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Offline Digits

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Gluing PLA
« on: 21 January 2021, 04:58:16 PM »
So I have just bought a small pla printed greenhouse from Iron Gate Miniatures.....but I will be damned if my Loctite superglue will stick it together!

Anyone have sure fired way of pluming PLA parts please?

Offline OSHIROmodels

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Re: Gluing PLA
« Reply #1 on: 21 January 2021, 05:02:53 PM »
Plastic Weld (or some other derivation) but allow it to go off properly and be quite liberal with it.

Offline Digits

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Re: Gluing PLA
« Reply #2 on: 21 January 2021, 07:18:58 PM »
I shall look for some, thanks.

Offline OSHIROmodels

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Re: Gluing PLA
« Reply #3 on: 21 January 2021, 07:24:04 PM »
Apply it with a brush (squirrel hair brushes are good as they hold quite a bit) but keep that brush separate from painting brushes.

It’s not great stuff so be careful with it  :)

Offline SotF

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Re: Gluing PLA
« Reply #4 on: 22 January 2021, 07:35:01 AM »
Might not work in fine details, but for a PLA printed mini that I'd gotten a while back, I powdered one side with some baking soda and used super glue applied to the other side then used a bit more around the joint

Offline Wildman II

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Re: Gluing PLA
« Reply #5 on: 22 January 2021, 06:12:52 PM »
I have used Pastruct Plastic Weld to glue SLA prints successfully.
It glues them like it would a plastic model kit.

 

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