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Re: Glueing old lego
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Date: 
Fri, 27 Aug 2004 23:43:28 GMT
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MEK - I believe Methyl Ethyl Ketone

Try local hardware stores in the paint dept.

Huub van Niekerk wrote:

Hi,

I'm trying to glue some broken parts of 25 years old Lego. The parts are
(amongst others) an ship-compartment (red coloured) and 2 pieces of rails (blue
coloured). Can somebody please tell me what type of glue I should use for this?

Thank you very much,

Huub

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  Re: Glueing old lego
 
(...) I believe the model shop used to use this as well. (...) Do a search on Google for MEK and for Methyl Ethyl Ketone... it is nasty stuff and you want to be prepared to use it safely! Great ventilation is a must. If it were me I'd work outside. (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Glueing old lego
 
(...) I don't find any MEK in my neighborhood hardware store. Instead I bought a bottle of methylene chloride from a model shop specifically for mending broken Lego. Doesn't work too good, apparently. But this thing is good enough for closing the (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)

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  Glueing old lego
 
Hi, I'm trying to glue some broken parts of 25 years old Lego. The parts are (amongst others) an ship-compartment (red coloured) and 2 pieces of rails (blue coloured). Can somebody please tell me what type of glue I should use for this? Thank you (...) (20 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)

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