On 07/01/2013 22:39, polygonum wrote:
On 07/01/2013 22:32, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 07/01/13 19:57, PeterC wrote:
A friend in France needs to glue 2 items together to hold them in their
relative positions until they're bolted on to his motorbike.
I have no real details, just that it can't be done with clamps etc.

He doesn't want to risk damaging the polycarbonate with an unsuitable
adhesive, so any suggestions please for something that could be got
easily
from B&Q or similar - his wife is in town on Wednesday and can take it
back.

Looks as if Araldite or acrylic will do it but I don't know how
'correct'
the Araldite has to be. I have some here that I could pass on.

No. Araldite is not effective at gluing polycarbonate

Hot glue might work..

Or an acrylic sticks like **** stuff might as well.

Hard to say without more detail.

Like whether its to come apart later on..



Or cyanoacrylate (superglue). Or silicone adhesives.

http://plastics.bayer.com/plastics/e...f_makrolon.pdf



I thought double sided tape is what is normally used to hold stuff for
temporary fixes.