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TECH TIP: Fixing broken playfield plastics, a better way

By xTheBlackKnightx

8 years ago



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    #7 8 years ago

    These UV activated resin products are now being mass produced by China. A year ago they were about $20 a pen (the original BONDIC brand), now I can get them at my local home improvement store for $9.99 -- and something they may very well put on a deep discount with a rebate as they tend to do with these new/import type products. http://www.menards.com/main/home-decor/craft-supplies/glue/all-purpose-glue/5-second-fix-liquid-plastic-welding-tool/p-1444450205374-c-7172.htm?tid=7565755013009504814

    Beware though--they only really work if you use super thin layers AND have translucency of material around them. Think ramps, top plastics, plastic glasses frames, clear mugs. The more opaque the product is and the darker it is will prevent the UV from helping cure it fully. I used some to try to fix a black video game tapered shroud around a monitor and even after baking under 80W of FL UV blacklights for hours, as well as the included little LED, it never has fully cured, still a tad tacky/movement. But on other things like a clear artwork plastic it did seal and seal well. A little goes a long way, it must be done in super thin layers--a single drop spread out over a wide area.

    Just found the generic one is $8.06 w/free ship on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Second-Fix-Virtually-Anything-Seconds/dp/B016MB0JF6

    As noted by the bad reviews, this is not going to fix anything that has pressure/stress on it -- really someone tried to glue a floor sweeper handle. But small things that just 'sit' it can fix without the whitening of super glue or non-adhering of epoxy to some plastics. But it is not a miracle glue for sure. It has it place along side everything else. Just don't over pay.

    It will hold a ramp exit that has a slow ball moving towards it from gravity alone. It won't hold up to a ramp entrance that gets a ball slammed into it from a flipper.

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