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fmelindy 10-23-2008 06:04 PM

weld-on substitute?
 
I'm trying to build an acrylic skimmer and the one thing I'm having trouble getting locally is weld-on of any type. Now I know that Weld-on is methylene chloride but I'm wondering if anybody knows any other cements/glues that have methylene chloride in them. (some other brand name?) Is it possible that I'm missing it simply because I'm looking only for "weld-on"?

Aquattro 10-23-2008 06:08 PM

sometimes just called methylene chloride. Any acrylic shop will carry it

justinl 10-23-2008 06:35 PM

I made an acrylic tank a while back and there's a few places that carry weld-on. industrial plastics and paints in rochmond is the place I went to, but there was one in vancouver... can't recall the name.

fmelindy 10-23-2008 06:42 PM

I forgot that my profile still says "vancouver", I'm actually living in St. John's right now - not exactly a place with a lot of "acrylic shops", in fact I can't find one! Just wondering if it comes in different brand names...

Aquattro 10-23-2008 06:47 PM

Got a home depot?

fmelindy 10-23-2008 06:49 PM

yep, but they don't appear to carry weld-on... do they carry some other product that is similar that you know of?

ElGuappo 10-23-2008 06:56 PM

dont take my word for it but i was at totem yesterday getting crazy glue. and beside it they had a LOC TIte Brand that would prob be excatlly what your looking for. it was in the glue silicon section.

fmelindy 10-23-2008 07:44 PM

yeah, we don't have totem either..... I've looked at every loc-tite glue I could find and none of them have methylene chloride. any other ideas?

fmelindy 10-23-2008 08:04 PM

how about this stuff?

http://msds.ihs.com/partinfo.aspx?partid=17597

I know it's a paint stripper but it does have methylene chloride. Do the other ingredients matter (the methanol and propane?)

Aquattro 10-23-2008 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fmelindy (Post 354142)
Do the other ingredients matter (the methanol and propane?)


Yes, they matter. HD, down here anyway, sells acrylic. The solvent is right beside it.


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