Thin acrylic glue

Chloroform. You can weld perspex with it, so if you run some into the crack it should weld it closed.

Yes, chloroform should do it. The viscous perspex glue is often made by dissolving perspex in chloroform. Avoid acetone at all costs - it will make the perspex craze.

John

Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) (the active ingredient in old paint remover.

Use a solvent, not a glue

NT

Any easy way of buying this - as modern paint removers don't do what they say on the tin...

I've used this on clear acrylic preety good stuff but expensive.

Predominantly methylene chloride as suggested by another poster. Should be fine (don't inhale!)

Slightly eccentric cart system but their products are good.

Vastly safer than chloroform. Can one even buy chloroform these days?

NT

Found it on ebay, not Amazon though

The seller grossly understates the dangers, perhaps to a similar extent to that handyman that removed the panel keeping kids from a 60' drop. I've no great concerns handling conc acids, but am very wary of chloroform.

NT

Why?

NT

Yes, so?

This is dangerous;

Compared to, say, chlorine trifluoride;

Chloroform is about as dangerous as peanut butter.

(Perhaps the fact that I have a (bio)chemistry degree biases my feelings in the opposite direction to you?)

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Try a model shop which caters for serious makers of plastic kits; - 'Plasticweld' or something like that.

ent to that handyman that removed the panel keeping kids from a 60' drop. I 've no great concerns handling conc acids, but am very wary of chloroform.

the dangers of other substances tell us nothing about chloroform.

Er, no. Peanut butter is pretty safe for kids to handle. Chloroform is a vo latile toxic carcinogenic general anaesthetic. It may not be a problem for folks with the necessary knowledge, but to put it on public sale without ad equate warnings is irresponsible.

I've worked with it occasionally years ago, but no way would I sell it to a ny & every random stranger. Perhaps you would.

NT

xtent to that handyman that removed the panel keeping kids from a 60' drop. I've no great concerns handling conc acids, but am very wary of chloroform .

volatile toxic carcinogenic general anaesthetic. It may not be a problem fo r folks with the necessary knowledge, but to put it on public sale without adequate warnings is irresponsible.

any & every random stranger. Perhaps you would.

When was about 14 used to get ether by the half litre from local chemists, best switch cleaner about, used to ask that I get it late in the day becaus e decanting it would stink the shop out.

Chloroform looks bargain priced aginst cost of ether on ebay nowadays...