I am trying to repair a crack in a kitchen colander. I tried using Extra Strong Super Glue (cyanoacrylate) which I bought from the pound shop. It did not hold the crack together.

The plastic seems to be a heat-resistant type and the Super Glue doesn't adhere so well?

Do I need to use some other glue for this type of plasic?

Thanks.

Most likely your best bet is to just buy another colander.

On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:35:56 +0000, M.Joshi
wrote:


I am trying to repair a crack in a kitchen colander. I tried using
Extra Strong Super Glue (cyanoacrylate) which I bought from the pound
shop. It did not hold the crack together.

The plastic seems to be a heat-resistant type and the Super Glue doesn't
adhere so well?

Do I need to use some other glue for this type of plasic?

Thanks.


It is probably a plastic compound containing PE. Glue wont stick to
it. Heat weld it together or buy a new one for $2.

On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:35:56 +0000, M.Joshi
wrote:


I am trying to repair a crack in a kitchen colander. I tried using
Extra Strong Super Glue (cyanoacrylate) which I bought from the pound
shop. It did not hold the crack together.

The plastic seems to be a heat-resistant type and the Super Glue doesn't
adhere so well?

Do I need to use some other glue for this type of plasic?

Thanks.

I have never found SuperGlue to be worth much for anything. I'd suggest
an epoxy, but for plastic, it's debatable if it will hold, unless it's
made for plastic. By the time you buy the glues, why not just buy a new
collander. I recall the old ones were made of aluminum, and lasted 50
years. But these days, everything is plastic ****, made to be replaced
every year or two.

On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:18:24 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:35:56 +0000, M.Joshi
wrote:


I am trying to repair a crack in a kitchen colander. I tried using
Extra Strong Super Glue (cyanoacrylate) which I bought from the pound
shop. It did not hold the crack together.

The plastic seems to be a heat-resistant type and the Super Glue doesn't
adhere so well?

Do I need to use some other glue for this type of plasic?

Thanks.


It is probably a plastic compound containing PE. Glue wont stick to
it. Heat weld it together or buy a new one for $2.

How does someone heat weld something like that? I'm assuming some
special equipment is needed. I agree for the OP to buy a new one.

M.Joshi wrote:
I am trying to repair a crack in a kitchen colander. I tried using
Extra Strong Super Glue (cyanoacrylate) which I bought from the pound
shop. It did not hold the crack together.

The plastic seems to be a heat-resistant type and the Super Glue doesn't
adhere so well?

Do I need to use some other glue for this type of plasic?

Thanks.





Get a big fresnel lens....

Greg

On Mar 13, 7:42*pm, wrote:
On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:18:24 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:35:56 +0000, M.Joshi
wrote:

I am trying to repair a crack in a kitchen colander. *I tried using
Extra Strong Super Glue (cyanoacrylate) which I bought from the pound
shop. *It did not hold the crack together.

The plastic seems to be a heat-resistant type and the Super Glue doesn't
adhere so well?

Do I need to use some other glue for this type of plasic?

Thanks.

It is probably a plastic compound containing PE. Glue wont stick to
it. *Heat weld it together or buy a new one for $2.

How does someone heat weld something like that? *I'm assuming some
special equipment is needed. *I agree for the OP to buy a new one.

heat welding of plastics

http://www.iapd.org/dwp_test/pdf/tip...moplastics.pdf

On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:42:05 -0600, wrote:





It is probably a plastic compound containing PE. Glue wont stick to
it. Heat weld it together or buy a new one for $2.

How does someone heat weld something like that? I'm assuming some
special equipment is needed. I agree for the OP to buy a new one.

There is special equipment, but small jobs can be done with a
soldering iron, a hit knife, hot pan, etc.

On 3/13/2013 11:40 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:35:56 +0000, M.Joshi
wrote:


I am trying to repair a crack in a kitchen colander. I tried using
Extra Strong Super Glue (cyanoacrylate) which I bought from the pound
shop. It did not hold the crack together.

The plastic seems to be a heat-resistant type and the Super Glue doesn't
adhere so well?

Do I need to use some other glue for this type of plasic?

Thanks.

I have never found SuperGlue to be worth much for anything. I'd suggest
an epoxy, but for plastic, it's debatable if it will hold, unless it's
made for plastic. By the time you buy the glues, why not just buy a new
collander. I recall the old ones were made of aluminum, and lasted 50
years. But these days, everything is plastic ****, made to be replaced
every year or two.


Not really, you just need to pay in today's dollars what you paid in the
past for a good version as he

http://www.zappos.com/oxo-good-grips...steel-colander

You get what you pay for applies in most of these instances.

M.Joshi wrote the following on 3/13/2013 7:35 PM (ET):
I am trying to repair a crack in a kitchen colander. I tried using
Extra Strong Super Glue (cyanoacrylate) which I bought from the pound
shop. It did not hold the crack together.

The plastic seems to be a heat-resistant type and the Super Glue doesn't
adhere so well?

Do I need to use some other glue for this type of plasic?

Thanks.

1. If plastic - epoxy
2. If metal - JB-Weld
3. If old - buy a new one.



--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeros after @

Before you spend a lot of time trying to fix that old plastic colander, maybe check out the prices of new ones. Look in your Yellow Pages phone directory under "Restaurant Equipment & Supplies" and phone any of the places listed there to find out what you can buy a new stainless steel colander for.

If you were to opt for buying a used stainless steel colander (and just sterilize it by washing it with bleach) you'll probably find that the price is so low that you'll regret having wasted time trying to fix your old plastic one.

On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:35:20 -0400, willshak
wrote:

M.Joshi wrote the following on 3/13/2013 7:35 PM (ET):
I am trying to repair a crack in a kitchen colander. I tried using
Extra Strong Super Glue (cyanoacrylate) which I bought from the pound
shop. It did not hold the crack together.

The plastic seems to be a heat-resistant type and the Super Glue doesn't
adhere so well?

Do I need to use some other glue for this type of plasic?

Thanks.

1. If plastic - epoxy
2. If metal - JB-Weld
3. If old - buy a new one.

About 15 years ago, I had one of those plastic things that are screwed
into a car engine, and have several nipples on them, which vacuum hoses
attach to them. One of the nipples broke off, and I could not find a
replacement part since the car was quite old. I did find an identical
car at a junkyard, but that one had one or more nipples beoke off that
same part. An auto parts store had some special epoxy which was made to
be used on plastic. He said that stuff really works, and the only thing
I have to avoid, is filling the hole inside that nipple, or the vacuum
wont work. I bought some, and went to the local hardware store and
bought some thin brass tubing which they sold in one foot lengths. I
cut an inch of that tubing, shoved it in the two pieces and applied that
epoxy. I had that car for many years, and that patch held well. Later,
I used the same stuff to fix a piece of the car's plastic grill that
broke off when I slid on ice and bumped into an icy snowpile. Once
again, that patch held well.

Now, I wish I could remember the name of that stuff. I'd recommend it
to anyone. Best plastic repair adhesive I have ever found. But I have
no idea what it was called. All I can remember, is that it dried with a
yellow color.

On 3/14/2013 3:58 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:35:20 -0400, willshak
wrote:

M.Joshi wrote the following on 3/13/2013 7:35 PM (ET):
I am trying to repair a crack in a kitchen colander. I tried using
Extra Strong Super Glue (cyanoacrylate) which I bought from the pound
shop. It did not hold the crack together.

The plastic seems to be a heat-resistant type and the Super Glue doesn't
adhere so well?

Do I need to use some other glue for this type of plasic?

Thanks.

1. If plastic - epoxy
2. If metal - JB-Weld
3. If old - buy a new one.

About 15 years ago, I had one of those plastic things that are screwed
into a car engine, and have several nipples on them, which vacuum hoses
attach to them. One of the nipples broke off, and I could not find a
replacement part since the car was quite old. I did find an identical
car at a junkyard, but that one had one or more nipples beoke off that
same part. An auto parts store had some special epoxy which was made to
be used on plastic. He said that stuff really works, and the only thing
I have to avoid, is filling the hole inside that nipple, or the vacuum
wont work. I bought some, and went to the local hardware store and
bought some thin brass tubing which they sold in one foot lengths. I
cut an inch of that tubing, shoved it in the two pieces and applied that
epoxy. I had that car for many years, and that patch held well. Later,
I used the same stuff to fix a piece of the car's plastic grill that
broke off when I slid on ice and bumped into an icy snowpile. Once
again, that patch held well.

Now, I wish I could remember the name of that stuff. I'd recommend it
to anyone. Best plastic repair adhesive I have ever found. But I have
no idea what it was called. All I can remember, is that it dried with a
yellow color.



The only way to patch some types of plastic is to do like you did in the
first case is to basically glue on a reinforcement.

In a decorative structure like your car grill, I suspect most glues
would work.

In the case of the colander, I just looked at one in our kitchen and it
is cracked but wife is still using it. Appears to be polyethylene which
no glue will work. I started to mess it up by heating with a cigarette
lighter but it would not melt properly to seal. This is an item to just
be tossed when functionality is lost. You also have to remember that
most plastics degrade with time from heat and light and lose strength
and are not worth patching.

On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:58:20 -0600, wrote:



An auto parts store had some special epoxy which was made to
be used on plastic. He said that stuff really works, and the only thing
I have to avoid, is filling the hole inside that nipple, or the vacuum
wont work. I bought some, and went to the local hardware store and
bought some thin brass tubing which they sold in one foot lengths. I
cut an inch of that tubing, shoved it in the two pieces and applied that
epoxy. I had that car for many years, and that patch held well. Later,
I used the same stuff to fix a piece of the car's plastic grill that
broke off when I slid on ice and bumped into an icy snowpile. Once
again, that patch held well.

Now, I wish I could remember the name of that stuff. I'd recommend it
to anyone. Best plastic repair adhesive I have ever found. But I have
no idea what it was called. All I can remember, is that it dried with a
yellow color.


There are hundreds maybe thousand of plastic compounds. While it may
work great with some, it won't work with others.

Polyethylene is notorious for adhesives not holding.
Polystyrene can be easily held with many adhesives.

The colander isn't very old and I thought if there was a cheap and easy solution, I would use it. I hate throwing things away - especially, if they aren't very old.

I think I will buy a new stainless steel replacement - it seems they only cost around £3-4 from the likes of Argos or Tesco.

Would be useful to know the name/type of that strong automotive epoxy - willshack?

Thanks for all the replies - didn't expect quite so many!

wrote:
On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:18:24 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:35:56 +0000, M.Joshi
wrote:


I am trying to repair a crack in a kitchen colander. I tried using
Extra Strong Super Glue (cyanoacrylate) which I bought from the
pound shop. It did not hold the crack together.

The plastic seems to be a heat-resistant type and the Super Glue
doesn't adhere so well?

Do I need to use some other glue for this type of plasic?

Thanks.


It is probably a plastic compound containing PE. Glue wont stick to
it. Heat weld it together or buy a new one for $2.

How does someone heat weld something like that? I'm assuming some
special equipment is needed. I agree for the OP to buy a new one.

Try warming it with a hair dryer, then welding it with a hotglue gun. YMMV.