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Suitable adhesive to bond wood to ABS

Suitable adhesive to bond wood to ABS

Suitable adhesive to bond wood to ABS

(OP)
I am trying to bond a layer of ABS ( smooth on one side, haircell or 'orange peel' on the other; can bond to either side ) to a flat piece of smooth pine wood.  The bonded parts will not undergo great forces, but will need to last and withstand minor shear forces.  ( I don't have quantitative estimates of what forces are involved )

I am going to try:
- some kind of epoxy
- silicon
- wood glue ( yikes! )

Am I crazy?
Any other ideas of what to try or specifics on those mentioned above?

Thanks for any advice.

Cheers,
    DHD

RE: Suitable adhesive to bond wood to ABS

Two things that I've seen used with light loads are the IPS Weld-On ABS cement in the plumbing dept. I have also seen structural adhesives like Liquid Nails used

One epoxy for the epoxy option.
B-45TH This is a 2 part flexible epoxy.

http://www.reltekllc.com/bondit-b45th.html

RE: Suitable adhesive to bond wood to ABS

(OP)
Thanks.

I'll add those to my experiments.  

Cheers.

RE: Suitable adhesive to bond wood to ABS

A friend built some cases for his music instruments recently, and used contact cement, like you would use for floor tiles or vinyl flooring material, to bond abs to plywood.

RE: Suitable adhesive to bond wood to ABS

(OP)
Interesting.  I'll give that a go too.

So far I've tried a gel epoxy, silicone, and wood glue.

The wood glue held up horribly. No surprise.
The epoxy held up to a moderate 'peeling' force, but somewhat gave way to vigorous peeling.
The silicone sealant has held up well to any kind of 'peeling' force I've tried.

Sorry for all the non-technical blabber there.

 

RE: Suitable adhesive to bond wood to ABS

If shear is most important, why are you testing for peel?

You might consider Gorilla Glue.

 

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

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