[Thomp]

a long time tinkering idea..

and hope im not off too far topic for this board.

but would like to know.
what type adhesive would glue the plastic/vinal and the compisition of 2 liter pop bottles is made of.

as i drink quite a few a week i have often thought of some projects that the plastic could be used for and theres not much of a shortage of them round here,

i have successfully made sliding trinket boxe lids i use for parts and used the plastic-vinal as a see thru top,

i use the material for patterns. if i plan to make many or keep it for a long time. as its not effected by weather - water or age. as the plastic dont curl or tear after many uses.. like paper, and conviently rolls up after use.

but never have i found an adhesive that would stick the stuff togather,

i have the need for some clear thin walled tubing i cant find otherwise. 1/2" to 3" in shorter lengths, about the right size is a 2-3 liter bottle mid section yealds 6-8x12-14" flat sections of this material.

but i cant find an adhesive that will hold the seam togather for very long, a glue gun adheasive just weakens and pops off inside a week.. especaly with tempature changes.

i didnt want to use 3m weather strip adhesive as i know it would probobally glue anything but its ugly.. but its lime-yellow ugly color.

if i find a good adhesive i might make some small display boxes of this material. as well as outside weather powered whirly gig toys.,

thanks for any info..
thomp2

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

I would think cyanoacrylate would work, or "grizzly" polyurathane glue.....or silicon glue............and if none of those work...check www.thistothat.com

[Teri Embrey]

Sweet!!!! thistothat.com is a really fun site! Thanks for that. I'm just running through all the "This to thats" to see what they come up with.

Love it.

Teri

[Thomp]

hi_Ho_silver

results in the past with cyanoacrylate (super glue) liquid or gel result in a white film.. gorilla glue is epoxy base, and wioll adhere about anything to anything. but its brown yellow when dry,
contact cement should work but im thinking hazy white film again,

as best as i can find out on the web its polyelethine film or blow molded polyelethine if you can get it to tear it seporates in layers some uses for polyelethine films is to coat pipelines must be the yellow covering we see on older natural gas line

i didnt know if somebody might have had experiance with polyelethine adhesives or if someone knew something as easy as just plain old pvc glue would melt into the structure like it dose on pvc?

hot glue peals with tempature changes.

i have tried to heat melt with soldering iron, but the stuff but usualy just winds up melting it to a state of uselessness. becuse of uncontrollable heat.

most tubes made of the stuff you see have been resealed with heat..

thanks for the ideas.
thomp2

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

You know, I forgot all about it, but there is a plastic glue called "Plastic Surgery" and it works great, geez great memory huh? Think I got it at home depot, but it had to be there, wallyworld, true value or ace......thats all we have LOL

[Kenny_S]

Have you tried Industrial strength E 6000? It is a multi purpose adhesive. It comes in several viscosities and I have the medium. It is in a Gray tube, white caped. I got mine from Hobby Lobby for about 3 bucks. Wal-Mart sells it also. I use it on Glass and pexiglass boxes I make for dispaying whatever. It dries clear. Says it will bond plastic but I wonder if the pretroleum based for plastic bottles is a slicker surfaced material.

[Thomp]

i dont know kenny..


i do know you can put gasoline in a popbottle and it wont melt it.

comer to think of it i dont remember any solvent nothing thing but fire that will melt it that i remember, its truly some durable stuff,

a great probability there is something that will work but like most things ill find it after the need evaporates.. haha

hi-ho
dont feel bad, bout the memory, i am ether hunting my coffee cup or wondering why im hunting my coffee cup all day..
thomp2

[woodcarver55555]

I think that all the drink bottles are make of polyester, same type of stuff that used to make leisure suites in the 70's and at one time was used inside tires before they went to steel belted radials. Hope that helps out in your glue search. Duncan

[Anthony Filetti]

...cyoacrylinate (?) glues come in different thicknesses and can sometimes leave a haze on clear plastics (former RC modeler) so we used a white glue called RC56 which was used on the windows of our RC planes without leaving the haze...(not sure if this helps..._)

[BillinO]

I have had reasonably successful luck on plastics, with 100% clear adhesive silicone calk. Takes a while to cure, another choice.

Bill in Omaha