Styrene Questions

[fhhhstix]

Originally Posted by SonoranWraith

Save yourself a boatload of money and forget the Bondene or SameStuff, Tenax etc. solvents. Go get yourself some MEK at HD or Lowes, works the same. If you need a little bit longer set time, use Tamiya's glue, it's nice and thin but good work time. For even longer you can use the gooey std model cement but it is messy to use in a precise manner but set time is forever.

Plastruct Bondene is Dichloromethane and Plastruct Plastic Weld is MEK and yes both will work for styrene but do not have the same characteristics. Bondene is suitable for bonding like materials and Plastic Weld (MEK) will do like materials but is more suited to bonding dissimilar materials. The plastic supplier I buy from recommend bondene or a similar product for styrene and MEK for ABS. I have tried MEK on styrene but I prefer the Bondene it seams to be a stronger bond but that is my opinion.

Travis

[SonoranWraith]

Originally Posted by fhhhstix

Plastruct Bondene is Dichloromethane and Plastruct Plastic Weld is MEK and yes both will work for styrene but do not have the same characteristics. Bondene is suitable for bonding like materials and Plastic Weld (MEK) will do like materials but is more suited to bonding dissimilar materials. The plastic supplier I buy from recommend bondene or a similar product for styrene and MEK for ABS. I have tried MEK on styrene but I prefer the Bondene it seams to be a stronger bond but that is my opinion.

Travis

True they are not all the same chemical. I just lumped them into solvents. I have used them all and the difference to me was not noticeable so I used the cheapest.