Re: [Paddlewise] glue for minicell/polyethylene

It depends on the plastic. You'll get the best results if you know what type
of plastic it is - some of the choices are Polyethylene, Polypropylene,
PolyVinylChloride (PVC), Acryl...But..Styrene (ABS) - in case you can't tell
the last time I had a plastics course was over 20 years ago in college (I
was a business major, so it was an elective). I remember that I had a pretty
good book - I keep it at my office - that listed many different plastics,
how to test to determine which one it is using fairly low tech tools
(usually your hands, your eyes, and a few solvents) and how to bond them. I
suspect that most Engineering libraries would have such a book, and with a
little reading you'll understand how things work and you be able to pick the
proper bonding agent for a particular job.

Good Luck & Happy Paddling - Saul

-----Original Message-----
From: BijiliE_at_aol.com <BijiliE_at_aol.com>
To: dkruger_at_pacifier.com <dkruger_at_pacifier.com>;
paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Date: Monday, July 12, 1999 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] glue for minicell/polyethylene


>Dear Paddlewisers,
>
>I don't at present have a use for glue for my kayak, but I'm interested in
>this discussion because in my work as a play therapist with children, I'm
>frequently needing a good glue to bond broken parts of plastic toys. Does
>anyone have any ideas about which would be best? Super glue doesn't work
too
>well: it just breaks again. Something that changes the chemical composition
>of the plastic seems that it would be best.
>
>BijiliE
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