It tends to be more effective than using glue and can be done quickly and cheaply if you have the right tools.
Fusing plastic sheets.
Peel parchment paper away from finished plastic sheet.
Now you can use this stuff to make a million things.
If the layers are not all melted together iron it some more.
For this project you need white 3 grocery type bags some small scraps of colored plastic bags and one thin clear bag such as a dry cleaning bag or newspaper delivery bag.
A lot of our readers are interested in learning about the sometimes tricky world of plastic adhesives and plastic welding.
These can be made in arbitrary 2d shapes by using a soldering iron to fuse the edges of two plastic sheets together but it s obviously a.
This can be used to seal bags make them to the specific size of the object inside and create an.
There s no shortage of those in the world unfortunately.
Using epoxide glue for this purpose is a relatively simple procedure but fusing the sheets together is a little more.
Peel a corner of the paper back to see if the plastic is fused together.
There are two ways to glue polycarbonate sheets.
I show how to use a soldering iron to fuse plastic together.
Using an epoxide or fusing the sheets together.
Fusing plastic sheets with a 3d printer sort of.
A hard heat resistant surface like a wooden cutting board 3.
This is all you need to start fusing.