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SportbikeGuy.com shows you how to repair broken plastic, just don't use your good soldering iron for that - Link.
HOW TO - Repairing broken plastic
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Apr 17, 2007 03:00 PM
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Won't work as well as using Plastruct:
http://www.plastruct.com/pages/CementGuide.html
Great for ABS but also works on many dissimilar plastics (styrene, butyrate, acrylic, etc. but not Delryn). Every maker should have a bottle of this around. Available at better hobby shops.
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Heat welding works sometimes when nothing else will, but generally it's not as good as chemical welding using Plastruct:
http://www.plastruct.com/pages/CementGuide.html
Plastruct is great for ABS but also works on many dissimilar plastics (styrene, butyrate, acrylic, etc. but not Delryn). Every maker should have a bottle of this around. Available at better hobby shops.
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Heat welding works sometimes when nothing else will, but generally it's not as good as chemical welding using Plastruct: (http://www.plastruct.com/pages/CementGuide.html)
Plastruct is great for ABS but also works on many dissimilar plastics (styrene, butyrate, acrylic, etc. but not Delryn). Every maker should have a bottle of this around. Available at better hobby shops.
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Heat welding works sometimes when nothing else will, but generally it's not as good as chemical welding using Plastruct: http://www.plastruct.com/pages/CementGuide.html
Plastruct is great for ABS but also works on many dissimilar plastics (styrene, butyrate, acrylic, etc. but not Delryn). Every maker should have a bottle of this around. Available at better hobby shops.
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