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- From: bill@leeweyr.sccsi.com (Bill Lee)
- Subject: Re: Recommendations on glue for PETE plastic?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.155133.7697@leeweyr.sccsi.com>
- Organization: Lee Aerie
- References: <1993Jan1.231625.29359@netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 15:51:33 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan1.231625.29359@netcom.com> amillar@netcom.com (Alan Millar) writes:
- >I am making a model, and I would like to use the plastic from the
- >common U.S. 2-liter soft drink bottles. I chose this plastic because
- >it is so freely available. The label identifies the plastic as "PETE".
- >
- >Can anyone tell me what this plastic is, and what a good glue for it
- >would be? Typical model cement for polystyrene plastic doesn't stick
- >to it and just peels off. Other glues I've tried, including epoxy, do
- >mostly the same. Any suggestions? Thanks.
- >
- >- Alan
- >--
- >---- ,,,,
- >Alan Millar amillar@bolis.SF-Bay.org __oo \
- > =___/
- >But Moses said "Oh, Lord, please send someone else to do it." -Exo. 4:13
-
- I use pieces of a plastic Coke bottle as a wing-tip protector on the
- FAI Team Race models I fly. (Control Line model airplanes, for those who
- might not know what I'm into 8-{)
-
- I roughen the PETE with some 100 grit sandpaper and use the thick CA to
- glue it to the underside of the wingtip. Seems to work quite well, I've
- never had a piece come off.
-
- Regards,
-
- Bill Lee
-