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08-20-2009, 04:00 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Vancouver, Wa
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|  Bonding Lexan together
I did a search and couldn't find anything probably a mess up on my part. But for all you guys who have cut up Lexan bodies how did you re join the pieces together? Glue what kind? Any reinforcements? Any tips for a noob? I have a ProLine 1/10th Scale Chevy C10 and I want to cut it down to be a short bed to fit on my crawler chassis if that helps with any answers. Thanks in advance |
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08-20-2009, 07:42 AM
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| On the lookout for Rocks   Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Monroe, Louisiana
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Shoe Goo and some extra scrap pieces of lexan for reinforcements.
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08-20-2009, 08:05 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lake Michigan
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Lexan is Polycarbonate which is in the Acrylic family. Adhesives for these are bad to touch and bad to breath (cancer). http://www.eplastics.com/Plastic/Lex...carbonate_Glue At work we use 3M DP8005, which is a structural adhesive. Works great, but $20/tube, and you need a mixer gun with it. The wrong adhesive will either not stick at all, or embrittle the material causing it to crack under stress. |
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08-20-2009, 08:15 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lake Michigan
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BTW, I believe Polycarb (Lexan) is a Thermoplastic, NOT a Thermoset. So be cautious getting adhesives from the hardware or LHS that say they work on Thermosets. Like this at Tower, I might be cautious of. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXC032&P=7 |
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08-20-2009, 02:18 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: UK
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Shoe Goo and glassfibre tape (or drywall seam tape) are good for repairs. There are specialist CA glues (superglue) that will stick any plastic, including Teflon/PTFE. I found mine on eBay UK (search for PTFE glue, including "search the description") Any joining method that's placed under stress will require reinforcement. Best to paint the body before cutting and gluing. |
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08-21-2009, 11:12 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Peoples Republic of Kalifornia
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Go to Wal-Mart into the crafts and sowing section. You will find a product in a silver tube called E-6000. works on almost anything. Works great on all types of polymers. A friend of mine has used it to bond lexan, plexi, and other stuff with no problems. Has used it to build some seriously stout chassis. Best thing, is E-6000 might cost you $3! |
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08-21-2009, 11:21 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: ...the burning end of the rope.
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TRY AIAPLASTICS.COM ,,,,you need solvent cement for polycarbonate,,,,press together and use a little with capillary action,,,bonds it like it was made that way
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