When I was looking into a similar problem, I found a long thread in sci.chem about gluing PE/PP plastic. Search on "plastic welding", I think. Short version: it's hard to do. Someone said that Loctite has a product, "Plastix", consisting of "a surface activator and compatible cyanoacrylate adhesive," which claims to be suitable "even for PE/PP."
I did the soldering iron thing, to fix an inner fender and air intake ducting on a Cavalier. It's been holding for a couple of years.
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Here's a handy link:
Fool? Petroleum Oil, or Naptha is a common ingrediant, there is a reason JB says dont use it as any contaminent will shorten bond life. Brand formulations vary since its a formulation, not a pure solvent, since it varies its not recommended, but you should still use it, I will feel better.
Yes, fool. You. Fool. You should take this saying to heart: "Better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."
Petroleum oil and naphtha [the correct spelling] are not the same thing. And neither one is a "common ingredient" in denatured alcohol. Here, learn something:
None of them contains petroleum oil, and only one contains any napththa (eight-tenths of one percent).
What *do* you see there as the most common contaminant? Methanol (methyl alcohol), just like I said.
Show me where JB says don't use denatured alcohol. You can't. It doesn't.
Like I said, Ransley, quit making crap up when you don't know, and you won't look like such a fool.
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