Bill, I have several suggestions what works best depends upon the plastic composition.
My usually first try is not a glue but lacquer thinner. I test a small part to see if it melts. If it does I quickly wet both parts of the break and hold them together this will actually weld the plastic together. That tip came from an old blind individual who had a Plexiglas business. It makes a totally clear weld. There is a glue called plastic weld that can work wonders and my final choice is a epoxy. For the epoxies I use one of two types. the two part mix that you must apply to each piece and the other I sometimes used plumber's epoxy. The plumber's epoxy comes in a pack like a roll of nickels. You break off a small piece and kneed it to mix the outer and center core. Years ago I used this to repair a swimming pool pump. And of course the old stand-by duct tape, if it can't be fixed withduct-tape it can't be fixed. Good luck Lenny http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Stephan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Blind Handyman List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 8:47 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Gluing plastics I have a very nice bicycle light, (two actually), that I've been using this year in the dark. It has a very slick mounting bracket which I have affixed to my dog's harness handle. Unfortunately, it got caught on a fence yesterday, and of course the part I didn't have two of, broke. So, can you guys recommend a very good, readily-obtainable glue? I've always heard that when done right, glued pieces are stronger than the original, but my experience hasn't borne this out. Thanks for any suggestions. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the following address for more information: http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links
