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   From: me@privacy.net   
      
   On Sun, 04 Dec 2016 10:03:49 +0000, Martin Brown wrote:   
      
   > Food processor plastic bowl seems to be polycarbonate and took a   
   > sufficiently hard thump on the hard kitchen floor to put a vertical 4cm   
   > crack in the outer case near to the handle. It will doubtless get worse   
   > if not repaired. Any suggestions for a suitable thin glue for   
   > polycarbonate that will wick into the crack and prevent it from running.   
   >   
   > Would it make sense to drill into the end of the crack for stress relief   
   > or be more likely to make it worse?   
   >   
   > Ideal glue would be food safe (so epoxy which might work isn't ideal).   
   >   
   > ISTR that petrol or ether might be good solvents for polycarbonate but I   
   > have a feeling they make it go brittle too which would be no use in a   
   > food processor where the mechanical strength is important.   
   >   
   > Any suggestions for the best glue to use here?   
      
      
   Polycarbonate does not crack.   
      
   It's likely acrylic or styrene.  MEK for acrylic, some other solvent-   
   based glue for styrene.   
      
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