
had this to say:

The clips that hold the front (pull handle) onto the detergent dispenser
tray have snapped off! There's sufficient overlap that I expect that
I can glue the drawer front back on. Can anyone suggest what type of
plastic is used and what glue(s) may be suitable? Superglue won't stand
the humidity and contact adhesives won't work because the components
need to be slid together.


If anything will work for that, epoxy such as Araldite would be your
best bet. Try to avoid the quick-setting version, and thoroughly
clean the plastic surfaces of soap, grease and so on before you start.

Actually I have found the epoxies dot stick as well to plastic as :

CAR BODY FILLER

...which I used to repair a washing machine drim that sheraed its blocks
off. I glued em back on !

I am not saying it is a perfect joiunt by any means, but its better than
epoxy.

Almost nothing works well with polythenes.