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Re: Bonding polycarbonate to polycarbonate

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Originally Posted by Andy A. View Post
IPS Weld-On #16 works pretty well on polycarb. #'s 55 and 58 work even better. They're all 'solvent' cements, which likely means something like Methylene Chloride is the active ingredient. The nice part is that the heavier glue base is much easier to work with then a pure solvent.
I was looking around for something else and found IPS Weld-On #4 recommended with a needle bottle applicator. From McMaster-Carr, it would be 7517A1 for 4 oz of adhesive ($8.79, water-thin) and 1902T41 for the needle bottle ($6.67). Recommendations online are to clamp the parts together and run a very tight bead of solvent down the seam, letting the adhesive wick into the joint.

MSDS #1 - http://www.curbellplastics.com/techn...c-weldon-4.pdf
MSDS #2 - http://www.tapplastics.com/uploads/p...%204%20New.pdf
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