A lot of our readers are interested in learning about the sometimes tricky world of plastic adhesives and plastic welding.
Fusing plastic sheets together.
Fusing plastic bags if you really want to go green here s the ultimate project use up all those plastic bags lying around the house by fusing them together.
This is all you need to start fusing.
Using an adhesive to bond the sheets together is a cheaper solution than fusing but the strength and optical clarity as compared is also low.
There are two ways to glue polycarbonate sheets.
Polycarbonate is a clear colorless plastic often used as a replacement for glass.
I m sure you won t have to go far to find the materials needed.
Using an epoxide glue you can easily glue the sheets together just like glueing any two materials together.
I show how to use a soldering iron to fuse plastic together.
A hard heat resistant surface like a wooden cutting board 3.
Using an epoxide or fusing the sheets together.
It tends to be more effective than using glue and can be done quickly and cheaply if you have the right tools.
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.
Make bags totes wallets even clothes.
Below you ll find lots of ideas tutorials to inspire.
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.