Gluing perspex - hint

I've a container of Aldidl's 'Universal Thinner' that certainly smells acetone like (pear drops if I remember correctly) so a couple of drops between suitable pieces plus clamp to a flat surface and 5 minutes later - bingo.

I can't remember if it's Aldis or Lidls that sell this stuff, but it's a very acceptable price and it's now got another plus mark from me.

Rob

Chloroform is the solvent used for perspex. If you can get it.

I used to make perspex "glue" with a 50/50 mixture of chloroform and ether, thickened up a bit with shavings/drillings of perspex.

That's what I would have said but, hey, this has worked, hasn't it. Actually "pear drops" implies amyl acetate rather than acetone, and is a pretty good solvent for many plastics, IIRC.

I obviously need to get some of this Universal Thinner!

Or methylene chloride (which also you probably can't get)

What about ordinary plumbers solvent weld?

On Saturday 13 July 2013 22:52 harryagain wrote in uk.d-i-y:

Not as good, that is MEK I think (Methyl ethyl ketone.)

Tensol Cement is perspex dissolved in chloroform, for gluing perspex.

If you are simply bonding two flat faces of perspex and don't need any filler, superglue works fine (it's the solvent that does it, rather than the glue part, but that makes no difference).

With both of these (and any other solvent based glues), make sure you don't get any onto any external surfaces you want to remain polished and transparent.

I bought from a local model-shop a bottle of cement which claimed to stick several plastics including perspex. It said it contained methylene chloride.

Ah, the memories of Airfix canopies with lovely detailed partial prints.

The data sheet doesn't seem to agree with this -