I hear that chloroform can be used too as bonding material, is it true?

You're videos are absolute first class. I'll be looking at you're methods to bond binding to guitar bodies and necks that I din't think were possible. You should have you're own TV show your presentation is so good. Great and practical information here.

I admire the rigor you've set this test up with. That was very thorough.

I just started working with this type of material. Thank you so much for making such a well-made informative and engaging video.

I have seen some of your videos and let me tell you that they are very good, the information is clear, you go to the point straight, thank you very much

Love this video. you did a great job in comparing all the substances I was considering. thank you!!! I am going to raid my hubbies plumbing stuff to see if he has MEK. I am also in Australia and am finding it hard to get substances and I work in a lab too. this is awesome!

This is an excellently done video, it is to the point, quick, and clrear, with No B.S. Thank you very much.

Hi Cosador, your videos are phenomenal. They are at a level at which hobbyists, who do not have access to professional or artisan tools, can follow along. You also teach what to look out for and why. I only recently discovered your channel and am wondering where you've gone. Your channel is very valuable and I wish that you were out here teaching us more practical craftsmanship.

I spent hours in the diy store just to find acrylic cement only to find none. Thank you for making this video

Thank you for such a thorough analysis!! Very Helpful ... Great Job!

Great video, straight to the point and and makes me feel more confident when i go to glue acylic, nice one, thankyou

Great video Jonathan, I’m going to try MEK as a bonding agent for a broken acrylic chair back. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to part 2.

Thank you so much effort spent to carry out the test so meticulously.

Thank you Looking forward to part 2

I am totally geeking out on this video. Really exceptional instructional video. Thank you!

Very informative and apart from you not waiting the 72 hours for the test subjects to cure, very thorough. Thank you 👍🏻

Beautifully done, clearly communicated video.

Great video and testing, well done, thank you!

I love how even though they were just test pieces, the little squares you designed looked so aesthetically lovely

Jonathan You are really well experienced with Acrylic boards and bonding and cutting . Well we have learned a lot. Thanks a lot. This is v.v fro India

Fantastic video! Thank you sir!

That's was a good video, thank you for the information and the effort

Amazing video, very happy with the info, thank you 🙏

You can also use acrylic nail monomer to bond acrylic sheets. It is comprised mainly of ethyl methacrylate and dimethacylate. I use nail acrylic for a myriad of different things - I sculpt custom bits for minature models, repair plastic and resin things around the house, bond acrylic with the monomer (100% clear, because it is acrylic), sculpted masters for silicone molds, etc. It is wicked versitle, and much less expensive per ounce than acrylic cement.

I'm sitting here with a broken piece of acrylic and a can of my dad's pvc primer. Im super happy that I watched your video and I'm going to attempt it!

wow those are great video. very informative.

Thanks for answering my questions!!

Incredible piece of video and science. At a past job, we used a Zwick Roell machine to test lap shear strength. You might be able to send off samples to their lab. Not sure. Just want to contribute to this awesome post. Thanks!

I’ve been waiting for something like this. Thanks

That is a carefully planed and made vid. Congrats. Be well.

Impeccable methodological spirit

Well explained to a slow lerner, and I got it 1st time. Thanks mate

In Bulgaria Weld-on 4 is out of stock for several months. Will try some of the options from your video, thanks

Now that is what I called truly professional and the test is at the level of science. Respect to you !

Many thanks for the information.

Very informative. Thank you

Thank you for the very informative video

Outstanding!

Great experimental !! Liked n subscribed 👍👍👍❤.. planning a new project with acrylic and need more research b4 get it starts 😊

Excellent video of scientific quality

Very nice work!

VERY GOOD VIDEO IT HELP ME A LOT . THANKS

You deserve so much more subscribers !

That was very useful. Thanks

This was a good test good idea and thanks for sharing I for now your new friend Ken,

Thanks. This is an excellent video.

Thanks for the info. I was about to glue up using acetone but I ordered some generic #4 (more work time than #3).

Thanks for that very well presented video. My hobby is scale models made mostly with styrene. My question is what is the best way to fix a crack in clear styrene or make it less noticable? Thanks for the videos.

Great narration!

Great video, thanks!

Yay science! Nice video!

Thanks this was very helpful👍

Good info, thanks!

Informative thanks. Yeah often when soldering is expensive, there’s a good reason.

Thanks for the info. I just made a large window with a sliding opening and latch. All out of 10mm acrylic. I started by making a small prodotype and used the superglue which I happened to have. It was rock solid. I finished up building the whole thing out of it. What's your opinion of using Super glue? Any goog? Or an I in for a nasty shock down the road? Jeff

What a shame you stopped making videos, you do it well, I will subscribe just in case you start up again. Cheers.

Yes... Thank you.

Awesome content!

Thank you for the video. I am looking for a way to fix a broken bridge in my seeing glasses. I am not sure at this stage what type of plastic they are

That's what I call a professional ! Well thought experiment with clear , repeatable results . Congratulations. Can you do a video on twisting narrow sheets of plexiglass?

Cool, thank you. Looking at making a fish tank. I wonder which if any of these would be watertight. Cheers from another Aussie ❤️🇦🇺

Really helpful. I was thinking about using two pieces of acrylic bonded together rather than buying a thicker sheet, but after this video, it seems best to just bite the bullet.

great video.thanks

This is one of the best tests I have ever seen! Great job! A pity though that not one solvent compared to the commercial acrylic cement.

The best acrylic bonding solvent is made from a custom blend of 90% Ethylene Dichloride plus 10% Glacial Acetic Acid. The resulting acrylic bond is transparent and strong after curing fully for 72 hours. The high quality bond is achieved, because Ethylene Dichloride is not as quick acting as Methylene Chloride. Furthermore, the addition of 10% Glacial Acetic Acid allows more set time for the Ethylene Dichloride to completely bond the acrylic surfaces.

good imfo. Bro. Thanks

Question. Would you know if using MEK for model building (gluing Styrene together) make a good choice? It needs to be fast (15-20 seconds) with making a strong bond or it would not be practical for building plastic Styrene models. The glues available for this purpose are expensive and looking for an alternative. Thanks for a super detailed video.

Nice and clear video! Quick question, a drawer made of acrylic sheet is beyond the required dimensions. How do you trim the top part while the corners are glued together?

What do you think would work best for gluing edges of lexan ? In particular rc car and truck bodies when they develop a tear or crack. This type of lexan is very very thin and flexible.

Hi Cosador. Thanks for this. I would like you to make a video on whether it is possible to put together clear acrylic sheet with glass. I have a brewing project where I want to make the walls of the brewing tank to have glass inside acrylic outside, this bond would help with sustaining pressure from the brew(1000L) and also insulate/shield the glass from any incidences and only affect the acrylic. Please make a video to show which materials can be used to bond the glass and the acrylic or simply recommend which materials could work? silicon? etc. Thanks.

I'm surprised you didn't test Hot Stuff products that I have used in miniature building while working at Disney. They have fantastic holding power. Especially the thick Hot Stuff with the aerosol accelerator. And the best part is they are cheaper than any of the items you tested.

Thank you!

Great video

Great video, my question is can you use heat or flame to fuse acrylic. Not after a strong bond, but enough to hold together to light touch.

Thank You!!

this is great...showing the results and its effect on acrylic..... MEK is prohibited in our country...any other worthy replacement?

Quality video. Thanks for making this. I'm actually interested in bonding a piece of fabric to a sheet of clear acrylic to make a pickguard for a guitar. However, I haven't the slightest idea how to effect such a bond (if it's even possible). Do you have any suggestions?

I once saw a KZfaq video showing how to bond acrylic. The trick was to dissolve acrylic dust/shavings in the aceton. This might take some time. But once saturated, this solution is supposed to give extremely strong bondings.

hi i am from trinidad and tobago great work loving it bro can you do a video on how glue acrylic to concret

thanks, would you mind to tell us how to bonding acrylic to fiber glass or aluminium?

Okay! I’ve been working with acrylics and other clear plastics for over thirty years now. In my experience, these days, there is no substitute for dichloromethane/methylene chloride. By far and away the best “glue” used for bonding acrylic is and was chloroform (trichloromethane), which you are, at least in the UK, not able to easily get hold of these days. (I’m not kidding when i say I used to order it and collect it from my local chemist, it came in big brown glass jars in a cardboard box and I would load it into my car and drive it back to work). To my understanding it was mainly banned in the work place for its potential carcinogenic effects. The best dichloromethane/methylene chloride based “glues” are those that are mixed with other chemicals, such as ascetic acid, that actively lower the evaporation point of dichloro or methylene chloro and allow for better capillary action to take effect. It should also be mentioned that you should never try to “glue” lasered acrylic as the heat generated when cutting will always add stress to the material and cause failure of any bond and will cause “crazing” (very small cracks and fissures in the material). I suspect if you had tried CNC routing of the acrylic the results of your test would’ve had a slightly different outcome. That said, for any material you are unsure of it is always best to run some tests on scrap material and choose what gives the best results.

Basically looking to glue laser cut layers together, so seems like paint stripper or acetone is what I'm looking for since it's easily available locally and I wouldn't have to order it. Making Decorations with multiple layers, so just need them to be glued flat together. No stress will be put on them at all. So that definitely seems like the best bet for what I'm doing. Seems like fingernail polish remover might work too

Be sure to use a glass syringe for solvents, as they will dissolve the plastic in normal syringes. Use all metal needles with metal hubs if you can, I've unfortunately had that experience...

I use acrylic cement regularly but recently tried it on a piece of "optix" acrylic and there was absolutely no bond. I have heard that cross linked acrylics do not work with acrylic cement and wondering if it falls under that category.

How about methil metacrylate resin for dental use.the is a selfcuring one.i'll see tomorow morning if it works.what do you think?

I liked your channel ...

Can you please make a part 2 about bond setting time.

What settings and speed did you use on your k40?

I wat to make double wall acrylic similar to double wall POLYCARBONATE sheets. Do you think the double wall acrylic with have a better insulation property's that the double wall polycarbonate ? I'm attempting to make a glass studio/office.

Is it possible to glue two ends of Acrylic Sheets in order to get a larger sheet? For and example, I have 5 mm thick two pieces 18" x 32" and I would like to glue them and get 36" x 32".

Great video mate! Just wondering if it's possible to join two pieces seamlessly together side by side rather than on top of each other?

which glue is suitable for bonding and sealing the crack of car headlight (Polycarbonate) .I need to seal the crack, because after rainy weather is inside of headlight water droplets and it is foggy thank you.

Hey hai I just wanna know if I could use chloroform to bond acrylic sheet

I just tried the same bottle of pvc cement (mek) and it did absolutely nothing. But... The bottle was opened, used, then stored in my shed for about 7 years. I wonder if it has a shelf life? I'll try a new bottle soon.

I have a possibly very bad idea for joining acrylic. Put a piece of aluminum/copper foil between the two pieces where you want them to join and apply force. Direct heat at the join with an infrared heat source. The foil will heat up and just that area will melt and bond. Acrylic is transparent to infrared.

Can I use E6000 glue, to glue together an acrylic box??

Great detailed vid. I am at a loss as to why you covered up the name name of the product?

Can I use weld on 3 to glue together plexiglass

John's a m4ster of 4cyrlic. Thanks for these amazing videos and tips!

I’d be very interested in best approaches of cutting acrylic tubes from 10mm OD to 120mm OD with nominal wall thicknesses 3-8mm ... into 300mm lengths for example