Polycarbonate is a clear colorless plastic often used as a replacement for glass.
Fusing plastic sheets.
For this project you need white 3 grocery type bags some small scraps of colored plastic bags and one thin clear bag such as a dry cleaning bag or newspaper delivery bag.
It tends to be more effective than using glue and can be done quickly and cheaply if you have the right tools.
Using an epoxide or fusing the sheets together.
Peel parchment paper away from finished plastic sheet.
I show how to use a soldering iron to fuse plastic together.
This is all you need to start fusing.
If the layers are not all melted together iron it some more.
A hard heat resistant surface like a wooden cutting board 3.
There s no shortage of those in the world unfortunately.
These can be made in arbitrary 2d shapes by using a soldering iron to fuse the edges of two plastic sheets together but it s obviously a.
Using epoxide glue for this purpose is a relatively simple procedure but fusing the sheets together is a little more.
While picking the right plastic adhesive can make you wish you d majored in chemistry welding is arguably the better method for fusing two plastic components.
There are two ways to glue polycarbonate sheets.
Fusing plastic sheets with a 3d printer sort of.
Peel a corner of the paper back to see if the plastic is fused together.
A lot of our readers are interested in learning about the sometimes tricky world of plastic adhesives and plastic welding.