VOGONS


First post, by appiah4

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I bought an AT case the other day, got it shipped from a scrapyard and unfortunately due to some poor packaging and an asshole courier it got knocked pretty bad in transit. As a result it as a big break in one corner and a crack in one edge. I want to glue it back, but the glue needs to be:

- Strong bonding for plastic
- Semi flexible
- Gap filling
- Transparent or creamy/white

I've considered using plastic cement that model kit builders use.. With some plastic added into it, they can easily became a gooey colored gap filler, but I'm not sure whether it'd be a great idea for mending broken parts.

What is the general consensus on what to use for these kinds of repairs? Probably some kind of resin epoxy, but which?

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Reply 1 of 2, by paradigital

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I’ve always had better luck with plastic welding than I have gluing.

Either by melting the back of the plastic together, or adding molten plastic to use as a filler/bridge.