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ALeene's  7800 All Purpose Adhesive,  or E6000 which is the same, both clear,  at Walmart or Hobby Lobby.

You will find this a great glue that is flexible, water proof and very sticky and has a 1000 uses.

It sticks to PVC electrical tape and does well on greasy plastics like Delrin too.

See my post below on my use of Aleene's to fix a broken Delrin Lionel truck side.

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...elphin-plastic-truck

Charlie

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Billyted posted:

Testors clear parts cement & window maker, works great on clear plastic windows.

I'll second this stuff.  It is thin enough that it will wick in between the clear window material and the surface that is touching, but not so thin that it will run.  It's just thick enough that you can lay a thin bead around the window opening if you prefer and simply drop the clear material in place.  Dries crystal clear.

I believe it is slightly flexible when dry, whereas I imagine Elmer's glue is probably not quite as flexible when dry.  I've never had any windows fall out yet when using the clear parts cement.  Although to be honest, never have tried Elmer's for cementing clear window material either.

Should be able to buy it at any hobby shop or craft store wherever Testors products are sold.

Simon Winter posted:

Testors clear parts cement & window maker

Presume this means one can actually MAKE plastic windows with this stuff. Can anyone elaborate?

Simon

Yes, but probably best for smaller openings, I'm guessing.  How small?  I don't know.  Maybe up to 1" square or thereabouts?  Maybe bigger?  Maybe not that big???  I haven't ever tried it yet for making windows.  Your guess is as good as mine at this point.

From the bottle instructions: "Dip a small brush handle into the cement and ease the handle around the window opening and then pull it out leaving a thin layer of film.  This will dry as clear as glass."

Think blowing soap bubbles - somewhat similar to the round wand opening that's pulled from the bubble solution and has a relatively clear soap film across the opening.

Roo posted:

When you say Elmer's glue which one?

There are many. Thanks. Roo.

This is what I have on hand:

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Probably bought this 15 years ago for our son's school supplies: (he's 24 now). It's still 1/2 full and shows no signs of drying out or "weakening" over time...

FWIW, I also use this for building wooden structures: I use it like contact cement. A little on both pieces, let it set up a bit, then attach. Works great. Just make sure the pieces are painted/stained first! 

Mark in Oregon

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Hi Ed, hope I'm not hijacking your thread it looks like you have plenty of ideas for what your doing so It shouldn't interfere with your query.

What I have to do is glue wooden laser cut frames to clear styrene like sandwich the frames between the styrene. I believe super glue has been used in the past. I saw this done on a building at the Telford (UK) O scale show back a couple of years ago and I had the window frames made up using my dimensions if I can work this out it will be great because I had the window frames made in three sizes this is the biggest and I intend to use them on a Boiler House I'm building....

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gunrunnerjohn posted:

Avoid super-glue, aka CA Adhesive for clear plastic, it will cloud it.

Not all plastics are affected by CA; polycarbonate (Lexan) is not and it is available in several thicknesses from Clover House for glazing material. I tossed all of my clear styrene and moved over to this for glazing windows and doors when not using actual glass.

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