acrylic glue

[Tangboy]

does anyone know if acrylic can be glued with aquarium silicone?

 

[Arch01]

Silicone does not hold very well to acrylic. If you are gluing acrylic to acrylic, you should look for a cement like Weld-on. What kind of project is it for?

Alex
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[Mr.Tang]

it is for a diy refugium

 

[Arch01]

I'm working on putting one together myself (I'll let you know how it goes once I get started ). I am going to use WeldOn 4 for the joints and WeldOn 16 in case I don't do a very good job. The 4 is very thin and should make for clean seams. The 16 is thicker and more sloppy. Do you know what kind of acrylic you're going to use?

Alex
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[tangir1]

Yeah, WeldOn is the one to use. For small refug., it is not absolutely necessary to use casted acrylic, but it is always a better choice than the extruded one..

 

[Anonymous]

I get generec weld-on from my plastic store. It comes in a brown bottle and is labled "Methelene Chloride" it's less that $2 for 8 x or so. I still have the first bottle I ever bought.

www.usplastics.com has weld-on though.

B