I am about at my wits end[:(] In attempting to build another diorama I have come up with a situation where I am attempting to join a piece of sheet styrene to a material similar to that which whiffle balls are made of[V]
I have tried TenX7, super glue, epoxey, household super cement and contact cement[xx(] I have roughed up both surfaces, tried it with smooth surfaces and the results are the same[banghead][banghead][banghead] With this particular problem I feel as if I am dumber than dirt[%-)]
Epoxy should have worked, that stuff will stick anything to anything. I presume both parts were very clean before they were glued.
Try some stuff called “Shoe Goo” available at KMart and other department stores. I used to use it a lot on R/C cars and it will stick anything to anything (just like epoxy is supposed to!). I’ve used it on Lexan, graphite, aluminum, just about anything you can think of. It is VERY thick though so that might cause a problem.
Would it be possible to go some route other than glue? Stupid as this sounds, perhaps stapling?
Could you just use vinyl tape and tape them together?
If it is the plastic I think it is (can’t remember its name) even Shoe Goo won’t hold to it. It’s almost like teflon, slick and even paint won’t adher to it. (I have a 8"x8"x1/4" piece that I use to hold my body putty when I’m applying it - when I’m done, just let putty dry and then slide it off). You may have to consider using a mechanical means of fastening it together (staples, screws, nuts & bolts etc).
Now I’ll probably stay awake half the night trying to remember its name!
Quincy may be onto something; if it is UHMW (ultra-high molecular weight) plastic, which is a high density polyethylene, then you are SOL.
Sorry,
Bruce
Waitaminute! HDPE is commonly used for natural gas and water lines, and they typically use a thermal welding process to connect pipe sections. Perhaps just using a soldering iron to carefully “Weld” them together would work. Not sure what kind of fumes it would give off though, so a respirator might be a good idea while you try it.
I want to thank all of you for your help. What I finally did was to take the material I couldn’t stick anything to and using sheet styrene made a duplicate shape which worked out fine. Once again, Thanks.