Prostheta Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Not to blow what I'm going to attempt here (it'll be awesome though!!) but I need to know what glues will adhere plastic to wood either as a laminate top or a sandwich in a multi-lam. I well understand that I do *not* want to try using plastics in a neck laminate of course (or do I?!). I presume that the glue face would need roughing a fair amount with say, 120 grit to key the face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 I only have experience from gluing plastic bindings, but I have used CA for those. I *think* that my bottle of PU-glue say that it will adhere to plastic (at work right now), but PU is really messy to use, and I don’t know if I would use it for a laminated top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Theres some plastics CA wont adhere to. I cant remember which, but it tells you on the bottle usually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted July 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 I was thinking of Perspex sheetings - 5mm sheeting to be exact! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Epoxy pretty much sticks anything to anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted July 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Sounds good to me. Epoxy makes sense. Will post back in this thread (or a new one) when I get around to testing it, and *what* I'm creating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Sounds interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted July 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Okay - the horses mouth spoke. No alcohols or solvents, especially acetone to be let near it! Epoxy is a definate thumbs up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Epoxy should do the trick. I'd probably rough the surface up a little with 80 grit paper, give the epoxy something to grip to (Epoxy is the only glue I'm aware of that actually has cohesive strength to speak of, and needs something to grip to). Polyurethane should work as well, I use it for CF neck laminates (easier to clean up than epoxy, IMO), works just lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted July 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 Lucite specifically recommend Cyanocrylate glues for bonding Perspex to a wooden substrate. I *do* not think so. Epoxy test in the pipeline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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