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Bonding parts made with PLA together
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:24 am
by elwooddbeauchamp
What is recommended for bonding multiple parts together, permanently? PLA? ABS? NYLON?
Re: Bonding parts made with PLA together
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:06 am
by guanu
When I glue 2 PLA parts together, I use superglue... works great... for abs parts I use acetone.. since it basically melts the parts together
Guanu
Re: Bonding parts made with PLA together
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:23 am
by elwooddbeauchamp
guanu wrote:When I glue 2 PLA parts together, I use superglue... works great... for abs parts I use acetone.. since it basically melts the parts together
Guanu
Awesome, Thanks!
Re: Bonding parts made with PLA together
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:51 am
by elwooddbeauchamp
guanu wrote:When I glue 2 PLA parts together, I use superglue... works great... for abs parts I use acetone.. since it basically melts the parts together
Guanu
Can PLA items with minor irregularities, non smooth surfaces be bonded with a Rosin or Epoxy based material? If so, recommendations?
Re: Bonding parts made with PLA together
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:07 pm
by imagebuff
I just heard a podcast that discussed multiple ways of glueing PLA parts together. The resounding success story was to use good ole Testors model glue.
Chris
Re: Bonding parts made with PLA together
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 2:01 pm
by elwooddbeauchamp
imagebuff wrote:I just heard a podcast that discussed multiple ways of glueing PLA parts together. The resounding success story was to use good ole Testors model glue.
Chris
Terrific!...( I hope the "smell" is good as it always was...) LOL!!
Re: Bonding parts made with PLA together
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 7:00 pm
by BenTheRighteous
I tried some Testors last night and I am sorry to report that it did NOT work.
However, I had good success with loctite-brand superglue, as well as their heavy-duty epoxy.
I didn't try and pull the epoxy joints apart but I did pull apart a superglue test join - the plastic delaminated, but the glue held tight.
Here's the epoxy I used -
http://www.amazon.com/Loctite-1365736-F ... B0044F59N0