Glue for polystyrene?
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26 Jan 2009 10:36 AM

What is a good glue to use  on the polystyrene ?

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26 Jan 2009 10:53 AM
Posted By Powder Monkey on 26 Jan 2009 10:36 AM

What is a good glue to use  on the polystyrene ?

I'd google "polystyrene" & "adhesive".  Did that not turn up anything useful?

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26 Jan 2009 11:55 AM
not realy was looking to find something tried and tested in our application

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27 Jan 2009 12:20 AM
For sheet styrene, I use CA. The sheet material is used for decks and railings so is usually above BB range. Brittle doesn't matter, the bb' s take chunks out of the material anyway. With a bit of kicker, the build is fast! (also fast to rebuild after wayward bb's)
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Posted By Phill Lowe on 27 Jan 2009 12:20 AM
For sheet styrene, I use CA. The sheet material is used for decks and railings so is usually above BB range. Brittle doesn't matter, the bb' s take chunks out of the material anyway. With a bit of kicker, the build is fast! (also fast to rebuild after wayward bb's)

I use styrene shapes (rod, tube, L-brackets, etc.) & sheet styrene.  I make my own "slurry" paste by dissolving scraps in acetone.  The result is a joint that's equivalent to a weld, & if it's done right it's as strong as either piece.

Is this an appropriate topic for R&D?  It's not like we're actually doing chemistry & developing custom adhesives, here.  Seems to me that it would be better as a "Construction" topic.  More people who actually "do" construction, but don't bother with the R&D forum, might see it & pipe in.

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03 Mar 2010 07:17 PM
Ordinary model glue -- the kind you glue model planes with works fine.
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13 Apr 2010 11:28 AM

Yep Model Glue. The liquid kind works best. I prefer Tamiya extra thin, Gunze Mr. Cement, Ambroid Proweld, or Tenax-7R (the best). Hold the pieces together and brush on at the joint. Capilary action pulls the glue into the joint and fuzes the pieces together. Fuzed pieces are more resiliant than pieces glues with CA, as CA joints do not have much torsional strength (hard to pull apart, but easy to twist/bend apart). Because of this, joints made with liquid cement are mor flexable than any other joint I have found, but are strong enough that on polystyrene thinner than .025", you are more likely to tear one of the pieces than pull them apart. Liquid cement leaves cleaner joints than the Gel that comes in the old Orange tubes we used as kids, and creates a better bond.

Hope this helps.

EDIT: oh, and most of these work on ABS too. Very helpful in joing ABS to PS.

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