On Jun 18, 18:29, Tony Duell wrote:
> > >holes and putting the disk back in the jacket. Problem is resealing
the
> > >edge of the jacket which I've opened.
> >
> > Tape works well!
>
> No it doesn't! 99% of all the tapes out there fail after a couple of
> years (at most) leaving a somewhat sticky residue behind. 5.25" (and 8")
> floppies were rarely (if ever) assembled using adhesives - a thermal
> welding process appears to be what was done.
>
> > Joe
You could try tetrahydofuran, as found in Vinyl Weld adhesive. Noxious
stuff, but it works on a lot of "difficult" plastics and you only need a
very small amount. I mostly use it for making custom ribbon cables.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Received on Thu Jun 18 1998 - 16:32:18 BST