jtate
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Okay, here are two questions: What kind of solvent would dissolve Acrylester? What kind of solvent would dissolve Acrylic?
Here's why I want to know: One of the ways for fixing a crack in a vintage pen is to get a part made from that same material, scrape off lots of shavings from it, dissolve this to a goo using an appropriate solvent and then press the goo into and around the crack. The solvent evaporates and the new material and old material have joined. Sand down the excess material and you're all fixed up.
I'm thinking that a similar method could be used to weld/meld a newly fabricated part (from acrylester or acrylic) to the vintage part from which a part is missing. This seems like a more permanent fix than any adhesive that's out there. Further, CA, our adhesive of choice, is harmful to many of the materials used in vintage pens.
I know that acetone dissolves plexiglass. Acetone does not dissolve
acrylester and neither does Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK).
Any ideas?
Julia
Here's why I want to know: One of the ways for fixing a crack in a vintage pen is to get a part made from that same material, scrape off lots of shavings from it, dissolve this to a goo using an appropriate solvent and then press the goo into and around the crack. The solvent evaporates and the new material and old material have joined. Sand down the excess material and you're all fixed up.
I'm thinking that a similar method could be used to weld/meld a newly fabricated part (from acrylester or acrylic) to the vintage part from which a part is missing. This seems like a more permanent fix than any adhesive that's out there. Further, CA, our adhesive of choice, is harmful to many of the materials used in vintage pens.
I know that acetone dissolves plexiglass. Acetone does not dissolve
acrylester and neither does Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK).
Any ideas?
Julia