During the first week of our COVID19 Lockdown here in South Africa I accidentally broke the metal hinge on my spectacles. Since need these to read and all optometrists were closed for who knew how long I decided to use the method to build up a nodule welding the ear piece to the lense frame. I could obviously not fold the ear piece closed like this but it got me through to when optometrists reopened. It held strong for about 4 months! The frame was black so I used a permanent black marker to colour the repair black and hardly anyone noticed the repair. I also used the method tho repair and build up our ice maker container in our fridge/freezer which has held up for over a year now at sub zero temperatures. Amazing stuff!!!
@@dangerous8333 I did not have epoxy and the hardware stores were all closed for the lockdown. Also, I had to build up a small nodule to bind the parts together. This is easy to do with the superglue and baking soda method as you can keep adding more to build it up layer by layer. There were not enough mating surfaces for epoxy to adhere to. I have worked with hardening putties and many other adhesives and believe the CA glue and baking soda gave the best possible joint and in the least possible time.
For more strength, use .6 ounce fiberglass cloth instead of powder. The CA will wick through the fiberglass cloth and bond over a large area and the .6 ounce fiberglass cloth is extremely thin.
silk cloth is also very strong. You can buy it in rolls or sheets. I use it if i'm doing fiberglass repairs and want a stronger repair than chop strand glass fiber.
In the UK we have fibre-glass tissue which sounds very similar to what you describe. I have used that for fine repairs with both the fibre-glass resin, super glue or epoxy resin. Barry
You can also use fine dust of charcoal for black filling and cocoa powder for brown filling. This can also be done to color epoxies on wood and bakelite repairs.
I fix vintage electronics of all sorts. Often times, internals are broken because plastic became brittle. Broken off screw posts, cracked gears and levers, broken knob skirts. This fixes EVERYTHING. I bought a little barber shop powder applicator thingie with the bulb jar and a nozzle and it works wonderfully. At first I thought it did not disperse enough baking soda, but had no issues so far. It also help in hard to detach and vertical spaces, but make sure to cover everything, because it just shoots soda. Though it’s not that hard to 3D print a Nozzle for it.
Since watching this video I have been using this trick everywhere, fixing things that I wouldn't have been able to fix an easy way. Not only that but it's more a solid fix that just glue by itself. Thank you!
I used this method on a lawn mower plastic intake manifold that had completely broken off ,that has to withstand heat, presure and vibration and so far after 3 years of use is still holding.
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I once accidentally made a knife cut of 3/4" on my hand and after cleaning it and waited few minutes to stop bleeding, i quickly covered it with crazy glue and added very little amounts of baking soda to dry it out, i added the baking soda very slowly to avoid that dangerous high temperature of the reaction. That patch lasted attached to skin the enough time to heal, many days.%
I've used this on quite a few different things with varying levels of success... Baking soda and talcum powder can both work decently well but using thin or extra-thin super glue helps a ton (don't even bother with gel, extra control, etc)! Also, for this particular project, I would've just used a small soldering iron to press a hot piece of metal parallel with the arm (perpendicular to the break)! For something small like this I typically use a staple (already bent, as if you just pulled it out of a piece of paper)!
Colloidal silica, also known as Cabosil, is used in boat building and is a great thickener for CA Glue because it can be mixed in without hardening immediately. It creates a better structural bond than baking soda.
For years, I had used a product called Insta-Plastik, which is a powdered solid-bonder, which re-creates plastic, when mixed with super glue. Same idea. When that became unavailable, I found Q-Bond - a more advanced form that has 2 powders, 1 w/ pulverized metal (super strong bond). Work on office equipment, which involves lots of plastic that is fracturing and breaking constantly. The 2 part bonders (acrylic adhesive & accelerator) also create a strong bond. The plastic that doesn't repair with these methods is the heat-resistant plastic.
Great !Thanks! I repaired a fuse box cover on my 1990 Chevy truck like you did. Its a little fatter wider tab and broken right at the base. So it was still barely attached. I just built a little clay dam around it and started adding baking soda first then the super glue alternating like you did. Built it up to the level of the dam ,(about 2mm), and its awesome. Guys with trucks etc of this vintage have to deal with a lot of brittle 30+ yr old plastic parts and this looks to be a game changer!❗thanks again❗👍🇺🇸
In my fiero, I had two broken plastic straps/bars that the shifter console screws into. There are two holes (one towards the front and one towards the rear) in each strap/bar which are part of the center console plastic frame. Each broke right at the screw holes and even broke into smaller pieces at each point leaving big gaps in the plastic (impossible to glue). I taped off areas to create pockets to fill the gaps and to make reinforcing spans on each side of the four repair points. I coat the plastic edges first with THIN superglue (not Gel) and sprinkle in some baking soda to get a good base at each end of the gaps, then I add a few thin layers of baking soda/superglue into the tape forms until the repair is built up. The mix will get very hot for a few seconds and may start to smoke slightly. DO NOT GET A WIFF OF THE ODORS AS I BELEIVE THEY HAVE TRACES OF DEADLY CYANIDE. Use safety goggles, N95 Mask, Nitrile Gloves, Ear Protection when grinding, and a good Exhaust Fan venting outside away from people and animals. The whole repair area will be hidden so I just trimmed/smoothed up the repair with a Dremmel Tool, drilled new holes for the screws, (yes this stuff is gridable and drillable) and painted the patch areas with a little flat black enamel paint. The screws are very tight because the patches are very hard but a bit giving on the surface too... and since they are sheet metals screws into plastic, I don't have a tap for them. I lightly coated a screw with Acetone and screwed it in until it started to bind, then worked it slowly looser and tighter working my way until each screw can be fully seated. It is very strong, the plastic flexes but the patches don't much, they are rock hard. I have been using this technique building Radio Controlled model airplanes to make Balsa wood as strong as thick plastic. It holds up well to heat, cold, humidity, vibration, and atmospheric pressure. It has nearly the same thermal rate of expansion as most automotive plastic so it will hold up to wide changes in the environment. But don't put too much force or it may break the plastic before the patches break, but that is what causes these straps to break in the first place - leaning on the shifter console as you reach over to pick up something off the floor in the passenger seat - I wait and stop the car to do that from now on. This plastic is 35 years old so it needs TLC and respect.
Awesome.. between a couple of different videos on separate channels i am going to repair some glasses and possible place a tooth that popped out of the plate on my dentures. :) may use baking powder to give me a little more time. very nicely made. thank you ~dor
I had a pair of boots that needed repair, I only had a small bottle of superglue and a pair of nitrile work gloves. I thought the nitrile was similar enough to the rubber on my toe, so I applied a small strip I cut from my gloves. There was a chemical reaction that actually made it heat up and start smoking, and the bond from that was stronger than the original rubber that fell off. I don't understand exactly what happened but it is worth mentioning that nitrile bonds well with superglue in my experience
Thanks for making this video. Your push button repair seems to have bonded well. My suggestion is that when using baking soda, calcium oxide, nano-particles of carbon, or baby powder as a filler, it seems that you might get even better results if you would contain the area to be filled with tape, as you did, but then you would put the filler powder in the area first, and next add the drops of CA glue; in other words, when you are using thin CA glue, you seem to be "putting the cart before the horse" and letting the glue run everywhere before you add the powder. Try it the other way and see if you get better results; on deep joints, try layering the powder, adding a single drop or 2 of glue, then a layer of powder, etc., because the various powders (except the baby powder) tend to cause the CA glue to set hard upon contact. As a final measure, lightly spray the repaired area with CA accelerator to cause any remaining liquid CA glue trapped in the matrix to quickly set, and, if you used baby powder, to cause the paste created by mixing CA glue with baby powder to set. See this link for the baby powder/CA glue approach - ruclips.net/video/NA2XJ7PTT3M/видео.html P.S. I know that baby powder used to be made with talcum powder, and now is primarily made with corn starch and/or other ingredients. Please refer to the linked video to determine the exact ingredients that they used to make the paste that doesn't set instantly, but only when sprayed with the CA accelerator, if I correctly understood what these guys were doing.
Thank you so much for that advice. I thought I was going to have to buy a new iPhone stand when one of the legs broke off but now I’m definitely going to try your method and save some money! 🙏🏻
Good demonstration. Can't be mixed, the exothermic reaction is fast. When possible place tape under to contain the superglue, then put on the baking soda. Dumping out the uncured baking soda is needed to prevent dry pockets. I've used gel superglue as my first layer when I couldn't get a good seal with tape.
Some plastics will not adhere properly to CA glues. When used with baking soda the bond area is hard but will snap off easily. For plastics it's best to your a Surface Activator or "primer", which is typically a felt tipped pen supplied with specialised plastic glue packages from Loctite etc. The primer chemically alters the plastic to make the CA really grab hold.
@@glowiever - depends how much stress is on the part, as there is a lot of vibration on those parts. Most bumpers are difficult to glue and are repaired using plastic bonding. It's like a soldering iron that melts the plastic, then you feed in a filler rod.
@@glowiever - You can DIY - do some searching on RUclips. Or just take the bumper to a panel shop and get them to weld it. The best ones have these wiggly staples that they melt into the plastic across the crack, which reinforces it prior to filling with plastic.
@@eazyrider6122 I got the sarcasm. But it depends on where you are.. Actually in my country a small bottle of CA glue is cheaper than a can of 500gr wood filler. Definitely a win for a small project only, not for a full-scale wood workshop.
Cable ties, cut into various lengths, and super glue make great repairs for motorcycle plastic cracks, etc. I use them on my bike, and it's very strong.
I'd seen the youtube videos by Indians showing this trick bonds together porous materials (wood, pottery). Glad you showed us it also works with plastic !
@@fatboynip 7 months till now, summer, winter, nothing. Crack was 9cm long, with a hole 3x2 cm in the middle. If I jus can put picture here... Just melt same plastic like radiator, find in extra parts, that pis I was cutting from same radiator because thay build him for two models of car, well some carriers wos extras. Temperature of melting - don't alow to smoke. Multiple lairs, in my case two.
@@borivojetravica569 wow shit man that’s amazing. Unbelievable too 🤔. Crazy it can stand the heat. I can’t wait til I need to fix something I’m using this method haha
@@fatboynip zero dollars, my time. 180 dollars new part. I try on this car because is cheap car, chevorlet evanda. But now, I do this technic with eny car and all redy I do my bumpers cracks and some others things, box for air filter are be in pieces during lpg explode (bad, not correct sparks), now is just fine :)
SG and baking soda are great for plastics, similar elements. For I've used wood fillers, MinWax poly filler is the best for both int and ext applications, and a group wood repair compounds sold. They're expensive. Used them at home and on the job. Super glue mixed w fine dust dries hard but it's great for"dutching". It's all good. Owning a good DeWalt sander would help, too w an assortment of diff grades of sandpapers! 👍
I once more or less permanantly repaired a cracked sink drain pipe using clear silicon caulking, and first aid cotton roll gause. it formed a pretty strong patch for the crack, and the tight binding kept the crack from spreading. I had NONE of the tools I needed to do the job "properly" and just improvised, the pipe lasted another seven years.
When applying the baking soda, use fingers to pinch and sprinkle soda on the glue area just like seasoning a dish with salt. This is much easier to control.
Nice explanation and test. Be sure to use the liquid type of glue and not the gel type! I fixed some plastic tubes here in the kitchen a couple of years ago. Still going strong.
I’ve always had very poor results gluing plastics. So many different types, that one glue can’t fix all. Best results I’ve obtained is with a soldering iron and similar plastic for filler.
This is a valuable skill that I have recently came to the awareness of and I am absolutely in awe of how amazing it is and just how much I was missing out on prior to Learning of this method, I have literally thousands of past opportunities that I could have used this method for and a.m. completely blown away that I never thought of this or heard of it until I was 38 yrs in age . I repair appliances and could have use this so many times, and could have used it so many times at home as well, I have also found that ripping off small pieces of steel wall or fiberglass or even wire and smashing it down into the surface bridging the crack will add a tremendous amount of strength, as well as using zip ties as a filler rod, preferably matching up the type of plastic and color is even that much more effective and rewarding, lastly I found if you truly need it to be As close to strong as the original it is worth your while to bevel the Work piece by using a razor blade or something to trim it at an angle just like you would when you’re butt welding two pieces of metal so you get full penetration and you can use the zip tie to fill in the gaps otherwise it can still be subject to breakage, but if it’s the right type of plastic and a soldering iron message is the way to go, however some plastics tend to get a bit brittle, such as plexiglass It will work but not the greatest
i used it on my laptop key (the ENTER key) which was broken into half. at first it didn't work. the second time i put mesh tape first then a thin layer of baking soda, then the CA glue, then thin layer of bs again then ca glue again. the key is still in one piece for about a month now. reminder: it sets instantly.
It seems that different brands of super glue have different reaction speed with baking soda. Based on multiple videos, it seems that the Loctite brand has the fastest reaction in case you have to glue something where holding the parts stable is hard.
That is so wild!!! I wonder how anyone thought of this to begin with because I've seen people do it before. But it amazes me every time I see it. I am so wowed with the minds and creativity that God gave these people that come up with these things.
Would supper glue work on refrigerator's crisper drawer? I have two crack lines on mine that are not split open yet but they are on the side, right on top so I am looking for ways to keep them from getting bigger.
If there will be possible food contact in that area, that will need to be considered for which material to use. If it can be determined that any certain super glue product is food safe, it may be a good choice if it's the thin type so it can get into a crack better than gel. The bigger problem would be getting glue into the crack to hold it together, and still hope it doesn't continue to spread. Just like repairing windshield cracks, they may drill a small hole on each end of the crack so it can't grow any longer (the crack is opening into a new hole, can't keep running along beyond that void) and then glue can be used to fill the small holes and spread along the crack, hopefully with some entering the crack and bonding it.
This method is not permanent on moving or pressured parts. Especially on plastic it's no good. But it will work on wood perfectly. Soon or later the plastic part breaks again. ( I know because I used this method on hundreds of applications) For plastic I recommend plastic cement glue.
Why doesn't anyone mention that there are 2 types of Superglue, thin and thick. I you use the thick type, which is what I just did, it won't work. The Superglue just beads up and makes a complete mess. You have to use the thin Superglue which soaks right into the baking soda. The thick type just beads up on top of the baking soda.
Cool trick. Not as amazing as using a cotton ball and super glue to fill a hole in particle board *_and then_*_ tap it out trip accept a bolt!_ but still useful. I got a CA glue kit from the HW store that includes 2 powders. One powder for improving plastic adhesion; the other for metal. I should compare that stuff with baking soda.
You can add fiberglass patch...I am pretty sure this is how acrylic nails are made and I had a broken fingernail fixed at a nail salon. The fiberglass tape/fabric was thinner than auto repair cloth, which I have successfully used to make a 10 year and holding repair to a hole in cast iron drain pipe. I also used JB weld to fill the hole first.and I used quick cure super glue and painted it all with that epoxy resin for car repairs.
On my Everlast punching bag that you fill up with water the same split open at the bottom and I tried this trick and this trick did not work on it I guess it's too much pressure when you're hitting it busted right back open
Excellent plastic repair. I just used this method to repair my phone case. The piece that props the phone up while watching videos broke. It was a very delicate repair. It was broke at 2 ends each only 1/8" wide. I'll see how long this repair hols up.
This is the best repair idea I have used. It does however get hot. I had a big repair on a camping tent and just used lots of glue and baking soda and I could not even touch it after it was hard since it was so hot.
Hello, i want to try this method on the interior part of my travel mug lid. But Im a bit hesitant if this chemical compound is not good especially if it mix or expose to hot water or coffee. I mean, is it still safe to drink?
If gluing wood to wood superglue and baking soda work wonders. It will even work if the wood has oil on it. I used this method 20 yrs ago to glue the fire walls back on my radio contorted planes. After they hit too hard on landings. The fire walls end up oily from the engine and really no way to clean it out of balsa wood. Never had one fail with this mend. Make a fillet with the baking soda, then drip with the CA, to make sure all the glue reacts then hit with accelerator. Make sure you work in a well ventilated area, the fumes that come off are nasty. It also creates a lot of heat in the reaction.
It's worth mentioning that the plume coming off the mixture is not dust but smoke. That stuff gets extremely hot and will put a hurtin on you if you get it on you.
I'm going to try this on the strip of plastic in the fridge that holds the condiments, etc. on the fridge door shelf. I've been trying to figure out how to fix that. You're right about quality, my fridge is falling apart bit by bit.
Using painters tape as a way to create a containment mold around whatever you want to repair or in whatever shape you want to cast is a bit easier to deal with and remove than plastic tapes. Also, I would actually consider the piece that you repaired as a structural piece, since it provides functionality upon assembly.
There are a lot of good comments on using other materials, but the reason Baking Soda works so well is that it is Sodium Bicarbonate. The Soduim atoms break their bonds as they react to the Cyanacrylic and then recombine. This exothermic reaction causes a lot of heat and a cure that only requires a few seconds. It gains full strength overnight. But don't even catch a wiff of the light smoke this method will create, it burns the mucus membranes in your nose, throat, and lungs, and I belive there may be traces of Cyanide gas in the fumes. Wear all appropriate personal protection equipment and VENT to the outside air away from people, pets, or anything organic.
Iv had a lot of luck putting a single sheet of tissue between parts that are super glued. With the switch I would probably wrap in tissue and drop super glue on it
I see there exists another method which involves mixing instead talc powder with cyanoacrylic glue and was wondering, does the sodium carbonate in the baking soda offer any particular bonding reaction than the other mixes, or all that matters is just to have a fine enough powder substance to mix with the glue and thus thicken it?
i’ve seen mention of other substances mixed with the glue as well and I don’t know if there’s different degrees of results but I do recall something about the specific compounds react in a certain way to give this baking soda result. so it’s chemical reaction based more than just having some sort of filler material to bond to, but depending on the application, maybe just having some filler material is just as adequate, like adding sawdust in with wood glue to make an even more realistic wood bond.
Well done bro.. that's a handy one.. 👍 Qs. Do you think Super glue + Baking soda bonds stronger than standalone Super glue for plastic repairs like your broken retro style controller button?
I don’t know if it is stronger but the bigger benefit is being able to build it up as a structure to fill in a void or rebuild a broken off feature and sand it down until it does the job like rebuilding a broken off plastic hinge on one of those pull down cover plates on an electronic unit to get at hidden controls. and it cures instantly so you don’t have to hold it in place and hope it doesn’t move.
I can’t believe that I’ve just basically sat and watch glue dry, and enjoyed it! The only question I have, is why didn’t you just glue the broken bit back on with the super glue?
not all the different types of superglue work the same on various materials and sometimes the thing will snap right back off but this helped bond it not just where it joins but along the surface fanning it out
I use ca glue when sanding and glueing up at work on certain damage that comes in or occurs during handling of the muf we use. Works well but one tip use a flat block of mdf with sand paper glued on to get the surface back to flat as a disc sanding machine tends to ride over the glued area because its harder than the muf board🍻🍻
Plastic part of my radiator was fixed by applying marine epoxy & blowing torch on it to heat up. After that I started the engine & obeserved the fix. No leaks anymore.
I might try that at some point. When I moved last year I went around caulking and painting all the extra holes from missing curtain rods and clocks. Something that dries more immediately would have helped...
I'm not sure of the structural bonding strength to various materials, or the water-tightness. I use it for more cosmetic or light duty fixes where it wouldn't be an issue if it didn't hold.
During the first week of our COVID19 Lockdown here in South Africa I accidentally broke the metal hinge on my spectacles. Since need these to read and all optometrists were closed for who knew how long I decided to use the method to build up a nodule welding the ear piece to the lense frame. I could obviously not fold the ear piece closed like this but it got me through to when optometrists reopened. It held strong for about 4 months! The frame was black so I used a permanent black marker to colour the repair black and hardly anyone noticed the repair. I also used the method tho repair and build up our ice maker container in our fridge/freezer which has held up for over a year now at sub zero temperatures. Amazing stuff!!!
@@dangerous8333 I did not have epoxy and the hardware stores were all closed for the lockdown. Also, I had to build up a small nodule to bind the parts together. This is easy to do with the superglue and baking soda method as you can keep adding more to build it up layer by layer. There were not enough mating surfaces for epoxy to adhere to. I have worked with hardening putties and many other adhesives and believe the CA glue and baking soda gave the best possible joint and in the least possible time.
Well done.
For more strength, use .6 ounce fiberglass cloth instead of powder. The CA will wick through the fiberglass cloth and bond over a large area and the .6 ounce fiberglass cloth is extremely thin.
silk cloth is also very strong. You can buy it in rolls or sheets. I use it if i'm doing fiberglass repairs and want a stronger repair than chop strand glass fiber.
Thin layer of tissue paper also works... need to add layer by layer
@@gavish7988 I’ll have to try that! Noodle powder is VERY fine. 👍🏻
In the UK we have fibre-glass tissue which sounds very similar to what you describe. I have used that for fine repairs with both the fibre-glass resin, super glue or epoxy resin.
Barry
Haven't seen 0.6 oz cloth, ... did you mean 6 oz. cloth?
You can also use fine dust of charcoal for black filling and cocoa powder for brown filling. This can also be done to color epoxies on wood and bakelite repairs.
I fix vintage electronics of all sorts. Often times, internals are broken because plastic became brittle. Broken off screw posts, cracked gears and levers, broken knob skirts. This fixes EVERYTHING. I bought a little barber shop powder applicator thingie with the bulb jar and a nozzle and it works wonderfully. At first I thought it did not disperse enough baking soda, but had no issues so far. It also help in hard to detach and vertical spaces, but make sure to cover everything, because it just shoots soda. Though it’s not that hard to 3D print a Nozzle for it.
Since watching this video I have been using this trick everywhere, fixing things that I wouldn't have been able to fix an easy way. Not only that but it's more a solid fix that just glue by itself. Thank you!
I used this method on a lawn mower plastic intake manifold that had completely broken off ,that has to withstand heat, presure and vibration and so far after 3 years of use is still holding.
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I once accidentally made a knife cut of 3/4" on my hand and after cleaning it and waited few minutes to stop bleeding, i quickly covered it with crazy glue and added very little amounts of baking soda to dry it out, i added the baking soda very slowly to avoid that dangerous high temperature of the reaction. That patch lasted attached to skin the enough time to heal, many days.%
I've used this on quite a few different things with varying levels of success... Baking soda and talcum powder can both work decently well but using thin or extra-thin super glue helps a ton (don't even bother with gel, extra control, etc)! Also, for this particular project, I would've just used a small soldering iron to press a hot piece of metal parallel with the arm (perpendicular to the break)! For something small like this I typically use a staple (already bent, as if you just pulled it out of a piece of paper)!
What about bigger pieces of plastic?
Colloidal silica, also known as Cabosil, is used in boat building and is a great thickener for CA Glue because it can be mixed in without hardening immediately. It creates a better structural bond than baking soda.
Silica gel?
@@nationofgandhis Not exactly. It's a fine dry white powder. It's made of little jagged spheres that make a great adhesive filler.
I wonder if that compares to diatomaceous earth?
@@daltsav the particles look a little like diatoms
@@chiphill4856
From Wikipedia: Diatomaceous earth consists of the fossilized remains of diatoms, a type of hard-shelled microalgae.
For years, I had used a product called Insta-Plastik, which is a powdered solid-bonder, which re-creates plastic, when mixed with super glue. Same idea. When that became unavailable, I found Q-Bond - a more advanced form that has 2 powders, 1 w/ pulverized metal (super strong bond). Work on office equipment, which involves lots of plastic that is fracturing and breaking constantly. The 2 part bonders (acrylic adhesive & accelerator) also create a strong bond. The plastic that doesn't repair with these methods is the heat-resistant plastic.
I have used baking soda and CA glue with good results. With plastics, I did use coarse sand paper to provide more adhesion surface which did work.
I just plugged 2 quarter inch holes in a tin with bronze coating flower pot .Imediately checked for leaks ...No leaks .
Success !!
And old salt shaker works pretty well for the baking soda...
Great !Thanks! I repaired a fuse box cover on my 1990 Chevy truck like you did. Its a little fatter wider tab and broken right at the base. So it was still barely attached. I just built a little clay dam around it and started adding baking soda first then the super glue alternating like you did. Built it up to the level of the dam ,(about 2mm), and its awesome. Guys with trucks etc of this vintage have to deal with a lot of brittle 30+ yr old plastic parts and this looks to be a game changer!❗thanks again❗👍🇺🇸
In my fiero, I had two broken plastic straps/bars that the shifter console screws into. There are two holes (one towards the front and one towards the rear) in each strap/bar which are part of the center console plastic frame. Each broke right at the screw holes and even broke into smaller pieces at each point leaving big gaps in the plastic (impossible to glue). I taped off areas to create pockets to fill the gaps and to make reinforcing spans on each side of the four repair points. I coat the plastic edges first with THIN superglue (not Gel) and sprinkle in some baking soda to get a good base at each end of the gaps, then I add a few thin layers of baking soda/superglue into the tape forms until the repair is built up. The mix will get very hot for a few seconds and may start to smoke slightly. DO NOT GET A WIFF OF THE ODORS AS I BELEIVE THEY HAVE TRACES OF DEADLY CYANIDE. Use safety goggles, N95 Mask, Nitrile Gloves, Ear Protection when grinding, and a good Exhaust Fan venting outside away from people and animals.
The whole repair area will be hidden so I just trimmed/smoothed up the repair with a Dremmel Tool, drilled new holes for the screws, (yes this stuff is gridable and drillable) and painted the patch areas with a little flat black enamel paint. The screws are very tight because the patches are very hard but a bit giving on the surface too... and since they are sheet metals screws into plastic, I don't have a tap for them. I lightly coated a screw with Acetone and screwed it in until it started to bind, then worked it slowly looser and tighter working my way until each screw can be fully seated. It is very strong, the plastic flexes but the patches don't much, they are rock hard. I have been using this technique building Radio Controlled model airplanes to make Balsa wood as strong as thick plastic. It holds up well to heat, cold, humidity, vibration, and atmospheric pressure. It has nearly the same thermal rate of expansion as most automotive plastic so it will hold up to wide changes in the environment.
But don't put too much force or it may break the plastic before the patches break, but that is what causes these straps to break in the first place - leaning on the shifter console as you reach over to pick up something off the floor in the passenger seat - I wait and stop the car to do that from now on. This plastic is 35 years old so it needs TLC and respect.
Awesome.. between a couple of different videos on separate channels i am going to repair some glasses and possible place a tooth that popped out of the plate on my dentures. :) may use baking powder to give me a little more time. very nicely made. thank you
~dor
I had a pair of boots that needed repair, I only had a small bottle of superglue and a pair of nitrile work gloves. I thought the nitrile was similar enough to the rubber on my toe, so I applied a small strip I cut from my gloves. There was a chemical reaction that actually made it heat up and start smoking, and the bond from that was stronger than the original rubber that fell off. I don't understand exactly what happened but it is worth mentioning that nitrile bonds well with superglue in my experience
I discovered this today when I glued a small piece of nitrile glove to my finger 😂
Thanks for making this video. Your push button repair seems to have bonded well.
My suggestion is that when using baking soda, calcium oxide, nano-particles of carbon, or baby powder as a filler, it seems that you might get even better results if you would contain the area to be filled with tape, as you did, but then you would put the filler powder in the area first, and next add the drops of CA glue; in other words, when you are using thin CA glue, you seem to be "putting the cart before the horse" and letting the glue run everywhere before you add the powder. Try it the other way and see if you get better results; on deep joints, try layering the powder, adding a single drop or 2 of glue, then a layer of powder, etc., because the various powders (except the baby powder) tend to cause the CA glue to set hard upon contact. As a final measure, lightly spray the repaired area with CA accelerator to cause any remaining liquid CA glue trapped in the matrix to quickly set, and, if you used baby powder, to cause the paste created by mixing CA glue with baby powder to set. See this link for the baby powder/CA glue approach - ruclips.net/video/NA2XJ7PTT3M/видео.html
P.S. I know that baby powder used to be made with talcum powder, and now is primarily made with corn starch and/or other ingredients. Please refer to the linked video to determine the exact ingredients that they used to make the paste that doesn't set instantly, but only when sprayed with the CA accelerator, if I correctly understood what these guys were doing.
Would this work on a broken shopping cart. I'm loath to throw it out they're expensive now. It broken in a few places as I fell over it.
Thank you so much for that advice. I thought I was going to have to buy a new iPhone stand when one of the legs broke off but now I’m definitely going to try your method and save some money! 🙏🏻
Good demonstration.
Can't be mixed, the exothermic reaction is fast.
When possible place tape under to contain the superglue, then put on the baking soda.
Dumping out the uncured baking soda is needed to prevent dry pockets.
I've used gel superglue as my first layer when I couldn't get a good seal with tape.
Some plastics will not adhere properly to CA glues. When used with baking soda the bond area is hard but will snap off easily.
For plastics it's best to your a Surface Activator or "primer", which is typically a felt tipped pen supplied with specialised plastic glue packages from Loctite etc.
The primer chemically alters the plastic to make the CA really grab hold.
Thanks
what about car's bumper's tab?
@@glowiever - depends how much stress is on the part, as there is a lot of vibration on those parts. Most bumpers are difficult to glue and are repaired using plastic bonding. It's like a soldering iron that melts the plastic, then you feed in a filler rod.
@@johncoops6897 aw snap. been thinking about the easy way out. plastic welder kit costs about $349 and I only got one bad bumper tab.
@@glowiever - You can DIY - do some searching on RUclips.
Or just take the bumper to a panel shop and get them to weld it. The best ones have these wiggly staples that they melt into the plastic across the crack, which reinforces it prior to filling with plastic.
Mix super glue with saw dust to repair knots in wood. It cures to the same color as a regular knot.
@Miles Maillet yes its also much cheaper. And no problem geting it off your hands.
@@eazyrider6122 I got the sarcasm. But it depends on where you are.. Actually in my country a small bottle of CA glue is cheaper than a can of 500gr wood filler. Definitely a win for a small project only, not for a full-scale wood workshop.
Cable ties, cut into various lengths, and super glue make great repairs for motorcycle plastic cracks, etc. I use them on my bike, and it's very strong.
Take a bleach container and cut strips 1/8 to 1/4 wide & hot glue them on the board or plastic make mini forms to contain the build up filler.
I'd seen the youtube videos by Indians showing this trick bonds together porous materials (wood, pottery). Glad you showed us it also works with plastic !
I use it all the time, have always had amazing results, even where the CA alone wont bond, the baking soda is magic!
What about pressure... I need for plastic part of car radiator. Temperature change durability?
@@borivojetravica569 sometimes you just gotta buy a new piece brother...
@@fatboynip 7 months till now, summer, winter, nothing. Crack was 9cm long, with a hole 3x2 cm in the middle. If I jus can put picture here... Just melt same plastic like radiator, find in extra parts, that pis I was cutting from same radiator because thay build him for two models of car, well some carriers wos extras. Temperature of melting - don't alow to smoke. Multiple lairs, in my case two.
@@borivojetravica569 wow shit man that’s amazing. Unbelievable too 🤔. Crazy it can stand the heat. I can’t wait til I need to fix something I’m using this method haha
@@fatboynip zero dollars, my time. 180 dollars new part. I try on this car because is cheap car, chevorlet evanda. But now, I do this technic with eny car and all redy I do my bumpers cracks and some others things, box for air filter are be in pieces during lpg explode (bad, not correct sparks), now is just fine :)
plasticweld with a 25w solderiron might be better and you can fininsh with JB Weld. plastic tie wraps are a good filler when doing plastic welds.
Nice I have been using it to repair broken laptop hinges for some time and it works great
I built up a worn down plastic heel with this method the boots are still in use 3 years later the shoe repairer said they were a write off
Bam!! THIS is what I was wondering!! I have many heels to repair & looking for a way to skip the repair shop. Thank you!!
SG and baking soda are great for plastics, similar elements.
For I've used wood fillers, MinWax poly filler is the best for both int and ext applications, and a group wood repair compounds sold. They're expensive. Used them at home and on the job.
Super glue mixed w fine dust dries hard but it's great for"dutching".
It's all good. Owning a good DeWalt sander would help, too w an assortment of diff grades of sandpapers!
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I once more or less permanantly repaired a cracked sink drain pipe using clear silicon caulking, and first aid cotton roll gause. it formed a pretty strong patch for the crack, and the tight binding kept the crack from spreading.
I had NONE of the tools I needed to do the job "properly" and just improvised, the pipe lasted another seven years.
When applying the baking soda, use fingers to pinch and sprinkle soda on the glue area just like seasoning a dish with salt. This is much easier to control.
Nice explanation and test. Be sure to use the liquid type of glue and not the gel type!
I fixed some plastic tubes here in the kitchen a couple of years ago. Still going strong.
I’ve always had very poor results gluing plastics. So many different types, that one glue can’t fix all. Best results I’ve obtained is with a soldering iron and similar plastic for filler.
This is a valuable skill that I have recently came to the awareness of and I am absolutely in awe of how amazing it is and just how much I was missing out on prior to Learning of this method, I have literally thousands of past opportunities that I could have used this method for and a.m. completely blown away that I never thought of this or heard of it until I was 38 yrs in age . I repair appliances and could have use this so many times, and could have used it so many times at home as well, I have also found that ripping off small pieces of steel wall or fiberglass or even wire and smashing it down into the surface bridging the crack will add a tremendous amount of strength, as well as using zip ties as a filler rod, preferably matching up the type of plastic and color is even that much more effective and rewarding, lastly I found if you truly need it to be As close to strong as the original it is worth your while to bevel the Work piece by using a razor blade or something to trim it at an angle just like you would when you’re butt welding two pieces of metal so you get full penetration and you can use the zip tie to fill in the gaps otherwise it can still be subject to breakage, but if it’s the right type of plastic and a soldering iron message is the way to go, however some plastics tend to get a bit brittle, such as plexiglass It will work but not the greatest
Awesome! I hate when tiny things break bc it’s so hard to glue them!
i used it on my laptop key (the ENTER key) which was broken into half. at first it didn't work. the second time i put mesh tape first then a thin layer of baking soda, then the CA glue, then thin layer of bs again then ca glue again. the key is still in one piece for about a month now. reminder: it sets instantly.
It seems that different brands of super glue have different reaction speed with baking soda. Based on multiple videos, it seems that the Loctite brand has the fastest reaction in case you have to glue something where holding the parts stable is hard.
Look for "Adam Savage's Favorite Tools", he speaks about CA and baking soda. Even if you don't like the man,
his volume of knowledge is incredible.
That is so wild!!! I wonder how anyone thought of this to begin with because I've seen people do it before. But it amazes me every time I see it. I am so wowed with the minds and creativity that God gave these people that come up with these things.
God has invested in super glue stock.
I am surprised, as well. I'm in my 50s and have never heard of this. Saw dust, yes. Baking soda, no.
I use super glue and paper towel and it works awesome. Good job on the build up for extra strength.
Would supper glue work on refrigerator's crisper drawer? I have two crack lines on mine that are not split open yet but they are on the side, right on top so I am looking for ways to keep them from getting bigger.
If there will be possible food contact in that area, that will need to be considered for which material to use. If it can be determined that any certain super glue product is food safe, it may be a good choice if it's the thin type so it can get into a crack better than gel.
The bigger problem would be getting glue into the crack to hold it together, and still hope it doesn't continue to spread. Just like repairing windshield cracks, they may drill a small hole on each end of the crack so it can't grow any longer (the crack is opening into a new hole, can't keep running along beyond that void) and then glue can be used to fill the small holes and spread along the crack, hopefully with some entering the crack and bonding it.
Great lesson! I will use this soon.
Thanks and have a nice day !
That is terrific I wish I would have known this years ago... I will definitely be using this method in the near future
Would cotton dental floss wrapped with ca glue work?
Oh nice job. I thought of a plastic bumper air dam has a deep gouge would fill nicely...
Would this be washable for something such as a cracked plastic food lid? (It wouldn't be touching the food.)
very kind of you that you have posted this. thanks a heap.
This method is not permanent on moving or pressured parts. Especially on plastic it's no good.
But it will work on wood perfectly.
Soon or later the plastic part breaks again.
( I know because I used this method on hundreds of applications)
For plastic I recommend
plastic cement glue.
@@kulibo1 Thank you so much sir for sharing your experiences.
Got some small holes worn through in my false teeth which I've had for years , is it safe to use it on them ?
Why doesn't anyone mention that there are 2 types of Superglue, thin and thick. I you use the thick type, which is what I just did, it won't work. The Superglue just beads up and makes a complete mess. You have to use the thin Superglue which soaks right into the baking soda. The thick type just beads up on top of the baking soda.
Cool trick. Not as amazing as using a cotton ball and super glue to fill a hole in particle board *_and then_*_ tap it out trip accept a bolt!_ but still useful.
I got a CA glue kit from the HW store that includes 2 powders. One powder for improving plastic adhesion; the other for metal. I should compare that stuff with baking soda.
You can add fiberglass patch...I am pretty sure this is how acrylic nails are made and I had a broken fingernail fixed at a nail salon. The fiberglass tape/fabric was thinner than auto repair cloth, which I have successfully used to make a 10 year and holding repair to a hole in cast iron drain pipe. I also used JB weld to fill the hole first.and I used quick cure super glue and painted it all with that epoxy resin for car repairs.
On my Everlast punching bag that you fill up with water the same split open at the bottom and I tried this trick and this trick did not work on it I guess it's too much pressure when you're hitting it busted right back open
Excellent plastic repair. I just used this method to repair my phone case. The piece that props the phone up while watching videos broke. It was a very delicate repair. It was broke at 2 ends each only 1/8" wide. I'll see how long this repair hols up.
How well did it hold up?
Nice fix
Nice video. Thanks. Have you tried the UV setting glue? It would probably have also done the same job.
Go go Gadget glue globs! Love this..it's a must try. Never heard of it before.
It was news to me until this year. I think I learned about it while looking up guitar information and seeing it used as a repair.
This is the best repair idea I have used. It does however get hot. I had a big repair on a camping tent and just used lots of glue and baking soda and I could not even touch it after it was hard since it was so hot.
forwood you can mix baking soda with cinnamon to get the right color cinnamon works just as good as baking soda
Looks reasonable. I would try today
Hello, i want to try this method on the interior part of my travel mug lid. But Im a bit hesitant if this chemical compound is not good especially if it mix or expose to hot water or coffee. I mean, is it still safe to drink?
I wouldn’t use it anywhere requiring food safe or submerged applications to be safe.
Can I do this with Gorilla Clear Grip Contact Adhesive?
how strong is the mix?
My bro.. well done.. liked. Qs. Superglue+Bakingsoda vs. Resin+Hardner. Which one do you think is stronger?
put powder down first
If gluing wood to wood superglue and baking soda work wonders. It will even work if the wood has oil on it. I used this method 20 yrs ago to glue the fire walls back on my radio contorted planes. After they hit too hard on landings. The fire walls end up oily from the engine and really no way to clean it out of balsa wood. Never had one fail with this mend. Make a fillet with the baking soda, then drip with the CA, to make sure all the glue reacts then hit with accelerator. Make sure you work in a well ventilated area, the fumes that come off are nasty. It also creates a lot of heat in the reaction.
Wait i want to tell you something is the lens solution is oil or not oil🤔😕😕😞
Can it stand heat?
Awesome definitely a thumbs up and save to my library
Well done exellent informative video.👍🏼
It's worth mentioning that the plume coming off the mixture is not dust but smoke. That stuff gets extremely hot and will put a hurtin on you if you get it on you.
I just wish manufacturers would care a bit more about quality than cheapness, and make sturdier fridge-drawer handles!
I'm going to try this on the strip of plastic in the fridge that holds the condiments, etc. on the fridge door shelf. I've been trying to figure out how to fix that. You're right about quality, my fridge is falling apart bit by bit.
Using painters tape as a way to create a containment mold around whatever you want to repair or in whatever shape you want to cast is a bit easier to deal with and remove than plastic tapes. Also, I would actually consider the piece that you repaired as a structural piece, since it provides functionality upon assembly.
There are a lot of good comments on using other materials, but the reason Baking Soda works so well is that it is Sodium Bicarbonate. The Soduim atoms break their bonds as they react to the Cyanacrylic and then recombine. This exothermic reaction causes a lot of heat and a cure that only requires a few seconds. It gains full strength overnight.
But don't even catch a wiff of the light smoke this method will create, it burns the mucus membranes in your nose, throat, and lungs, and I belive there may be traces of Cyanide gas in the fumes. Wear all appropriate personal protection equipment and VENT to the outside air away from people, pets, or anything organic.
This is also used for broken radio controlled cars. Works great
That is why I am here. I heard of people using this technique and I have a project that needs a solution which may need this approach. 👍🏼
I would always allow a day (24 hours) before sanding or filing as super glue requires time to fully cure. Maximum strength needs time to build.
Barry
Iv had a lot of luck putting a single sheet of tissue between parts that are super glued. With the switch I would probably wrap in tissue and drop super glue on it
Good info.. tq
Great tip, thanks for sharing
Since you had the majority of the plastic you wanted to rejoin, you might have gotten better results with Polystyrene cement.
I see there exists another method which involves mixing instead talc powder with cyanoacrylic glue and was wondering, does the sodium carbonate in the baking soda offer any particular bonding reaction than the other mixes, or all that matters is just to have a fine enough powder substance to mix with the glue and thus thicken it?
i’ve seen mention of other substances mixed with the glue as well and I don’t know if there’s different degrees of results but I do recall something about the specific compounds react in a certain way to give this baking soda result. so it’s chemical reaction based more than just having some sort of filler material to bond to, but depending on the application, maybe just having some filler material is just as adequate, like adding sawdust in with wood glue to make an even more realistic wood bond.
Thanks for sharing
Used this method to fix a chip plate which was part of a 62 pc set, came out great.
Well done bro.. that's a handy one.. 👍
Qs. Do you think Super glue + Baking soda bonds stronger than standalone Super glue for plastic repairs like your broken retro style controller button?
I don’t know if it is stronger but the bigger benefit is being able to build it up as a structure to fill in a void or rebuild a broken off feature and sand it down until it does the job like rebuilding a broken off plastic hinge on one of those pull down cover plates on an electronic unit to get at hidden controls. and it cures instantly so you don’t have to hold it in place and hope it doesn’t move.
@@GadgetReboot I just tried it and you're 👍 right..
Fantastic idea given
I can’t believe that I’ve just basically sat and watch glue dry, and enjoyed it! The only question I have, is why didn’t you just glue the broken bit back on with the super glue?
not all the different types of superglue work the same on various materials and sometimes the thing will snap right back off but this helped bond it not just where it joins but along the surface fanning it out
Does regular water effect this or not.
What happened to the pancake batter? :)
Sorry, I don't respond to trolls. Including this response. Please disregard.
@@GadgetReboot You just did, LOL
@@leerjet18 Even I make mistakes sometimes!
i use this all the time is very nice
I use ca glue when sanding and glueing up at work on certain damage that comes in or occurs during handling of the muf we use.
Works well but one tip use a flat block of mdf with sand paper glued on to get the surface back to flat as a disc sanding machine tends to ride over the glued area because its harder than the muf board🍻🍻
Theres nothing better than handling the muf.🤣🤣🤣
what kind of baking soda? the one in the chemical section or food section?.... or is all the same?
I've only used the food grade, which is supposed to be more pure than industrial sodium bicarbonate, which may have impurities
You add powder then glue.... not glue the poweder
What about pressure... I need for plastic part of car radiator. Temperature change durability?
Plastic part of my radiator was fixed by applying marine epoxy & blowing torch on it to heat up. After that I started the engine & obeserved the fix. No leaks anymore.
Great! Well explained. Thank you.
You can also use with sand to cover up a hole in the wall
I might try that at some point. When I moved last year I went around caulking and painting all the extra holes from missing curtain rods and clocks. Something that dries more immediately would have helped...
good repair. thank you.
thus this applied on a metal?
soda is nice, also cotton fibres and thread tied tight works strong
Toyota land
can you use it to fix a leak in a car tyre?
I wouldn't use it for anything requiring structural support or exposed to possible solvents
@@GadgetReboot a car tyre air leak?
Do you think this would work on cracked ceramic planter?
I'm not sure of the structural bonding strength to various materials, or the water-tightness. I use it for more cosmetic or light duty fixes where it wouldn't be an issue if it didn't hold.
For ceramics super glue doesn't work. Jb weld or 2 part epoxy is best
Nice video
Good idea 👍