As you know, your plexiglass glue is not just a glue. Acetone dissolves certain plastics. This is called solvent welding. The two materials become one and the glue evaporates. The official/approved pipe cement in Home Depot works this way. This tells why your glue works best with ABS. Your later tests with materials like wood and metal were a fair comparison with epoxy. I would consider using this cement when I am joining plastics together.
I made some yesterday after watching this video. i wrapped two wooden poles together with some porous athletic tape, then brushed this glue into the tape til it soaked through. the end result was pretty strong and shiny like a poor man's version of fiberglass! definitely give that a try !
Question is: was it was it worth the effort? It looks like it could be interesting, but I can't see where I'd ever have the time. Oh well. Best wishes.
Did anyone catch the “premature“ joke?? I laughed my ass off with that one and I congratulate the author for inserting his joke so seamlessly!!😂😂 well done
@@kiachris76712 What? Lacquers, maybe. But, Acetone is something our bodies readily 'deal with' (in low-moderate quantity). It's literally a 'ketone'; our bodies produce it when in Ketosis. Also, we have to 'deal with it' from microbiological (gut biome) wastes.
gosh that's such great idea!! I can use it instead of epoxy for filling and plexiglass gluing. i can even imagine that if i sand the edges of plexi I intend to glue and brush them with a little of acetone to "prime" it, it would bond with the glue with no chance of separation 😅 thanx dude! this is what I needed to see ...
LOL! didn't remember where he'd heard it before...LOL! "Came off prematurely" according to someone he spends time with. Love it! Sense of humor + genius citizen compound chemist.
I'd be careful gluing ABS with the acetone/plexiglass mix for use in plumbing. Some high solvent glues will cause a slow crystallization of the ABS causing it to fail over time, sometimes it takes a long, long time. PVC glue used on ABS will do that. Just a heads up, you really don't want your toilet drain pipe failing...at any time.
I was wondering the same myself if the solution is "saturated" with acetone would it not cause a fault area anywhere it touches because it's degrading the plexiglass or plastic ?
I have used leftover ABS pipe in a DIY project before, where this sort of thing would get it done. Of course you should always use the proper DWV fittings and cement in plumbing.
I didnt realize acetone and plexi/acrylic were free. I've been paying money for them for no reason. Jokes aside, good tutorial. Model airplane glue is something like this, I think has toluene as the solvent.
Enjoy your content and well done as McGyver-engineering. Your accent sounds Vietnamese with a touch of deep-south USA... and a great sense of humor! Also, thanks for the water still evaluation and teardown. I want to add a PID to one I bought to control more as a still.
Not often i adopt stuff on RUclips to our manufacturing process. This is definitely going to be part of our process. I think you did an incredible job. My advice is ,surface preparation and experimenting with different plexi and ratios. You got a subscriber.. I can find a million use for this application.
I’m right there with you buddy, I’ve recently found new shortcuts for minor auto body repair such as bumpers and trim and such that would have made me a literal million dollars backntheday when I had a small business as a minor autobody mobile repair man. I worked at some of the largest car lots in St.Louis doing minor repairs on all the used cars they took in. I had BMW,Volvo,Lotus,Cadillac and several other that given how good these new tricks I’ve seen I would have been a millionaire. I had to stop watching because I was getting depressed.
@@annacurransmotherofmeghanc1841Well now you've got me intrigued, buddy! Always drawn towards learning, I was fascinated by the ingenuity of this video, but now I'm wondering what kind of suggestions you might be able to make regarding those minor auto body repairs. You mean bumper tabs and plastic welding, or are there other dark arts I have yet to learn?
If you are just glueing acrylic, I think you can just use acetone by itself, applying it with a syringe to the edge of the joint and the capillary action will suck it into the joint.
RUclips recomend, so here I am. Acetone is used in 3D printing to smooth ABS prints. So the acetone disolved the ABS partly, causing a stronger bond. Similar to PVC weld. I am looking at making ABS glue to glue my ABS 3D printed parts together, This video gave me an indication of what to look for in the flowability of the glue I make. Thank you for that. And for that a like and subscribe from me.
This is brilliant. I got my wife to put her weight on it and it didn't break lol.. 🤣😂😅😜 You are a genius mate. I will definitely use this method on my designs. ;)
I guess it's because Acetone dissolves ABS plastic anyway - so you're getting a direct bond instead of an intermediate bond (like a sandwich) Still a great idea if you need to glue up a lot of ABS - the glue you buy for that stuff can be costly (at least where I live it is ) Great video!
I’m really surprised that it didn’t work on the plexiglass, since the acetone dissolved plexiglass to make the glue in the first place. I think the problem was that you clamped it immediately after applying, so the excess acetone in the glue didn’t have time to partially dissolve the plexiglass you were trying to glue before it was squeezed into a very thin film with very little spare acetone left to attack the plexiglass. I think you’d have better results if you put on a good bit of glue and let the pieces just rest together for a while before clamping it. (Roughening the surface would help also, since the parts of the rough surface that are sticking up would be able to be attacked more aggressively by the acetone.) ABS makes sense as it dissolves in acetone, but would it work at all on PVC? A great tip though, I hate the mess of epoxy; I’m going to make some of this for myself!
I discovered the solution. Try it yourself. I mix polistyrene (foam) with thinner. I tried. 1st mix was doughy (not sticky). I applied to bond 2 pieces of wood. Nothing happened. But next I added 2 drops of HAND SANITIZER. Tried to patch my badly rusted wheel barrow. So many holes. I worked!. The rust become hard.The two pieces of wood stuck together, I cannot break! Try it yourself
I have used this technique and was pleasantly surprised, I am a model builder and have been using nitrate glues for many years now I have been using Duco cement, all the other brands no longer are available I use it on my balsa made aircraft. The price these days have gone crazy , for Duco so I tried plexiglass and acetone and it has advantages Duco does not have I beleave I tried all kinds of tests and now I would not go back to Duco so you old timers like me try it I think you will also be surprised as to how well it works Thank you
@herbertkuttner9228 Really great to hear your testimony upon this--I had long heard some people recommend dissolving plexi in acetone for certain plastic repairs; never tried it fearing I'd do something wrong. Am also a model builder; I'm considering IF this solvent glue can be thinned enough to be applied with an airbrush or paint sprayer...to create plasticized acrylic coatings. In another YT vid, a guy recommended adding a drop or two of '2-part epoxy Hardener' to any melted or dissolved plastic, in order to restore it's original stiff nature. I'm eager to try this.
Neat. I've seen a few people make something similar using ABS plumbing scraps, too. Though, the 'glue' looks more like a black '1-part epoxy', when made w/ ABS. Related: The Acrylic 'glue' worked best on the ABS, because it dissolved and bonded the pipe together. IIRC, that's one of the reasons PVC and CPVC glue is different than ABS pipe cement. (Oh, looks like you cover that at the end, and are gonna do a video on all of that. Fantastic!)
I think you are correct about using the ABS Plastic. It's more resilient than plexiglass which I imagine is going to return to its original state (all things considered). I don't know how he got a weight of 60 lbs with a 5 gallon bucket (unless I heard something incorrectly). Water weighs 9 lbs per gallon. Sure wish someone doing this had at least a reasonable break down of acetone to plexiglass. Why reinvent the wheel? Once it exists, work on making it better. Oh well. Best wishes to you
That is how you make thickened cement for gluing Plexiglass. I use Methylene chloride and tiny morsels of acrylic (that quickly dissolve) for filling tiny micro voids caused by table saw cuts.
Good tutorial. It would be good if you made a video to show the exact ideal acetone to plexiglass mix ratio. Also include other plastic type materials, such as PP, HDPE, PET, etc., that can best work with it. Acetone by itself will bond plexiglass together, but having a glue filler can be useful in many applications.
Would be interesting. We could recycle a ton of plastic at home for projects, also could make a mixture and create weed eater string or 3d printer filament at home
Acetone evaporates completely, so what's left is the fused plexiglass. Acitone is not the best for doing this kind of boding, but it can be used. Of course, this refers to a high purity grade acetone and not mixes.@@scootermom1791
I make glue from ASA filament and acetone for gluing 3D prints made of ASA. Technically, is more like solvent welding than gluing. The prints will break someplace else before they will break where they've been glued.
i'm not surprised, it worked a charm on ABS, because you can literally cold-weld that plastic with acetone. (its common practice in 3D printing, to bond ABS parts with acetone/ABS slurry, and smooth them with acetone vapor) what did surprise me was, how poorly it bonded plexi, which acetone clearly can dissolve too. maybe acetone was too volatile, to really gloop the brittle acrylic together as nicely. but when it comes to gluing metals to most random materials, JB weld's magical alchemy in unmatched. and PVC has it's own cold weld glue
The epoxy gave out before the "glue" on the plastic parts because the Acetone softens the surfaces, and when it evaporates, it forms essentially one piece of plastic. This is particularly true for ABS (ever smell ABS glue? Acetone???). I'm not dissing the "homemade glue," as I can see many useful applications for plastics around the house.
This is a common technique for plastic model makers when you want to fill those gaps where the fit is not perfect except we use the material from the leftover spurs from which the model pieces come off. This way the plastic becomes homogenous with the work piece.
Which plastics does this work with? Are there any it doesn’t work with? Do some types need different solvents or does acetone work for most/all of them? Thanks
The same glue can be made w ABS, thereby getting a "cohesive" bond. Unless you sand and wipe surface adhesion strength will be suspect. Good demo of acrylic! Tks
Great comparison job! I felt like I was watching *‘Project farm’ ! You have a great channel very informative and interesting 👍 *(Project farm is also an awesome channel that does comprehensive comparison of tools and other work products of every sort, that’s all they do)
Plexiglass is a brand name, as is perspex, acrylite etc. The actual material is called poly(methyl methacrylate), or PMMA for short but the common name is just "acrylic". As you figured out, its best use is in gluing other substances that can be dissolved in acetone such as crylonitrile utadiene styrene (ABS) because it becomes more like a weld rather than a glued joint. The reason it's not good for gluing other things, is that it makes a fairly poor surface bond with many other materials, so the structural strength is about the same as the equivalent thickness of acrylic (ie not much) 5 minute epoxy is the weakest of the epoxies. Its strength and temperature resistance is really quite bad. I only use it for very light duty applications or as a temporary repair. It can be removed by boiling the part and then scraping off the softened glue.
I do the same with polystyrene. If I add too much polystyrene, I get it thick. It works too. When I apply it two items stick, when the acetone in the mixture evaporates the polystyrene turns hard and sticks the items hard. Also makes good patching too.
I wonder if that would work good for patching a hole in silver woven polyethylene tarp. I tried silicone adhesive and it doesn't stay. If this will fuse to it or eat a hole in it?
@@Accumulator1 once the acetone evaporates from the softened/liquidated plastic, it should. Just put a little polyethylene in a jar of acetone and see if it softens or not. If it doesn’t then you can use this method.
Good video! The acetone glue seems to prime the ABS, like a plastic primer (heptane and alcohol ) would do. If this glue, made with acetone, will bond difficult to glue plastic polypropylene bottle caps, I will be even more impressed.
Dichloromethane dissolves acrylic, they use it to glue sheets together and they use it to polish car headlights. I did not know if acetone dissolves acrylic sheets. I will try this.
Interesting. What's the best mix of acetone to plexiglas by weight? I imagine it would a range, where you want it to not set too fast vs not having to wait a too long for it to set.
Thanks. Several times, I've had ABS things that broke, but I didn't think there was anything that would work to stick them back together. I've got lots of plexiglass, and fingernail polish remover is pure acetone.
@@jackpreston8762 I bought two bottles from Big Lots today. The front label says that they are 100% acetone, but on the back label, it mentions another ingredient, probably present in a negligible amount.
we uses something like this on 3d printers. we dissolve ABS plastic in azetone , and put the liquid onto a print bed and spread it into a thin layer. this makes 3d prints stick a lot. So try dissolve abs and try using that as glue
it came out pre-maturely lol lmao !!!! thats funny my brother lol , then you said ,"i think i heard that before but i cant remember where i heard that from lol . great test bro , i had no idea this was even possible to do , have you ever used the glue that hardens and cures with the flo light ? , the light makes it smoke a second then the glue dries ! ----- i am interested in making round balls and bullets for my less than lethal paintball markers , making copies of ammo , by using silicone molds i can make then pouring in these mixtures into the lubricated molds . this would be cheaper than buying those 2-part mixtures you mix together !!!! thank you so much for test and sharing !!!
I will try definitely. I’m a believer. I use acetone and white styrofoam. I had small holes in the cement floor about size of quarter and half a dollar I poured some in the holes. Surprise surprise it worked. Almost 3 years later with high traffic it’s still doing what I wanted. I put about 1/2 cup acetone in a small glass jar. I added white styrofoam pieces to the jar and watched the acetone dissolved the styrofoam piece by piece until the liquid turned a white cream like substance. Please wear gloves.
Adding water with the spray nozzle adds flow force from the water impacting the bottom of the bucket/water. This adds a measured force to the force resulting exclusively from water's mass in a gravitational field.
This also seems to be decent at welding PLA prints. Painted on the surface of a PLA part could also kind of act like a filler to the print ridges. Holds onto acrylic paint nicely
Interesting video, it was great that you showed how it works with so many different materials. I've been considering coating wood, to stop it rotting when I make raised beds in my garden. I'd need it to have UV stability, so probably ABS in acetone would be better. There's also epoxy resin, but that's expensive and a pain to work with.
Good Ole tar will seal your wood. Roof cement/patch all the same. Cheap! Cut it with some diesel mix to a pudding. Couple coats. Let dry between . It will cure 😊hard. Believe me. Been painting for 45 yr. I apply it to metal as well. Later
@@clydegray9714 I guess if your not worried about chemicals leaching into your garden bed vegetables, but in that case you could use pressure treated lumber. I choose cedar because it lasts a long time outdoors and its not harmful to my plants.
@@bobsoft understandable Actually the tar method has been used in various ways for centuries. Dipping fence post etc. The earliest of oil byproducts. Oil of course being derived from plant and animal should validate the possibilities for tar use. I applied a thick coat on the lower part of my smoker. Cast iron wheels. About 10 yrs ago Contact with mother earth the whole time. No rust. Keep it on mind. Later
When repairing broken plastic parts this mixture dries Clear, and hardens Quickly! It is easy to make and easy to replenish. By adjusting the mixture ratio, you can make it brush-able or able to apply with a tongue depressor. With the right mixture ratio, it will automatically harden smooth! This is my "go to" fix for Many broken items!
Firstly, clean the surfaces with Isopropyl Alcohol (from hardware store or chemist). Even finger-prints leave oily film which acrylic/Plexiglas glue doesn't like.
Isopropyl alcohol leaves a film, too. I used to prime windshields for an auto maker before the urethane sealant was applied by a robot. We cleaned first with a paper towel and alcohol, then wiped off the film with a dry paper towel.
You can use any iso, just the more water in it the longer you have to wait to dry, 99% is expensive and you would want to use something like that for chemistry and cleaning electronics with smd and ic's so you don't leave minerals or trap water under components. Maybe avoid the colored stuff but you can get 90% almost anywhere they sell it, if the water in it is dirty that is probably a brand rather then a concentration issue.
@@NeverSuspects I was using 91% to clean electronic PCBs just before COVID hit. Then it went extinct in the stores. That's when I found anhydrous isopropyl alcohol on eBay, but it was expensive due to the price gougers.
As you know, your plexiglass glue is not just a glue. Acetone dissolves certain plastics. This is called solvent welding. The two materials become one and the glue evaporates. The official/approved pipe cement in Home Depot works this way. This tells why your glue works best with ABS. Your later tests with materials like wood and metal were a fair comparison with epoxy. I would consider using this cement when I am joining plastics together.
The casual alchemy and bucket measuring system this guy is full on genius
I love his brushless motor escooter videos!
I made some yesterday after watching this video. i wrapped two wooden poles together with some porous athletic tape, then brushed this glue into the tape til it soaked through. the end result was pretty strong and shiny like a poor man's version of fiberglass! definitely give that a try !
Question is: was it was it worth the effort? It looks like it could be interesting, but I can't see where I'd ever have the time. Oh well. Best wishes.
Brilliant thanks for the educational video
Did anyone catch the “premature“ joke?? I laughed my ass off with that one and I congratulate the author for inserting his joke so seamlessly!!😂😂 well done
Lol yea, surprised not many caught that
LOL, I was I wonder how many others got that also. 🤣😂
11:55 - Stop the video ! Hahahaha 🤣 ok ok .. on with the tests... that was comedy gold 😊
So funny
Yeah it only happened when he was being given a hand.
Use it as a finish. Like laquer. When the acetone evaporates youll have a clear coat of plexiglass on top of whatever you finish.
I wonder how well that'd work? Even if it left a bubbly/hazy finish, after getting some polishing it might look nice.
@@labrat810 It will likely yellow in the sun, for better or for worse. An artistic person could probably take advantage of the effect.
You can also use styrofoam and acetone for this. Seems to work well on wood.
And lung cancer 🤷♂️
@@kiachris76712 What? Lacquers, maybe. But, Acetone is something our bodies readily 'deal with'
(in low-moderate quantity).
It's literally a 'ketone'; our bodies produce it when in Ketosis.
Also, we have to 'deal with it' from microbiological (gut biome) wastes.
Every time the bond fails.
WHOA!!!!!
I LOVE IT.😅
gosh that's such great idea!! I can use it instead of epoxy for filling and plexiglass gluing. i can even imagine that if i sand the edges of plexi I intend to glue and brush them with a little of acetone to "prime" it, it would bond with the glue with no chance of separation 😅 thanx dude! this is what I needed to see ...
LOL! didn't remember where he'd heard it before...LOL!
"Came off prematurely" according to someone he spends time with. Love it!
Sense of humor + genius citizen compound chemist.
I'd be careful gluing ABS with the acetone/plexiglass mix for use in plumbing. Some high solvent glues will cause a slow crystallization of the ABS causing it to fail over time, sometimes it takes a long, long time. PVC glue used on ABS will do that. Just a heads up, you really don't want your toilet drain pipe failing...at any time.
THATS TRUE YOU DON'T WANNA BE HAVING ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THAT WITH THE CRAPPER!😆THE MESS WILL LEAVE YOU ANGRY, IT WOULD ME, INTERESTING VIDEO THOUGH.
I was wondering the same myself if the solution is "saturated" with acetone would it not cause a fault area anywhere it touches because it's degrading the plexiglass or plastic ?
I have used leftover ABS pipe in a DIY project before, where this sort of thing would get it done. Of course you should always use the proper DWV fittings and cement in plumbing.
With ABS plastic industry uses Hydrocarbons to make glue to glue ABS chlorine pool filters.
Meh
WOW! That is like a weld of two plastic materials instead of glueing process. Good work! I will remember this trick. Thanks for sharing.
If you scratch the connection points with sandpaper, the glue will work better.❤
Wife: "It came off prematurely" - "I cannot remember where I heard that before!" Good Humor - VERY FUNNY I laughed a lot!
I didnt realize acetone and plexi/acrylic were free. I've been paying money for them for no reason.
Jokes aside, good tutorial. Model airplane glue is something like this, I think has toluene as the solvent.
Enjoy your content and well done as McGyver-engineering. Your accent sounds Vietnamese with a touch of deep-south USA... and a great sense of humor! Also, thanks for the water still evaluation and teardown. I want to add a PID to one I bought to control more as a still.
This is one of the best tips I’ve seen on RUclips! Thank you sir!
This is the first time I'm laughing so hard while watching a DIY video 😂😂😂. "Came off prematurely".. Brilliant stuff.👏👏
Not often i adopt stuff on RUclips to our manufacturing process. This is definitely going to be part of our process. I think you did an incredible job. My advice is ,surface preparation and experimenting with different plexi and ratios. You got a subscriber.. I can find a million use for this application.
I’m right there with you buddy, I’ve recently found new shortcuts for minor auto body repair such as bumpers and trim and such that would have made me a literal million dollars backntheday when I had a small business as a minor autobody mobile repair man. I worked at some of the largest car lots in St.Louis doing minor repairs on all the used cars they took in. I had BMW,Volvo,Lotus,Cadillac and several other that given how good these new tricks I’ve seen I would have been a millionaire. I had to stop watching because I was getting depressed.
@@annacurransmotherofmeghanc1841Well now you've got me intrigued, buddy! Always drawn towards learning, I was fascinated by the ingenuity of this video, but now I'm wondering what kind of suggestions you might be able to make regarding those minor auto body repairs. You mean bumper tabs and plastic welding, or are there other dark arts I have yet to learn?
What manufacturing process?
Id like to know as well man@@annacurransmotherofmeghanc1841
If you are just glueing acrylic, I think you can just use acetone by itself, applying it with a syringe to the edge of the joint and the capillary action will suck it into the joint.
Can confirm. This works great and with practice you can get clear edges
RUclips recomend, so here I am.
Acetone is used in 3D printing to smooth ABS prints. So the acetone disolved the ABS partly, causing a stronger bond. Similar to PVC weld. I am looking at making ABS glue to glue my ABS 3D printed parts together, This video gave me an indication of what to look for in the flowability of the glue I make. Thank you for that. And for that a like and subscribe from me.
I'd give you 5 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼if the system would allow. This is very useful information. Thank you for sharing this!!!
Well I knew about using abs but did not know about plexiglass!
Game changer, thank you!
Thank you. I love learning something useful everyday.
This is brilliant. I got my wife to put her weight on it and it didn't break lol.. 🤣😂😅😜 You are a genius mate. I will definitely use this method on my designs. ;)
Thank you for your tremendous and wonderful effort. Abundant and useful information. Thanks
This is a great video. Love your humor.
I guess it's because Acetone dissolves ABS plastic anyway - so you're getting a direct bond instead of an intermediate bond (like a sandwich) Still a great idea if you need to glue up a lot of ABS - the glue you buy for that stuff can be costly (at least where I live it is ) Great video!
Fake....acetone did not disolves flexy glass...
I’m really surprised that it didn’t work on the plexiglass, since the acetone dissolved plexiglass to make the glue in the first place. I think the problem was that you clamped it immediately after applying, so the excess acetone in the glue didn’t have time to partially dissolve the plexiglass you were trying to glue before it was squeezed into a very thin film with very little spare acetone left to attack the plexiglass. I think you’d have better results if you put on a good bit of glue and let the pieces just rest together for a while before clamping it. (Roughening the surface would help also, since the parts of the rough surface that are sticking up would be able to be attacked more aggressively by the acetone.)
ABS makes sense as it dissolves in acetone, but would it work at all on PVC?
A great tip though, I hate the mess of epoxy; I’m going to make some of this for myself!
i'm more surprised regarding the amount of bullshit you can see in this video
Yeah you are right about it needed time before clamping
I discovered the solution. Try it yourself. I mix polistyrene (foam) with thinner. I tried. 1st mix was doughy (not sticky). I applied to bond 2 pieces of wood. Nothing happened. But next I added 2 drops of HAND SANITIZER. Tried to patch my badly rusted wheel barrow. So many holes. I worked!. The rust become hard.The two pieces of wood stuck together, I cannot break! Try it yourself
I have used this technique and was pleasantly surprised, I am a model builder and have been using nitrate glues for
many years now I have been using Duco cement, all the other brands no longer are available I use it on my balsa made aircraft.
The price these days have gone crazy , for Duco
so I tried plexiglass and acetone and it has advantages Duco does not have I beleave I tried all kinds of tests and now I would not go back to Duco so you old timers like me try it I think you will also be surprised as to how well it works
Thank you
@herbertkuttner9228 Really great to hear your testimony upon this--I had long heard some people recommend dissolving plexi in acetone for certain plastic repairs; never tried it fearing I'd do something wrong. Am also a model builder; I'm considering IF this solvent glue can be thinned enough to be applied with an airbrush or paint sprayer...to create plasticized acrylic coatings. In another YT vid, a guy recommended adding a drop or two of '2-part epoxy Hardener' to any melted or dissolved plastic, in order to restore it's original stiff nature. I'm eager to try this.
How great!!! Thank you very much for this video!
Great Test!!! Thank you from GERMANY for this very good Video.
Neat. I've seen a few people make something similar using ABS plumbing scraps, too. Though, the 'glue' looks more like a black '1-part epoxy', when made w/ ABS.
Related: The Acrylic 'glue' worked best on the ABS, because it dissolved and bonded the pipe together. IIRC, that's one of the reasons PVC and CPVC glue is different than ABS pipe cement.
(Oh, looks like you cover that at the end, and are gonna do a video on all of that. Fantastic!)
I think you are correct about using the ABS Plastic. It's more resilient than plexiglass which I imagine is going to return to its original state (all things considered). I don't know how he got a weight of 60 lbs with a 5 gallon bucket (unless I heard something incorrectly). Water weighs 9 lbs per gallon. Sure wish someone doing this had at least a reasonable break down of acetone to plexiglass. Why reinvent the wheel? Once it exists, work on making it better. Oh well. Best wishes to you
That is how you make thickened cement for gluing Plexiglass. I use Methylene chloride and tiny morsels of acrylic (that quickly dissolve) for filling tiny micro voids caused by table saw cuts.
Acetone can flash so be careful around open flames, sparks, etc. 🚨
you can also use the mixture as waterproof coating (especially good for wood)
Good tutorial. It would be good if you made a video to show the exact ideal acetone to plexiglass mix ratio. Also include other plastic type materials, such as PP, HDPE, PET, etc., that can best work with it. Acetone by itself will bond plexiglass together, but having a glue filler can be useful in many applications.
Would be interesting. We could recycle a ton of plastic at home for projects, also could make a mixture and create weed eater string or 3d printer filament at home
Agreed. What was the mix ratio?
Brilian idea, we must do this
Wouldn't acetone used as "glue" to bond plexiglass actually destroy it over time? He's dissolving plexiglass with acetone in the video after all.
Acetone evaporates completely, so what's left is the fused plexiglass. Acitone is not the best for doing this kind of boding, but it can be used. Of course, this refers to a high purity grade acetone and not mixes.@@scootermom1791
Good job, your videos have yet to fail at entertaining me.👊
Plexitone wood finish! Feeling nostalgic... Great article from 2008 by one Steven Russel.
Link?
Awesome as always.
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Awesome video man this is genius
"And I think I've heard that before, but I can't remember where..."
Lol 😄 Good one 👍🏻
I make glue from ASA filament and acetone for gluing 3D prints made of ASA. Technically, is more like solvent welding than gluing. The prints will break someplace else before they will break where they've been glued.
i'm not surprised, it worked a charm on ABS, because you can literally cold-weld that plastic with acetone. (its common practice in 3D printing, to bond ABS parts with acetone/ABS slurry, and smooth them with acetone vapor) what did surprise me was, how poorly it bonded plexi, which acetone clearly can dissolve too. maybe acetone was too volatile, to really gloop the brittle acrylic together as nicely.
but when it comes to gluing metals to most random materials, JB weld's magical alchemy in unmatched.
and PVC has it's own cold weld glue
The epoxy gave out before the "glue" on the plastic parts because the Acetone softens the surfaces, and when it evaporates, it forms essentially one piece of plastic. This is particularly true for ABS (ever smell ABS glue? Acetone???). I'm not dissing the "homemade glue," as I can see many useful applications for plastics around the house.
Dam thats a crazy cheap way to make glue
This is a common technique for plastic model makers when you want to fill those gaps where the fit is not perfect except we use the material from the leftover spurs from which the model pieces come off. This way the plastic becomes homogenous with the work piece.
Which plastics does this work with? Are there any it doesn’t work with? Do some types need different solvents or does acetone work for most/all of them? Thanks
@@TonisuperflyThe majority of plastics are not soluble in anything. PVC and polystyrene might work.
@@rogergummer5173 thanks for that. I’ve definitively seen it done with polystyrene. I think I’ll experiment a little bit myself.
Very well done. Thank you.
Isn't it fun to do things like this? So fun : ) nice video!
very informative,thanks for the knowledge
The same glue can be made w ABS, thereby getting a "cohesive" bond. Unless you sand and wipe surface adhesion strength will be suspect. Good demo of acrylic! Tks
You are a gem, keep up the good work
Great comparison job! I felt like I was watching *‘Project farm’ ! You have a great channel very informative and interesting 👍
*(Project farm is also an awesome channel that does comprehensive comparison of tools and other work products of every sort, that’s all they do)
Plexiglass is a brand name, as is perspex, acrylite etc. The actual material is called poly(methyl methacrylate), or PMMA for short but the common name is just "acrylic". As you figured out, its best use is in gluing other substances that can be dissolved in acetone such as crylonitrile utadiene styrene (ABS) because it becomes more like a weld rather than a glued joint. The reason it's not good for gluing other things, is that it makes a fairly poor surface bond with many other materials, so the structural strength is about the same as the equivalent thickness of acrylic (ie not much)
5 minute epoxy is the weakest of the epoxies. Its strength and temperature resistance is really quite bad. I only use it for very light duty applications or as a temporary repair. It can be removed by boiling the part and then scraping off the softened glue.
Thank you for this tip! Absolutely dont know, when and why I use it, but thanks! :D
Thank you, greatly appreciated
Most definitely the best 'hidden" joke I've ever heard, and thank you for the laugh
Brilliant. Cant wait to try this as a cnc hold down method, starbond superglue is expensive and that definitely isnt. Great job well done.
@craigdance5474 - Just curious. How did your attempt to use it as a CNC hold-down method work?
Thnx for info & application truths. Like your channel and how you explain. Subscribed 🙂👍
I do the same with polystyrene. If I add too much polystyrene, I get it thick. It works too. When I apply it two items stick, when the acetone in the mixture evaporates the polystyrene turns hard and sticks the items hard. Also makes good patching too.
That sounds like a good idea for building plastic models. Thanks.
Awesome idea
I wonder if that would work good for patching a hole in silver woven polyethylene tarp. I tried silicone adhesive and it doesn't stay. If this will fuse to it or eat a hole in it?
@@Accumulator1 once the acetone evaporates from the softened/liquidated plastic, it should. Just put a little polyethylene in a jar of acetone and see if it softens or not. If it doesn’t then you can use this method.
"I think it came off prematurely". "I can't remember where I have heard that before". 😂😆🤣
Well done for your idea im going to try it in my workshop.
Totally mpressed
Thanks for your help 😊
Good video! The acetone glue seems to prime the ABS, like a plastic primer (heptane and alcohol ) would do. If this glue, made with acetone, will bond difficult to glue plastic polypropylene bottle caps, I will be even more impressed.
Great info, I think a good test/demo would also be how quickly this glue bonds. Many of is are too impatient to wait over night😂
Fantastique, merci beaucoup pour ces créations. 👍👌🙏
Man this is great!
Dichloromethane dissolves acrylic, they use it to glue sheets together and they use it to polish car headlights. I did not know if acetone dissolves acrylic sheets. I will try this.
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Interesting video. Thank you.
Wow I am amazed😮
Interesting. What's the best mix of acetone to plexiglas by weight? I imagine it would a range, where you want it to not set too fast vs not having to wait a too long for it to set.
Works great as a temporary babysitter. It can hold a 4yo to the wall for about one quick trip to the liquor store or a 2yo for an entire first half.
When I am using pvc glue for plumbing I save the sheds from the saw and stuff them into the can and pour in acetone. The can never runs dry.
Very interesting. Thank you!!
WooHoo!! Never buy glue again. Just acetone and plexiglass! So much easier... Thanks.
Awesome nice love it
Great video love it.👍
Dang.. when i saw the strength of your pexi glass glue.. i said " Dumah! " very good .
Thanks. Several times, I've had ABS things that broke, but I didn't think there was anything that would work to stick them back together. I've got lots of plexiglass, and fingernail polish remover is pure acetone.
Bear in mind many nail polish removers have many admixtures, pure acetone 99% is required
@@jackpreston8762 I bought two bottles from Big Lots today. The front label says that they are 100% acetone, but on the back label, it mentions another ingredient, probably present in a negligible amount.
What other types of plastic can be dissolved with acetone to make a fusing plastic glue?
Such as #2 plastic?
I really like that video .. thank you!!
we uses something like this on 3d printers. we dissolve ABS plastic in azetone , and put the liquid onto a print bed and spread it into a thin layer. this makes 3d prints stick a lot.
So try dissolve abs and try using that as glue
I came.. I mean watched for the glue.. but subbed for the "premature" joke! nice!
it came out pre-maturely lol lmao !!!! thats funny my brother lol , then you said ,"i think i heard that before but i cant remember where i heard that from lol .
great test bro , i had no idea this was even possible to do , have you ever used the glue that hardens and cures with the flo light ? , the light makes it smoke a second then the glue dries ! ----- i am interested in making round balls and bullets for my less than lethal paintball markers , making copies of ammo , by using silicone molds i can make then pouring in these mixtures into the lubricated molds . this would be cheaper than buying those 2-part mixtures you mix together !!!! thank you so much for test and sharing !!!
Yeah folks, you learned something new every day.
I will try definitely. I’m a believer.
I use acetone and white styrofoam. I had small holes in the cement floor about size of quarter and half a dollar I poured some in the holes. Surprise surprise it worked. Almost 3 years later with high traffic it’s still doing what I wanted.
I put about 1/2 cup acetone in a small glass jar. I added white styrofoam pieces to the jar and watched the acetone dissolved the styrofoam piece by piece until the liquid turned a white cream like substance. Please wear gloves.
great video. thanks for sharing
Running to store to buy acetone!!!!!! LOL Great video.
Adding water with the spray nozzle adds flow force from the water impacting the bottom of the bucket/water. This adds a measured force to the force resulting exclusively from water's mass in a gravitational field.
This also seems to be decent at welding PLA prints. Painted on the surface of a PLA part could also kind of act like a filler to the print ridges. Holds onto acrylic paint nicely
This is very interesting. How long will the made up glue last in the glass jar?
Interesting video, it was great that you showed how it works with so many different materials.
I've been considering coating wood, to stop it rotting when I make raised beds in my garden. I'd need it to have UV stability, so probably ABS in acetone would be better. There's also epoxy resin, but that's expensive and a pain to work with.
Have you tried yellow cedar. Curious because I just made some raised beds.
Good Ole tar will seal your wood. Roof cement/patch all the same. Cheap! Cut it with some diesel mix to a pudding. Couple coats. Let dry between . It will cure 😊hard. Believe me. Been painting for 45 yr. I apply it to metal as well. Later
@@clydegray9714 I guess if your not worried about chemicals leaching into your garden bed vegetables, but in that case you could use pressure treated lumber. I choose cedar because it lasts a long time outdoors and its not harmful to my plants.
@@bobsoft understandable
Actually the tar method has been used in various ways for centuries. Dipping fence post etc. The earliest of oil byproducts. Oil of course being derived from plant and animal should validate the possibilities for tar use. I applied a thick coat on the lower part of my smoker. Cast iron wheels. About 10 yrs ago
Contact with mother earth the whole time. No rust. Keep it on mind. Later
wow impressive thank you
Very cool I'm going to try the Acetone one like it better
Doe the acetone glue start to slowly set over time when in that jar, like what happens to super glues?
I really hope you revisit this with more experiments. Im trying to figure out if it can be casted without bubbling like crazy
Awesome!
You can weld ABS plastic with acetone alone, or PVC cleaner. (NOT the glue) Ron W4BIN
When repairing broken plastic parts this mixture dries Clear, and hardens Quickly! It is easy to make and easy to replenish. By adjusting the mixture ratio, you can make it brush-able or able to apply with a tongue depressor. With the right mixture ratio, it will automatically harden smooth! This is my "go to" fix for Many broken items!
Firstly, clean the surfaces with Isopropyl Alcohol (from hardware store or chemist). Even finger-prints leave oily film which acrylic/Plexiglas glue doesn't like.
Isopropyl alcohol leaves a film, too. I used to prime windshields for an auto maker before the urethane sealant was applied by a robot. We cleaned first with a paper towel and alcohol, then wiped off the film with a dry paper towel.
You can use any iso, just the more water in it the longer you have to wait to dry, 99% is expensive and you would want to use something like that for chemistry and cleaning electronics with smd and ic's so you don't leave minerals or trap water under components. Maybe avoid the colored stuff but you can get 90% almost anywhere they sell it, if the water in it is dirty that is probably a brand rather then a concentration issue.
@@NeverSuspects I was using 91% to clean electronic PCBs just before COVID hit. Then it went extinct in the stores. That's when I found anhydrous isopropyl alcohol on eBay, but it was expensive due to the price gougers.
@Vuaeco how well does this stand up to ourdoor conditions?