gluing UHMW plastic

John_M._Gonzalez | Posted in Joinery on December 27, 2000 08:42am

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I need someone to tell me if there is any glue that will bond Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight plastic. I need to stack up some 3/4 inch pieces to make a fence on a jig and screwing them together is not an option. Thank you very much.

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CStanford_ | Dec 19, 2000 04:35pm | #1
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I think that the glue used to join DuPont Corian at the seams (in a countertop application) will work.

Bob_Berner | Dec 19, 2000 08:56pm | #2
*John, I think thatyou are out of luck on this one. UHMWPE is slick stuff and I cna't think of any adhesive that will bond well to it. You could try contact cement, I think that they use an epoxy to bond Corian and epoxy won't stick to polyethylene. Good Luck. Bob

Kevin_Jenness | Dec 27, 2000 08:42am | #3
*I have used 3M spray90 contact cement to adhere uhmw poly to steel in order to build up a truable surface on the beam of my excalibur crosscut table- still is tight several years down the road.