Re: [Killietalk] Acrylic bonding

[Odispigna at aol_com]

Hey Tucker:

A great tool every aquarists should have if using Plexiglas tanks is Methylene Chloride.  It is a non-flammable liquid solvent for bonding acrylic to acrylic.  The only trick is that you have to make sure your seams line up.  It is like water and if you have a chip or gap it will flow through and not give you the water tight seal.  I use the tanks and fill with water as soon as it's dry and have had no problems with a residue.

It works almost as if it melts the two surfaces together so if it smears or gets somewhere you don't want it to, it will leave a cloudy white drip mark.  But works wonders for sealing cracks, securing bulkheads, inserting dividers etc. 
I get it from Industrial Plastics in NYC on Canal Street, and you can buy a needle tip applicator.  
Industrial Plastics website is 
www.yourplasticsupermarket.com

Or look on the web for a local supplier convenient to you.

Good luck.

Olympia DiSpigna
Research Associate
Poseidon Sciences
122 East 42nd Street, Suite 2805
New York, NY 10168
P: 212-573-6050
F: 212-573-6351
e-mail: odispigna at aol_com

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