What's best repair adhesive for hard plastics?

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19 years ago

Tue, Feb 1, 2005 6:02 PM

I'd like to be able to repair hard plastic manufactured items, but can't seem to find a *good* adhesive. Can someone recommend?

Examples of items to repair would be... cell phone casing, two-way radio casing, telephone casing, PC keyboard, and the like. Here's what I've tried so far...

1) Goop- Works best I've seen so far, but it really doesn't seem to "melt" (weld) the plastic parts together and can eventually separate again.

2) Power Poxy Tear Repair- Works outstanding for vinyl especially, but apparently went out of business

3) Superglue- Works ok, but seems very 'luck of the draw' as to whether it will hold, depending upon the type of plastic.

4) Loctite "plastic" super glue- Comes in two parts, a pre-treatment to brush on, then a tube of what looks like plain superglue. Didn't work at all for me.

5) Loctite plastic expoxy- Comes in the double syringe, doesn't work very good for me, seems like regular epoxly

6) Airplane glue- Haven't tried, really doubt it will do anything Thanks, George

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19 years ago

Sat, Feb 5, 2005 12:33 PM

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19 years ago

Sun, Feb 6, 2005 5:20 PM

I've come to trust polyurethane elastomer adhesives more, and epoxies less, because of epoxy's lack of resilience. The PU's slight "give" (very slight -- you wouldn't necessarily notice it poking it) prevents it from cracking and makes it less likely to pull away from the adhered surfaces. To make the glue joint stronger (due to increased bonding area) and stiffer, I've made surface joints using a segment of popsicle stick with the PU spread on one side of it and pressed onto the break, like:

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