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Re: HV Oil & Neon Glueing Perspex)




From: 	Sulaiman Abdullah[SMTP:sulabd-at-hotmail-dot-com]
Sent: 	Thursday, September 11, 1997 10:20 PM
To: 	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: 	Re: HV Oil & Neon Glueing Perspex)

Hi, I believe that MEK is easy to obtain, it's the "adhesive" used to 
fit PVC pipes & fittings together, any decent hardware store should 
carry it.
... Sulaiman

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>
>From: 	Phil Chalk[SMTP:philoc-at-ozemail-dot-com.au]
>Sent: 	Thursday, September 11, 1997 5:24 AM
>To: 	Tesla List
>Subject: 	Re: HV Oil & Neon Glueing Perspex)
>
>Tesla List wrote:
>> 
>> Tesla List wrote:
>> >
>> > From:   gweaver[SMTP:gweaver-at-earthlink-dot-net]
>> > Sent:   Friday, August 29, 1997 1:32 PM
>> > To:     Tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>> > Subject:        HV Oil & Neon
>> >
>> > HV Oil & Neon
>> >
>
>   < Big Snip >
>
>> > I am not sure what type of glue is best for glueing plexaglass 
together.
>> > The plexaglass is 1/2 " thick and smells like polycarbonate when I 
ruff cut
>> > the pieces on the table saw. After finishing the 6 sides of the 
plastic box
>> > on the milling machine I assembled the box and used rubber bands to 
hold it
>> > together leaving off the top.  I put several drops of acetone on 
each seam
>> > and let it dry for 1 hour. I tried as hard as I could to pull the 
box apart
>> > by hand but I couldn't.  I beat the box with a rubber hammer and it 
stayed
>> > together.
>> >
>> > Gary Weaver
>> 
>
>Gary,
>
>Acetone may be just as good, but if we're talking about the same stuff 
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>'acrylic' , 'perspex' but not polycarbonate, apparently the go is MEK
>(Methyl Ethyl Ketone) nasty stuff, & possibly hard to obtain.  I use (
>at $20 a tube) a proprietary glue, from the plastic shop, called
>Acrifix, I think.  It's great, dries fairly quickly, clear, & the
>perspex breaks before the joint, in my experience.  Don't know if 
you'll
>have it - red & white tube.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Phil C.
>
>
>


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