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Title: Glue for Glove Box?
Post by: bizzaro on June 27, 2015, 02:46:20 PM

Any glue recommendations for gluing a cracked glove box.  I bought  Permatex Plastic Welder and it says not recommended for polyethylene or polypropylene plastics.  I don't know what plastic the box is made of, so like an idiot, I went ahead and tried Gorilla Super Glue...........................I hate that shit.  Any super glue!  It never works on anything! :dunno Except your skin and Grandmas china :dunno  Now I have to get that shit off and re-glue with the right stuff.................which is :dunno2:  Any suggestions?  It is just one of the fins on the removable glove box cover that slips up into the top to hold the front in and down.  It is cracked right where it joins the cover body.

Title: Re: Glue for Glove Box?
Post by: motodude on June 27, 2015, 08:07:35 PM

I've used various epoxies with good results.

Make sure you use even amounts of resin & hardener and mix well.

Tom

Title: Re: Glue for Glove Box?
Post by: bizzaro on June 27, 2015, 09:06:22 PM

Thanks.  Man, I fixed a plastic door handle on a car once. Basically it was a blade handle less than a quarter inch thick and I glued the whole length of it(5inches or so) and it was solid as a rock!!  I thought it would last a day, or the third try of the handle. It lasted as long as the car.  That was years ago. I wish I could remember what the shit was?? Some kind of plastic epoxy??

Title: Re: Glue for Glove Box?
Post by: Chaos on June 27, 2015, 09:33:34 PM

I've had good luck with JB weld on all sorts of stuff.

Title: Re: Glue for Glove Box?
Post by: WayneDW on June 27, 2015, 10:09:38 PM

The two part stuff that you need to mix works the best.

Title: Re: Glue for Glove Box?
Post by: Motorhobo on June 28, 2015, 07:20:55 AM

I keep MAS and West Systems epoxy, some fiberglass cloth and pill cups on my bench and use it for all kinds of thing all the time...pill cups to mix small amounts. Seems to bond to pretty much anything, including system case ABS.

Title: Re: Glue for Glove Box?
Post by: wmax351 on June 28, 2015, 08:49:32 PM

There is a type of special plastic epoxy that will likely work. I've used it with success in several cases. Smells real nasty, so you know its working.

I'd consider putting a layer of fiberglass cloth too. Do a coat of the plastic epoxy, then glass, then another top layer of epoxy.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Loctite-0-85-fl-oz-Plastic-Epoxy-1360788/100371824