Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

So recently a plastic component of a household machine in my Grandmothers house has broken and we'd like to try and fix it.

Being a particularly strapped for cash model enthusiast I spied the opportunity to con my dear old nan into buying some supplies for me while I fix her stuff.

Is there anyone here who might know where I can find some real heavy duty Plastic Adhesive that I could use to fix the parts and then turn to some of my models afterwards? I've not had any luck on the subject.

Poundland usually sells plastic, super and other glues, even epoxy glues.

SilverMK2 wrote:Poundland usually sells plastic, super and other glues, even epoxy glues.

...

Tell me sir. Would you trust a Poundland Glue product to hold on a vital internal component of a Pressure Cooker?

I would not trust any glue on a pressure cooker

However, if you insisted on such, a 2-part epoxy would be your best bet, rather than traditional glue.

RiTides wrote:I would not trust any glue on a pressure cooker

Well, I wouldn't with any of the ones that I knew of. I was wondering if anyone knew of any more industrial grade stuff out there that I might be unaware of that could be up to the job.

RiTides wrote:However, if you insisted on such, a 2-part epoxy would be your best bet, rather than traditional glue.

That was the plan.

con my dear old nan into buying some supplies for me

riiiiight...... lol, but yeah I'd try using something along the lines of greenstuff

If it's a plastic product, then use a plastic cement. It will actually weld the pieces together as opposed to simply adhering them to one another.

I cant speak, however, for the reaction of the cement to this particular type of plastic, or to extreme heat

Xiahou Dun wrote:Tell me sir. Would you trust a Poundland Glue product to hold on a vital internal component of a Pressure Cooker?

As I say, they sell epoxy glue (of known brands). Usually in single use tubes, which is why they are cheap.

If the component in question will be under pressure at all then all bets are off. Heat isn't an issue, just use a 2 part liquid epoxy rated for heat, but that won't have much hobby usage. If it isn't a load carrying component then simple plastic glue or super glue will do. If plastic glue is used, remember that not all plastic is the same and "plastic" glue only works on certain types of plastic, so it may not work. If it doesn't, just clean the part and use super glue.

Good luck and I hope this helped and didn't just make you more confused.

Kaldor wrote:If it's a plastic product, then use a plastic cement. It will actually weld the pieces together as opposed to simply adhering them to one another.

I cant speak, however, for the reaction of the cement to this particular type of plastic, or to extreme heat

Most appliance plastic is hard ABS and not Polystyrene and thus poly cement won't work on them.

Talk her into buying some plasticard for you, instead, and reconstruct the piece for her in it's entirety.
LOL

Eric

MagickalMemories wrote:Talk her into buying some plasticard for you, instead, and reconstruct the piece for her in it's entirety.
LOL

Eric

haha nice idea !!

Araldite it.

Not the 10-minute stuff, the 24-hour stuff.

...what part of the pressure cooker is broken, that may help more.

RiTides wrote:I would not trust any glue on a pressure cooker

.

True words here. It would not be good to be in the same area with that pressure cooker if the the glue failed and the part gave way.

As has been pointed out, the ideal cement depends on the part you want to fix.

If it's just a handle, then Araldite or liquid plastic cement (Pro Weld) will do it.

You need. . . . .



Mighty Putty!






And if you call now, Billy will send you 500 TONS of Oxiclean at NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE!

You're fixing a pressure cooking with a glue? Are you trying to kill your grandmother?

I really hope its the outside handle....I reeaalllyyyy hope so

I await the "BOOM"