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Best glue for vacuum-formed plastic?

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  • From: Cincinnati, Ohio USA
Best glue for vacuum-formed plastic?
Posted by Drew Cook on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 4:06 PM

What's the best glue to use with thin, vacuum-formed plastic sheeting? 

I've got one of the old ITC U.S. Air Drop Paratrooper kits with a main parachute canopy consisting of numerous sections of thin, vacuum-formed panels which have to be cut out and glued together.

What's the best glue to use on the panel sections so as not to craze, warp, or melt the thin, vacuum-formed parachute panels on this vintage and valuable kit?

  

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  • From: MN
Posted by Nathan T on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 4:10 PM

Gator's grip, or any clear parts glue, which is basically white glue.

 

 

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    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Thursday, November 14, 2013 8:42 AM

Any of the glues you use in regular styrene cast kits is okay.  It is the same material, just processed in a different manner.  If you use regular (thin) CA, you must make sure, however, that fit of parts is good, since the vac kits may not fit as well as cast ones without more cleanup.

I often use wood for some interior stiffening structure, and the wood to styrene bond should either be gel CA or epoxy.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by Nathan T on Thursday, November 14, 2013 9:24 AM

Liquid cement can craze clear plastic though. And CA could fog it if you're not careful. Epoxy sounds like a good alternative.

 

 

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Posted by Edgar on Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:41 AM

MEK (methylethylketone.)

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  • From: Cincinnati, Ohio USA
Posted by Drew Cook on Thursday, November 21, 2013 1:30 PM

Thanks, guys.  The vacuum-formed parachute panel sections are either red or yellow, though -- not clear plastic.

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