PVC adhesive

[Joe McNamara]

Use solvent PVC cement/glue from B&Q! (normally used for pvc plumbing pipes)

Don’t look for it – you need to ask at the counter as they keep it under lock and key.

Proper strong stuff – is really melts it together.

About a fiver a pot with a brush in the lid – you can’t go wrong!

Cheers
Joe

[Mike Grant]

Thanks Joe, I wouldnt have thought of that!
Your a star.

[Robert Lambie]

i use tensol, works very well for the type of thing you are after.
tensol 12 if i remember the number correct 😕 i think a few do it but i always bought from amari…

Fusion… thats good gear too mate. I’m sure it comes cheaper though. i know it comes as a liquid like water that sets in seconds but they also do a slow run type liquid a bit like the tensol actually.

i remember years back we always used a liquid called "Acryfix" stopped making/selling it here… was weird stuff but worked very well… if it got on your skin it was cold but dried so fast it didn’t have leave any damage from memory.

[Tim Painter]

Was interested about tensol so did a Google.

Found this
http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/acrylic_sheet.htm

Has an interesting Perspex workshop manual plus other stuff………just thought I would share.

Tim.

[Mike Grant]

You used to get a fusion product that stuck both PVC and acrylic and it only cost £25 for 3lts then they took it off the market because it was carcenogenic and replaced it with this silly priced looky-likey stuff. 🙄

The silly prices are from Grafitype 👿

[David Rogers]

quote Mike Grant:

You used to get a fusion product that stuck both PVC and acrylic and it only cost £25 for 3lts then they took it off the market because it was carcenogenic and replaced it with this silly priced looky-likey stuff. :roll:……….

You should try getting a hold of chloroform these days!! It bonds just about any plastic. Have used it to create glueless joints on acrylic, polycarbonate, and PVC in the past.
You need good ventilation though as it’s a respiritory inhibitor, and glass syringes, and all metal needles. Great product though as it flows into the joins (capilliary effect) leaves no residue and is invisible. Works by melting the material together.

Dave

[Mike Grant]

Chloroform won’t stick PVC, I have got some that we used in the pre-Fusion era. In fact I stupidly gave away 2 demijons of the stuff thinking that the Fusion was the way to go as it stuck both materials. You cant buy chloroform over the counter anymore unless you are on the poisons register, which we were donkeys years ago but we were struck off because we were not using it for medical reasons or something stupid like that. I am going back about 15 years now.

By the way, we always use a small brush instead of a syringe.