RichardS
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Over the years I've tried to glue PP and PE but always unsuccessful. Epoxies etc just don't work.
I know that people with PP or PE water tanks etc have a similar problem and hot glue guns are often the only thing that will work but there are dangers with applying hot guns or similar and access has to be very good. Anyway, I've had a split screenwash bottle, several litres in size, which has been badly split for years even though I've tried to fix it many times. The split had opened over the years and was a couple of mm wide so I need an adhesive/filler and that is not easy with PP.
Anyway, I finally found this stuff.
It is a structural adhesive so can be used for gluing and gap-filling. It has filler particles in it so it has a fair degree of body. It's expensive - I paid £18 for the small container, and it's not easy to use as 2 or 3 minutes after mixing with the catalyst it turns into a stringy mess of plastic.
However, it really works and bonds chemically with the PP or PE so no special prep is required and no abrasion or roughening. Just a wipe with meths to remove grease.
A new washer bottle would have been over £100 but now it seals like new so I'm well pleased.
Anyway, for PE or PP the answer is out there.
Richard
I know that people with PP or PE water tanks etc have a similar problem and hot glue guns are often the only thing that will work but there are dangers with applying hot guns or similar and access has to be very good. Anyway, I've had a split screenwash bottle, several litres in size, which has been badly split for years even though I've tried to fix it many times. The split had opened over the years and was a couple of mm wide so I need an adhesive/filler and that is not easy with PP.
Anyway, I finally found this stuff.
It is a structural adhesive so can be used for gluing and gap-filling. It has filler particles in it so it has a fair degree of body. It's expensive - I paid £18 for the small container, and it's not easy to use as 2 or 3 minutes after mixing with the catalyst it turns into a stringy mess of plastic.
However, it really works and bonds chemically with the PP or PE so no special prep is required and no abrasion or roughening. Just a wipe with meths to remove grease.
A new washer bottle would have been over £100 but now it seals like new so I'm well pleased.
Anyway, for PE or PP the answer is out there.
Richard
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