Re: Attaching HDPE

[Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>]

Hi Gomez,

	Some hot melts are partially made from poly.  You have to get it really
hot so that the glue melts the poly a bit.  Maybe preheat it.  I just tried
it and I cant rip the glue off a section of white poly cutting board.  Of
course, hot melt glue is not the world's strongest bond or anything...  I
have no idea what brand glue this is but it is fairly flexible.  I think it
is from Sears.

I prefere nylon bolts for such things since you can take it back apart and
I am no artist with hot melt...

Cheers,

	Terry

At 07:55 PM 8/7/00 -0600, you wrote:
>on that fateful day 8/7/00 5:00 PM, Tesla list uttered:
>
>> Original poster: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
>> 
>> Hi Ted,
>> 
>> Hot melt glue and nylon screws.  Not much else even "tries" to stick to
>> poly...
>
>What brand/type of hot melt are you using that sticks to polyethylene?  I've
>never been able to get _anything_ to stick to it, not even hot melt
>adhesives.  After all, polyethylene is only a few fluorine atoms away from
>being Teflon.  ;)
>
>- Gomez
>
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