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   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 04/12/16 11:07, MrCheerful wrote:   
   > On 04/12/2016 10:22, Capitol wrote:   
   >> 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?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>     For fine cracks I always use superglue which has very good wixking   
   >> properties. I find it will also fill slightly wider cracks with a few   
   >> more coats. Easy to clean up with a scalpel.   
   >   
   > and contains cyanide.   
      
   NO, contains cyanoacrylate.   
      
      
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