8 Feb
2002
8 Feb
'02
7:55 p.m.
On Feb 8, 20:42, Tothwolf wrote:
On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Pete Turnbull wrote:
MEK works very well on PVC, less well on ABS, that's true.
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. 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.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York