What's it called

I used to have a little bottle of some clear fluid, that would flow into the cracks of polystyrene and similar plastics and "weld" the crack.

I can't find it anywhere by surfing.

With the pansies in power it's probably illegal now :-)

Finally heard a good explanation of global warming... it's caused by the intense flow-rate of money from the wallets of the ignorant into Al Gore's pockets. ...Jim Thompson

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Methyl-ethyl ketone, MEK. It's similar to acetone, but with one more CH2 group embedded in it.

To make glue for polystyrene, dissolve some styrofoam peanuts in some.

I think that it will work on acrylic, but you need to be really really patient.

And in any case, if you get any on the surface, it will wrinkle or craze it.

Or you could look for some toluene - that's what the original "airplane glue" used.

Good Luck! Rich

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MEK is sold as Plastic Cement from Testors. I have a small bottle on my desk as I write.

Testors part number 3502

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Commonly-available solvents of polystyrene include acetone, toluene, and xylene. Others include things like ethyl acetate and butyl acetate, which are ingredients in many lacquer thinners. All of these are easily available at almost any hardware store... buy 'em by the quart.

Another possible option would be a capillary cement intended for acrylic plastics. TAP Plastics sells one which contains methylene chloride (a listed solvent for polystyrene) and propylene glycol monomethyl ether (not sure whether that's a solvent or not).

The TAP Plastics cement is intended to be used to cement together acrylic sheets whose edges have been flattened well, and which make very good contact... it doesn't contain a "bodying" thickener and has no gap-filling properties to speak of.

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Testors plastic cement, #3502, should be available at toy/hobby stores. The instructions say paint on and press together, but it does wick into cracks.

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I got this

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(go down to Product #: 1106002-ret) at my local Ace HW. It works great on styrene, Plexiglas, and other clear mystery plastics that I've tried it on. I use a fine glass pipette to apply it to the joint but the bottles on that web page would probably work better. Art

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Thanks, that's IT!

What was it called at ACE? I have one less than a mile away. But surfing shows nothing. Of course it's a toss-up who has the worst website, ACE or Lowe's ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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Perhaps this...

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...Jim Thompson

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Sounds like Harvasolv. That stuff will give you a headache in milliseconds.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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I don't recall what the packaging looked like but the bottle is as shown on the Craftics site. Words on the glass bottle are "Craftics Plastick(sic) Acrylic Solvent Cement" with the 1106002 number on the reverse. Art

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Its called a senil old man.

;-)

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You're not supposed to sniff it ;-) IIRC it has ether in it. ...Jim Thompson

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I used chloroform to successfully glue plexiglass. Never put me to sleep. :)

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Sjouke Burry

Us "pansies" use a product to permanently weld together acrylic parts.

I have a can of it in front of me now.

JAM

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I ordered...

Product #: 1106002-ret

Craftics Clear Acrylic Solvent Cement

from this page...

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as recommended by Artemus. ...Jim Thompson

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Methyl-Ethyl Ketone? Ethyl Acetate? Methylene Chloride?

Good Luck! Rich

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ITS CALLED ETHER..

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You're late to the party. On Feb 7 I posted the following...

"I ordered...

Product #: 1106002-ret

Craftics Clear Acrylic Solvent Cement

from this page...

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as recommended by Artemus." ...Jim Thompson

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