(Fwd) Re: Sun plastics - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

10 Jan 2007

On 9 Jan 2007 at 19:24, Tony Duell wrote:

...
  What you do is put the plastic parts together and run
a brush dipped in 
 the solvent along the crack. For a stronger join, I cut a piece of cotton 
 frabric to fit over the hack of the repair, put it in place and 'paint' 
 it with the solvent. Then push the cotton into the softened plastic. 
The faceplates of Overland Data tape drives are like that--try any 
"regular" solvent such as xylene or MEK or (worst) acetone and the 
plastic just crumbles away.  Methylene chloride does seem to work 
better--and any gaps can be filled in with auto-body resin filler 
(Bondo) and the whole mess painted to match.

Cheers,
Chuck