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Re: Gluing broken bricks
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Sat, 17 Jun 2000 07:22:45 GMT
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A small addendum to this.  Most cyanoacrylates can be dissolved off with
nail polish remover.  It seems to be the same stuff that emergency wards use
to remove the superglue.

Cheers ...

Geoffrey Hyde


Thomas D Fulk Jr <tfulkjr@mail.idt.net> wrote in message
news:uOVKOU2emYh7zrIZ717LM5FyRdqc@4ax.com...

     I have used with success (This is a US Brand, but read on)
Loctite 495.  This is a "professional" type of Cyanoacrylate glue, AKA
Superglue in America.  Go to your hobbyshop and get a high quality
Cyanoacrylate, as the Discount store variety is not worth taking home
(at least here in the US)

   You need to go to a hobbyshop that sells radio controlled
cars/parts, as radio control car racers use this type of glue to
attach the tires to the wheels.  It comes in several thicknesses, you
want the thin stuff as the thicker ones tend to be messy.  You will
need to apply very little of the glue to the parts, I squirted some on
a piece of cardboard and used a toothpick to apply it to the broken
part.  You want to barely wet them. After joining the 2 parts, hold
them together by hand and have a cotton swab ready and get all of the
excess glue that squeezes out off as quickly as you can.  Hold them by
hand for about 5 minutes, then carefully put the parts down and let
them dry overnight.

     If you get the glue on your hands be careful, as it will bond
skin to anything else you touch when it is wet, and very quickly.
That includes other skin, Lego, your eye, or anything else you touch.


Good Luck!







On Fri, 16 Jun 2000 05:13:57 GMT, Lars Gertsen <lgg@systematic.dk>
wrote:



Hello,

I have just bought a box of used technic lego. Some of the
studs (16x1) was broken so I wondered if it was possible to
glue them together again, and what type of glue should I use.
I live in Denmark, so try not to specify special american glue,
but rather the type of glue.

I have thought of using the same glue at I used on my plastic
models when I was a kid, but I am not sure that Lego is the
same type of plastic as those old plastic plane models.

Your
Lars Gertsen - Denmark




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  Re: Gluing broken bricks
 
(...) Still, not something you want to put in your eye. Ow! (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: Gluing broken bricks
 
(...) As can almost anything "plastic": the primary active ingredient in nail polish remover is acetone. Nasty stuff, to be used with caution. I'm not sure what it'll do to ABS, but I wouldn't do the test on any piece I cared about... Ran (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)

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  Re: Gluing broken bricks
 
I have used with success (This is a US Brand, but read on) Loctite 495. This is a "professional" type of Cyanoacrylate glue, AKA Superglue in America. Go to your hobbyshop and get a high quality Cyanoacrylate, as the Discount store variety is not (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)

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