Fusing Acrylic Sheets

You will end up with a double layered piece like a tube.

Fusing acrylic sheets.

The viscosity of the glue enables it to fill all the gaps or cracks between the two surfaces. To prepare the grocery bags for fusing you need to trim off the handles and trim off the seam at the bottom. I show how to use a soldering iron to fuse plastic together. Gluing acrylic sheets together is a much different process than household or traditional gluing.

Glue acrylic sheeting using cement solvent choose the best adhesive. Things you ll need 2 polycarbonate sheets methylene chloride or chloroform. This can be used to seal bags make them to the specific size of the object inside and create an. When you are done smooth out the bag into a flat rectangle you can leave the side seams connected.

To guard against cracking place the acrylic on a flat sheet of glass in a shop oven not the one in your kitchen at about 180ºf 82ºc for about 1 hour per mm thickness then let them air cool. When applying cement solvent make sure that your acrylic sheets fit together without using.