A lot of our readers are interested in learning about the sometimes tricky world of plastic adhesives and plastic welding.
Fusing plastic sheets.
A hard heat resistant surface like a wooden cutting board 3.
These can be made in arbitrary 2d shapes by using a soldering iron to fuse the edges of two plastic sheets together but it s obviously a.
I show how to use a soldering iron to fuse plastic together.
This is all you need to start fusing.
For this project you need white 3 grocery type bags some small scraps of colored plastic bags and one thin clear bag such as a dry cleaning bag or newspaper delivery bag.
Using epoxide glue for this purpose is a relatively simple procedure but fusing the sheets together is a little more.
Peel parchment paper away from finished plastic sheet.
Using an epoxide or fusing the sheets together.
This can be used to seal bags make them to the specific size of the object inside and create an.
While picking the right plastic adhesive can make you wish you d majored in chemistry welding is arguably the better method for fusing two plastic components.
Now you can use this stuff to make a million things.
There are two ways to glue polycarbonate sheets.
There s no shortage of those in the world unfortunately.
Polycarbonate is a clear colorless plastic often used as a replacement for glass.
If the layers are not all melted together iron it some more.
It should be fairly smooth and one sheet to the touch watch out its a little hot.