Resin to Styrene

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Frogger
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Resin to Styrene

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Any tips on the best method to bond resin parts to styrene parts.
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frogger wrote:Any tips on the best method to bond resin parts to styrene parts.
CA (Super Glue) or Epoxy.
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Johnnycrash wrote:
frogger wrote:Any tips on the best method to bond resin parts to styrene parts.
CA (Super Glue) or Epoxy.

Yeah what he said 8)
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Does that include say, drinks bottles plastic?
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didihno wrote:Does that include say, drinks bottles plastic?
You would have to test them. Most of the clear ones are a PETG or variant, and can be glued that way, including solvent based glues (to themselves and other styrene). But many are not styrene, but polypropylene. And damn near nothing sticks to it. Same with polyethylenes.
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You can find glues and solvents for almost every plastic here

http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/category.php?bid=21&
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Johnnycrash wrote:
didihno wrote:Does that include say, drinks bottles plastic?
You would have to test them. Most of the clear ones are a PETG or variant, and can be glued that way, including solvent based glues (to themselves and other styrene). But many are not styrene, but polypropylene. And damn near nothing sticks to it. Same with polyethylenes.
Thanks.

I got me a little resin nostromo model, and It was looking for some plastic to use, then I spied a diet coke bottle, its molded in silver plastic and I thought to myself......right on!

We'll see!!!
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