On 1/30/2019 12:18 AM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 22:54:30 -0500, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 30 Jan 2019 07:28:00 +1100, "Rod Speed"
wrote:



"Bod" wrote in message
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On 29/01/2019 19:30, Bod wrote:
On 29/01/2019 19:15, Rod Speed wrote:


"Bod" wrote in message
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On 29/01/2019 17:15, Frank wrote:
On 1/29/2019 11:58 AM, wrote:
My 27" Barbie dolls arm is broken off and I have tried hot glue gun
and e6000. Neither worked. It is hard plastic. How can I fix? I
have photos but don't know to upload to here.


Google says plastic is PVC so a glue for PVC should work.

It's not quite as simple as that.


There are seven types of plastic:

Polyethylene Terephthalate (PETE or PET)
High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE)
Polypropylene (PP)
Polystyrene or Styrofoam (PS)

There's a lot more than that.

Name them!

Here's a cite:

https://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/...of-plastic.htm

Pity about the last one in that list.

I'm not sure fiberglass is really a plastic. I think it only got listed
because it threatened to sue.
"fiberglass" as in "fiberglass re-enforced plastic" can be polyester,
vinylester, or several; other plastics for the binder - or it can have
epoxy


I missed the miscellaneous plastics part. The article says 7 but
miscellaneous could be nearly 100 others, maybe more. When you get into
reinforcements and blends there are thousands of possibilities. I
worked in fibers and plastics R&D and I should know.