Gluing Peco track parts
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Gluing Peco track parts
I will soon be embarking on building an SM32 crossover from Peco parts for outdoor use, but in the past I have had difficulty in finding a bonding agent of some sort that will stick a Peco chair to a Peco sleeper with any sort of strength. Can anybody recommend anything?
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EMA Plas Weld (basically the same as MekPak) works for the Peco throw over point lever kits and I would imagine they are the same type of plastic. But this stuff welds most plastics.
http://www.ema-models.co.uk/index.php/m ... ?limit=all
Best to get (especially larger) sizes from a shop or exhibition as shipping can be expensive due to the chemicals involved.
Beware, MEK Pak / Plas Weld are not user friendly chemicals, so use carefully.
http://www.plastruct.com/picat/MSDS_PPC_2.pdf
Chris
http://www.ema-models.co.uk/index.php/m ... ?limit=all
Best to get (especially larger) sizes from a shop or exhibition as shipping can be expensive due to the chemicals involved.
Beware, MEK Pak / Plas Weld are not user friendly chemicals, so use carefully.
http://www.plastruct.com/picat/MSDS_PPC_2.pdf
Chris
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I can remember being at a model railway show (York 1968 I think) and seeing old Slater of Plasticard fame, demonstrating the wonders of MEKPAK on his stand. If I recall correctly, one of the problems with MEK is that when the fumes pass through a cigarette, a certain amount of Phosgene is produced. The old chap had a lighted cigarette dangling from his lip through the whole demonstration!.
Mind you , he's dead now.........
Regards
Rob
Mind you , he's dead now.........
Regards
Rob
Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) is a flammable solvent. No chlorine in it, so it can't form phosgene, but incineration is a possibility if the vapour builds up to high enough levels.robc_wa:114293 wrote: If I recall correctly, one of the problems with MEK is that when the fumes pass through a cigarette, a certain amount of Phosgene is produced.
I think at one time Slaters MEKPAK was actually a chlorinated solvent, Perchlorethylene, or similar, and any chlorinated solvent can form phosgene as the vapour passes through a lit fag.
Mind you, the Benzo(a)pyrene in cigarette smoke is more likely get a chain smoker in the long term.
Graeme
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I use liquid solvent I think the bottle label says Plasweld or something like that. It's too cold this evening to go out to the shed to check the bottle.
Just to make sure chairs will not come loose in the future, I press a small brass pin with a flat head into each fixing hole using a hot soldering iron. The brass pins are short enough not to project below the sleepers. They came from Brandbright.
Just to make sure chairs will not come loose in the future, I press a small brass pin with a flat head into each fixing hole using a hot soldering iron. The brass pins are short enough not to project below the sleepers. They came from Brandbright.
Dave
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