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Polystyrene adhesive

Polystyrene adhesive

Polystyrene adhesive

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We're creating polystyrene parts for a customer of ours, and attempting to glue several scrap pieces together to offer a cost reduction.  What kinds of glue (brand names or sources would be great!) would you guys recommend?  We're looking for something sprayable, and simple to apply.

Thanks, and have a great day!

RE: Polystyrene adhesive

Solvent cement will do a great job.  Don't breathe it tho!  Check out the Weld-On line of solvent cements from IPS Corporation.

RE: Polystyrene adhesive

Hi there.

We have exactly the same "problem". To "weld" chemisly the 2 PS parts, we use a moisture of worn out ABS with acetone...that gives us at the end, a white liquid. It works very well, but the application on the joint gives me serious and anoying problems everyday. At the present time, we are using a pressurized reservatory at 1.5 bar and a comuns air pistol to aplly the liquid on the joint.
It works very well...during 1 or 2 days.. until the pistol become stuck inside, due to the acumulation and solidification of the liquid in the internal walls of the pistol.. and the rubber o-rings destroyed.

I'm looking for a solution to this problem. Can you help me on this?

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