What dissolves or glues Plexiglass well?

[David Hajicek]

I thought MEK did (nope), or Methylene Chloride (nope) and I have
"plexiglass glue (#19)" in the tube , but none of that works well. How do
you get a void free bond in Plexiglass?

Dave Hajicek

[Yofuri]

Acetone

Post by David Hajicek
I thought MEK did (nope), or Methylene Chloride (nope) and I have
"plexiglass glue (#19)" in the tube , but none of that works well. How do
you get a void free bond in Plexiglass?
Dave Hajicek

[Tom Dooley]

Good info! I see someone else is maiking plexi pickguards. One thing
I've learned is not to clean plexiglass with alchohol. It eats the
polymer and makes it very brittle.

Re: What dissolves or glues Plexiglass well?

Group: rec.music.makers.builders Date: Sat, Aug 28, 2004, 8:50pm (EDT-3)
From: ***@oakharbor.net (Yofuri)
Acetone
"David Hajicek" <***@skypoint.com> wrote in message news:***@corp.supernews.com...
I thought MEK did (nope), or Methylene Chloride (nope) and I have
"plexiglass glue (#19)" in the tube , but none of that works well. How
do you get a void free bond in Plexiglass?
Dave Hajicek

[Wade Hampton Miller]

Post by Yofuri

How do >> you get a void free bond in Plexiglass?

Acetone

Yeah, but be very, VERY careful with that stuff - ventilate well and wear
double latex gloves. It's extremely nasty, and you don't want any getting
absorbed through your skin.



Wade Hampton Miller
Chugiak, Alaska

Remove the "Howdy" to reply...

[Mattia Valente]

Post by Wade Hampton Miller

Post by Yofuri
Acetone

Yeah, but be very, VERY careful with that stuff - ventilate well and wear
double latex gloves. It's extremely nasty, and you don't want any getting
absorbed through your skin.

Uh...Acetone's not THAT noxious. It's a common chemical in detergents,
perfumes and nail polish remover. You want to really avoid inhaling it,
but skin contact's not going to do much of anything.

Mattia

[David Hajicek]

Post by Mattia Valente

Post by Wade Hampton Miller

Post by Yofuri
Acetone

Yeah, but be very, VERY careful with that stuff - ventilate well and wear
double latex gloves. It's extremely nasty, and you don't want any getting
absorbed through your skin.

Uh...Acetone's not THAT noxious. It's a common chemical in detergents,
perfumes and nail polish remover. You want to really avoid inhaling it,
but skin contact's not going to do much of anything.
Mattia

Actually, most of us drink acetone. It is a byproduct of alcohol
fermentation, especially if they let the stuff get too warm while fermenting
to speed up the process. Not much, but enough to give you a good hangover.
That's one of the reasons cheap booze gives you such a headache.

The acetone worked, not well, but it stuck two polished pieces together. So
did the MEK. I guess I was hoping for something a bit more aggressive.

I would not use this to try and glue plex on a guitar though. Too many
voids (no fill effect) and too permanent. I'd use the self-stick clear
pickguard material from LMI.

Dave Hajicek

[Stan Gosnell]

Post by Wade Hampton Miller
Yeah, but be very, VERY careful with that stuff - ventilate well and wear
double latex gloves. It's extremely nasty, and you don't want any getting
absorbed through your skin.

Then howcome they sell it to millions of women as nail polish remover, which
they put on their skin every few days? Maybe you're thinking of something
else.

[Tom Dooley]

Re: What dissolves or glues Plexiglass well?

"Acetone
Yeah, but be very, VERY careful with that stuff - ventilate well and
wear double latex gloves. It's extremely nasty, and you don't want any
getting absorbed through your skin".

Wade Hampton Miller

Uh oh, I think I've absorbed about twenty gallons over the years. No
wonder the walls look like they're melting.

[Steve Robinson]

I can tell you what *not* to use!

When I was at school in the 1970s I built my first electric guitar with a
polymethylmethacrylate body. I had 2 slabs 3/4" thick and wanted to laminate
them. I asked the chemistry teacher what would be a good glue. He
recommended glacial acetic acid. Bad idea. I had to paint the guitar.

Steve.

[David Hajicek]

Post by Steve Robinson
I can tell you what *not* to use!
When I was at school in the 1970s I built my first electric guitar with a
polymethylmethacrylate body. I had 2 slabs 3/4" thick and wanted to laminate
them. I asked the chemistry teacher what would be a good glue. He
recommended glacial acetic acid. Bad idea. I had to paint the guitar.
Steve.

It's a little hard to get that at the corner hardware store, too. ;>)

I think for big stuff like that, you would have to use a clear epoxy to keep
from having voids. Of course, that doesn't stick as well as you would like
as it is strictly a mechanical bond.

Maybe add a few drops of acetone or MEK to the epoxy?

Dave

[Chris R. Lee]

Try cyclohexanone.

It's good at least for pvc and is not too volatile so you have time to
adjust.

The smell is characteristic - this solvent is commonly used for garden and
agricultural chemicals.

Regards

Post by David Hajicek
I thought MEK did (nope), or Methylene Chloride (nope) and I have
"plexiglass glue (#19)" in the tube , but none of that works well. How do
you get a void free bond in Plexiglass?
Dave Hajicek

[David Hajicek]

What I found works well is the clear plastic pipe cement sold at the
hardware store. It has some nasty stuff in it that does the job well as
well as dissolved plastic. It makes a nicely transparent and voidless
joint!

Dave Hajicek

Post by David Hajicek
I thought MEK did (nope), or Methylene Chloride (nope) and I have
"plexiglass glue (#19)" in the tube , but none of that works well. How do
you get a void free bond in Plexiglass?
Dave Hajicek

[Stan Gosnell]

Post by David Hajicek
What I found works well is the clear plastic pipe cement sold at the
hardware store. It has some nasty stuff in it that does the job well as
well as dissolved plastic. It makes a nicely transparent and voidless
joint!

Thanks for the update. Is that the PVC cement?

[David Hajicek]

Post by Stan Gosnell

Post by David Hajicek
What I found works well is the clear plastic pipe cement sold at the
hardware store. It has some nasty stuff in it that does the job well as
well as dissolved plastic. It makes a nicely transparent and voidless
joint!

Thanks for the update. Is that the PVC cement?
--
Regards,
Stan

It is, "Master Plumber Multi-purpose Cement" for PVC, CPVC, ABS.
Contains Tetrahydrofuran, MEK, Cyclohexanone, PVC resin, CPVC resin,
amorphous silica, acetone.

A puddle of the stuff will dry slightly milky (silica), but the amount left
when squeezed between two pieces of plastic, drys clear.

Dave

[Robert Weaver]

Post by David Hajicek
What I found works well is the clear plastic pipe cement sold at the
hardware store. It has some nasty stuff in it that does the job well as
well as dissolved plastic. It makes a nicely transparent and voidless
joint!
Dave Hajicek

And here's a general gluing/adhesive site for the audience to peruse
<http://www.thistothat.com/>

All the best,
Rob Weaver