What is recommended to glue Styrene?
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What is recommended to glue Styrene?
I like Ambroid ProWeld and Plastruct Bondene and PlasticWeld (one has a longer set time).
-Brian
Good old fashioned testors model glue…I’m awful partial to Lawn and Garden Goop myself…
For the least expensive; just buy a quart of laquer thinner…and apply it with a very small paint brush…it will “Weld” the styrene together…
If you hold two pieces of styrene together and apply the thinner to the joint, it will weld them together by capillery action… The joints will be water proof…
Super glue works too
Richard Kapuaala said:Richard, do you get long lasting joints with Super Glue? I find it crystalizing and letting go after awhile.
Super glue works too
Thumbs down on Super glue.
You can actually snap the two pieces apart at the joint.
Ambroid pro weld is the way to go.
You will break the styrene somewhere else before your joint breaks. In fact your joint is welded, as they say.
I use a small glass “nose dropper” to apply a bead.
Some use a pipette.
j
So, I was down at the local Kirkland train store today and they recommended Model Masters from Testers
TANAX. It is designed for welding styrene pieces together.
It must depend on what type of super glue you’re using. I use mine on styrene all the time and it works fine, especially for gluing styrene to other materials.
For most styrene-to-styrene bonds, I usually use the “weld” type liquid solvents. But in some of these cases I’ve had poor luck with that. For instance, when I was making four-panel window frames, I couldn’t get the solvent to join the tiny pieces solidly enough to survive handling.
Most of those name brands of “Glue”…if they are very thin and “Weld” the Styrene pieces together…such as “Testers”; are basicly the same as laquer thinner.
Like I said in a previous post; it is the least expensive, and can be purchased for little more than $4.00 a quart at Home Despot…pay the big bucks for little bottles of name brand stuff, or buy laquer thinner…
I too use CA as a cement for Styrene; especially when I’m joining it to another plastic. I was using the Lepage brand of CA and have had no problem with it.
Bill Swindell said:I have used Tenax when my LHS was out of the others. It worked fine but is twice the price of the Ambroid or Plastruct products.
TANAX. It is designed for welding styrene pieces together.
-Brian
Fred Mills said:
Most of those name brands of "Glue"......if they are very thin and "Weld" the Styrene pieces together....such as "Testers"; are basicly the same as laquer thinner.Like I said in a previous post; it is the least expensive, and can be purchased for little more than $4.00 a quart at Home Despot…pay the big bucks for little bottles of name brand stuff, or buy laquer thinner…
I too use CA as a cement for Styrene; especially when I’m joining it to another plastic. I was using the Lepage brand of CA and have had no problem with it.
I’ll have to give the lacquer thinner a try especially for larger projects like building kits.
-Brian
Acetone does a good job of welding styrene together, too.
Steve Featherkile said:Steve, I tried it as weld, but it dried to damn fast to do a good job. Haven't tried laq thinner. But I love Ambroid and Tanax. What ever blows your dress, I mean kilt up........................:) :)
Acetone does a good job of welding styrene together, too.
You guys do know you are in the brain cell sacrificing relay races with some of this stuff, right?
Yeah… I guess! The back fo the Testors Model Master says:
NOTICE: Intentional misues by deliberately concentrating and inhaling the contents may be harmful or fatal.
WARNING: This product contains a chemical known ot the State of California to cause cancer and birth defect or other reproductive harm.
CAUTION: Keep away from heat an dflame. Contains Xylene. Use only with adequate eventilation. If swallowed, call physician immediatly. Keep applicator covered when not in use. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
It’s all ok, Ric…it seems I’m busy treading water in an empty pool anyhow…!!!
Just don’t use that stuff in California…