On Feb 8, 20:42, Tothwolf wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Pete Turnbull wrote:
>
> > Proper ABS cement (available for plastic plumbing) is about the
> > strongest glue you can get for that, much stronger than superglue on
> > ABS. It doesn't just adhere, it welds the plastic. An alternative is
> > methyl ethyl ketone, MEK, commonly available as a solvent and widely
> > used industrially to glue/weld both PVC and ABS.
>
> Methyl Ethyl Ketone won't even begin to bond ABS. It just isn't a strong
> enough solvent. It works fine on Polystyrene, but I've never seen
> Polystyrene used for a computer case. ABS is almost always used, since it
> is extremely durable. Most non-industrial epoxies won't even begin to
> adhere to ABS plastics either.
MEK works very well on PVC, less well on ABS, that's true.
> I have a small glass bottle of Methylene Chloride I bought at a hobby
> supply shop. It says it will work on Styrene, Butyrate, ABS and Acrylic
> (Lucite of Plexiglas). I haven't yet tried it out on the ABS skins on my
> SGI systems tho.
Chloroform works very well on Perspex (Lucite), and is reckoned by some to
be marginally safer. It doesn't work very well on ABS, though.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Sat Feb 09 2002 - 03:55:24 GMT