Sadly, no plastic shops anywhere near me and Tap charges $20 for delivery.
Iâ??ve ordered some from Amazon. We'll see...
> On Oct 6, 2025, at 8:22â?¯PM, Mark Miller <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
> wrote:
>
> I'd consider going to a local plastic shop and ask them for recommendations
> and/or to do it (bring donuts and/or a five dollar bill in case they offer
> this....). Locally we have a Tap Plastics and they have always been super
> friendly and helpful.
> Their solvent info:
> https://www.tapplastics.com/repair_products/plastic_adhesives?srsltid=ARcRdnozESFT-zR_f00FYSgu7nDSGwQygKkungKzHnqwhdifNt0M0X-c
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Miller 707-490-5834
> markmiller@threeboysfarm.com
>
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>> My granddaughter asked me to fix her favorite hair clip and I?d like to keep
>> my reputation as Grandpa Fixit intact. The part that came off will be under
>> stress when the clip is used. The plastic didn?t break; the larger,
>> decorative part of the clip came loose from the spring clip. It looks to me
>> like it was originally solvent welded, not glued.
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>> I have never had tremendous luck gluing plastic but never tried solvent
>> welding. Does anyone here have a recommendations for either a strong enough
>> plastic glue or a readily available solvent that I could use to bond the two
>> pieces and keep my reputation intact?
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>> PaG, aka Jim
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