<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Thanks, guys. I think it is acrylic, too and will give it a try. I can always try glue if solvent doesn’t work, but it is unlikely to work the other way around. Something new for my arsenal!<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Oct 6, 2025, at 6:51 PM, dhlocker <dhlocker@protonmail.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><p>[Apologies to Jim for the duplicate response; I forget that I
have to Reply to List for autox posts. Resending to list so all
can jump on and criticise my response.]</p><p>The pieces are likely acrylic for which solvent welding is the
cat's pyjamas (dog's nuts; some other animal's PPE) <a href="https://www.acmeplastics.com/content/a-guide-to-gluing-acrylic-plastic-to-plastic/" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.acmeplastics.com/content/a-guide-to-gluing-acrylic-plastic-to-plastic/</a> has
good advice.</p><p>I don't trust any artificial plagiarism answers, FWIW.</p><p>Donald.</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/5/25 10:52, Jim Stone wrote:<br>
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<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><p>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. <br>
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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?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
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