acrylic cement

[jharr]

Will regular 2-part epoxy work well on acrylic or do I need to get something specially formulated? I am going to try to cement a diy sump/fuge to the back of my eclipse 6.

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[wannabeafarmer]

Weld-on would be your adhesive of choice. I've used the two part plastic epoxy on acrylic, but I had to sand both parts to rough them up, and give the epoxy something to hold on to. Hope this helps. You can get the weld-on at a plastic supplier, just check the phone book. Good luck!

[suver569]

Get yourself Weld-on #16. Works great. Also handy for around the house plastic fixing. I fixed my refridge door with it, welded the broken part on in 24 hours. A little duct tape, a big gob of cement, and wa-la, one solid refridge door compartment.

Oh, it works for what your looking to use it for also :p

It'll weld pretty much any kind of acrylic or plastic, and it's nice and thick and goopy.

[fountains slave]

can you glue together a tank from scatch with it a small tank 20-30 gallons

[wsonner]

Yeah, Weld On. If for no other reason than the great contact high :-).

Wes

[wannabeafarmer]

Originally posted by fountains slave
can you glue together a tank from scatch with it a small tank 20-30 gallons

Yup...

Weld-on creates a bond between the acrylic...makes it almost as if it were one. Could go a lot bigger that 20-30 gallons, just have to adjust the thickness of the acrylic to match the water volume you are looking for.