(Fwd) Re: Sun plastics

[Chuck Guzis]

On 9 Jan 2007 at 19:24, Tony Duell wrote:

> What you do is put the plastic parts together and run a brush dipped in 
> the solvent along the crack. For a stronger join, I cut a piece of cotton 
> frabric to fit over the hack of the repair, put it in place and 'paint' 
> it with the solvent. Then push the cotton into the softened plastic.

The faceplates of Overland Data tape drives are like that--try any 
"regular" solvent such as xylene or MEK or (worst) acetone and the 
plastic just crumbles away.  Methylene chloride does seem to work 
better--and any gaps can be filled in with auto-body resin filler 
(Bondo) and the whole mess painted to match.

Cheers,
Chuck