Acrylic Repairs
 

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Is there any acrylic dudes out there able to help? Again .I believe it was last year that a fellow reefer from Calgary made me a new 6" circlar piece. I mailed the peice to him and he sent me a new one back.It is that time again, i need another part made.

Acrylic
 

what do you need?
Bob

reactor lid
 

this is the lid that i'm worried about. As you can see from the pics it's cracked,it doesn't leak yet but i don't want to take a chance .I have the reactor out of service till i get some media and would like a new piece made if possible.

If you take it to any acrylic shop, they should be able to run some weld-on glue....I can't remember the exact name of the stuff, but it's liquid and it'll wick into the crack and basically melt it together so it won't leak. As long as you aren't unthreading the fittings and they're going to stay where they are, you should be good to go. I'm sure any acrylic place would just do it for free. Or they'll sell you the stuff to do it. There's an applicator bottle with a needle and the glue...shouldn't cost more than $20. Hope this helps.

When you get your new one made make sure they use cell cast acrylic, not extruded as the cast is much stronger. What is the diameter? I have some Lexan (even stronger again) kicking around, I can send you a piece if you want.

If you're in no rush I can make the piece for you. I just finished moving to a new home this week. New workshop is a little bit in disarray right now :redface:

Let me know

i was thinking about trying to glue the cracks together but they are really tight not sure if glue would wick in

the piece is 7" in dia., 11 mill thick, 5/16

any idea how long it would take to make a piece up?

Weldon should wick in. Also, Silicone can be smeard for a patch, if it's just leaks your worried about. Looks like fittings tightened to tight? I'd suggest silicone on fittings to seal them so you dont have to tighten as tight to get a seal

Methylene chloride would certainly wick into that crack and it would be better than new.

Wick the glue in and then remove the fitting to allow the crack to close, then when dry re-assemble the fitting with either less force or use silicone as suggested.