From: Stanton Young (stantony123_at_hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Dec 23 2002 - 16:55:15 EST
BTW, if you end up using all purpose contact cement. Rough up the contact
areas with your finger nail and then apply the cement with a toothpick.
Then leave the thing alone for a day at least.
Good luck!
>From: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net>
>To: "Edward Mendelson" <edward.mendelson_at_verizon.net>, "David Ross"
><ross_at_math.hawaii.edu>, "Thinkpad List" <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
>Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] TP 600 series: What adhesive for floppy drive door?
>Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 16:08:13 -0500
>
>I have used that to repair 760 series cases.
>Nothing else works on that
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Edward Mendelson" <edward.mendelson_at_verizon.net>
>To: "David Ross" <ross_at_math.hawaii.edu>; "Thinkpad List"
><thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
>Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 3:53 PM
>Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] TP 600 series: What adhesive for floppy drive door?
>
>
> > No winter here in New York, and the thin Scotch double-stick wasn't
> > strong enough. But contact cement, as suggested by Stanton, did the job.
> >
> > Do you have a specific product name for the the plumbers' solvent
> > adhesive you recommend? Sounds like something worth having...!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Edward
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Ross" <ross_at_math.hawaii.edu>
> > To: "Edward Mendelson" <edward.mendelson_at_verizon.net>; "Thinkpad List"
> > <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
> > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 2:22 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] TP 600 series: What adhesive for floppy drive
> > door?
> >
> >
> > > the case. Is there any adhesive that I can use to put it back? IBM
> > used
> > > some sort of double-sided tape to affix the door, but I can't see
> > > anything similar in the local hardware store. Silicon adhesives won't
> > > stick.
> >
> > You can get a thin double-stick tape at any stationery store, and thick
> > double-sick tape at hardware stores (used eg for attaching plastic film
> > to windows for extra insulation, for those of you living places where
> > winter exists).
> >
> > If you've already tried silicon adhesive, it will keep anything else
> > from sticking - sand it off.
> >
> > Oh, the general adhesive of choice for laptop cases made of composition
> > plastics is plumbers solvent adhesive (get the ABS variety).
> >
> > - David R.
> >
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