From: David Ross (ross_at_math.hawaii.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 04 2001 - 22:19:15 EDT
Many of us have had fights with IBM over broken plastic that was clearly a
design fault rather
than abuse. They are hard to win.
W/r to gluing, my best luck with gluing laptop cases has been the kind of
solvent adhesive
plumbers use - look for the stuff that is good for both ABS and PVC plastic,
or at least the ABS
stuff. This does a remarkably good job provided the crack does not involve
missing bits or gaps.
(I have a latch on an old 560 that has been repaired this way - since it is
a latch, it is often under substantial
stress, and the last repair has lasted over a year.)
If you have to fill gaps, then a 2 part epoxy is probably better, though the
actual adhesion to the case plastic is
less than with the solvent adhesive. One possibility is to glue any bits
that are in contact with the solvent adhesive,
then fill the gaps/reinforce with the epoxy.
- David R.
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