Plastic products break down quite easily and often, while many such things are a pity to throw away. To solve this problem, you need to purchase a good and high-quality product that will allow you to quickly and reliably glue the plastic object.
Compounds for bonding plastics: main features
A common plastic bonding agent is most often a mixture of solvents specifically designed for polystyrene. This composition dissolves the upper layers of the material. If the parts smeared with this tool are squeezed together, they merge, become one. After the plastic is dry, it will be impossible to separate the two fastened parts.
In addition, transparent polystyrene is also added to such glue, which makes the liquid more viscous and convenient to use. However, there are also high-quality liquid compounds on sale, for example, Revell, a liquid adhesive for gluing transparent parts.
The most effective compounds for bonding plastics
For working with plastic today, there are both universal and specialized tools that allow you to firmly and reliably connect plastic surfaces. The latter is a complex material. In fact, this is an organics created on the basis of polymers. Plastics bond less well than some other types of materials (for example, wood or leather) due to its low adhesion. And therefore, to work with it, you should select really high-quality joint mixtures.
There are a lot of such tools on the shelves of hardware stores, but making the right choice is not easy. The most popular and best compositions are the following:
- Power Plast tool;
- glue "Moment";
- composition of Strong Plast;
- AKFIX glue;
- UHU glue.
If you need to make a very good connection, professionals recommend using specialized formulations that are specifically designed for plastics.
The choice of adhesive depending on the type of plastic
There are many types of plastics in the world, and modern scientists continue to invent new types of such material to this day. Therefore, in order to be able to obtain a high-quality connection, you need to choose a product for a specific type of plastic.
The repair of thermosetting plastics is not so easy, since such material cannot be softened and melted. Many people are familiar with this type of plastic, it is usually used to make buttons for clothes, housings for cameras, sockets, plugs and perfume containers. To repair such products, you need to use a specially designed tool of the BF-2 or BF-4 brand.
You should work with them like this: first, you need to degrease the fracture, then apply glue to dry surfaces and dry the resulting layer a little. After that, a second layer is applied. It is dried for two minutes, and then the surfaces are tightly pressed against each other and placed under a press. Ideal adhesion can be achieved after 3 days.
Thermoplastics will also require a separate product. Such material softens well under the action of high temperatures, and therefore it is usually fastened with solvents. Most often, pens, soap dishes, combs, eyeglass frames, and children's toys are made from it.
You can even make a means for fastening objects from such material on your own. To do this, you need to mix 1 part of celluloid sawdust and 2 parts of solvent. Store this mixture under a lid. Also, for working with thermoplastic products, the means "MC-1", "Mars", "Ts-1", which professionals consider the best compositions, are perfect.
It is not very easy to choose the most effective and good adhesive for plastic, because this requires special knowledge, as well as experience in working with such material.
