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What glue is right for a Hohner clear plastic comb?
Ed McCullough:
Gnarly, My comb has only a few cracks at one end. I do not have to glue a dozen pieces together. Should I go to a hardware store and buy acetone? Should should I go to a hardware store and ask for cement for acrylic?
Ed McCullough:
I looked around in the internet a little bit and think the answer is simply
acetone.
Does anybody think that is wrong?
Laina:
--- Quote from: Ed McCullough on April 16, 2024, 06:45:50 AM ---I looked around in the internet a little bit and think the answer is simply
acetone.
Does anybody think that is wrong?
--- End quote ---
A small bottle of (acetone) nail varnish remover does the trick. Cotton buds work well with it too.
Age:
Nice to hear from ya, Laina!
(still waitin' for you to show up one of these Thursdays, kiddo! ;))
In the old days, acetone worked well on just about anything (except of course, for that obligatory haze, which you just hafta buff off) but the last coupla times I tried it, I guess it didn't agree with whatever material was pretending to the old clear plastic I remember as a kid. As they say in OZ: "Nah! Nau-loyke de ’owe dyes, aye" ;D
I always like working with the stuff, but the main problem I've always had with it was how it mysteriously "disappears," unless I "tape" the lid with electrical tape after screwing in. :D (Same thing happens with food grade silicone, BTW.)
Danny G:
Good reason to not buy harmonicas with acrylic combs
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