The best plastic glue that I've found is plain old PVC cement like you
buy to glue PVC pipe together with. The clear stuff seems to work slightly
better than the colored stuff. You can buy it at Home Depot or any hardware
store. It cost about $1/ 4 oz can.
BUT I've found that once you glue something with a glue that doesn't
hold even the right glue won't work. In other words you'd better get it
right the first time!
Gears are tough, they're usually made of nylon and I don't think any
glue will work on it.
Joe
At 11:19 AM 11/3/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Since the archives are down, I can't search for this, but I know its been
>discussed here before.
>
>Can anyone recommend a glue for plastic that doesn't suck. Testor's no
>longer makes usable plastic model glue. The tube is labeled as "for
>polystyrene or ABS plastic", but I think scotch tape would hold better
>than this crap will.
>
>SuperGlue (Krazy Glue, whatever the brand on that tube says) doesn't do
>any better.
>
>
>I've got a plastic push gear I'm trying to glue back together, and so far
>three different glues haven't done squat! The last one I tried was some
>brand of a super glue designed to fill gaps and bond most anything to
>anything... yeah right! As soon as the gear was pushed, it snapped at the
>glue line again (after letting it dry all weekend).
>
>
>So what's a good plastic glue that I can buy, and where can I get it?!?
>Damn parental groups worrying about kids glueing their eye lids shut have
>ruined it for us all!
>
>-chris
><http://www.mythtech.net>
>
>
Received on Mon Nov 03 2003 - 15:49:31 GMT