Im working with clear perspex and need a glue that will dry perfectly clear and strong anyone got an idea what and where to buy in uk? Thanks for any help.
Anyone know of a transparent glue?
Feb 06, 2005
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Make some by dissolving some of the same perspex filings in chloroform.
The modellers at a place I used to work at used (I think) acetone as solvent for perspex. Clamp the edges together, then brush the solvent into the crack. Both faces melted and welded themselves together.
=============== 'Clear Bostik' dries clear but its strength depends on what you want to do with the perspex.
Cic.
Tensol 12 Cement available from RS Components.
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My Hot Glue Gun dries transparent. Depends on the final strength you need and the conditions I suppose, but worth an experiment?
Your perspex supplier should be able to supply the proper glue which forms a transparent bond by dissolving the surface layers of the perspex.
Try glass glue, by Loctite I think. It needs sunlight to cure.
Andy.
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Regards Jeff
Chloroform (trichloromethane) - You used to be able to get it from pharmacists, but I doubt you can these days. I'd have suggested acetone (which was available from the local Chemists last time I tried) but apparently the best stuff is ethylene dichloride.
Go to a GOOD model shop and buy 'canopy glue'
Used to hold clear acrylic canopies in place. Its ALMOST clear when dry.
Low-bloom cyanoacrylate (superglue) works pretty well on perspex.
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