{"id":6384,"date":"2020-07-09T10:33:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T10:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resin-expert.com\/?p=6384"},"modified":"2023-04-11T18:33:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T18:33:18","slug":"best-glue-for-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resin-expert.com\/en\/guide\/best-glue-for-plastic","title":{"rendered":"Best Glue for Plastic – Helpful Guide for Bonding Plastic with Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adhering plastic to a car or even in the home is relatively common, but presents the user with one challenge or another. In any case, a special plastic adhesive is required – and appropriate pre-treatment of the surfaces to be bonded. How exactly plastic bonding should work and how you can bond plastic to metal, for example, is explained in our plastic adhesive guide.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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What Is Plastic Glue?<\/h2>\n

If you want to glue broken plastic, there are several things you have to consider. Above all, the choice of thealt= right adhesive is of great importance to achieve a durable bond.<\/p>\n

Plastic adhesive or also plastic glue was developed especially for the requirements of plastic bonding. As a rule, it can even be used to bond materials that are very difficult to join, such as PP plastic. Even ABS plastic bonding should hardly be a problem. Nevertheless, you must pay attention to the correct bonding technique, because plastic is a somewhat special material. But what exactly is plastic?<\/p>\n

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Overview of the Most Common Plastics<\/h2>\n

In today’s world, the list of plastics seems to be endless. Nevertheless, besides relatively unknown types of plastics, there are some that should be known to everyone. The most common of them are presented below.<\/p>\n

In order to be able to better recycle plastics after they have been sorted out, the Recycling Code was created by the Society of the Plastics Industry, SPI for short. This has greatly simplified the categorisation of the various types of plastic. The plastic abbreviations were standardised and recycling forms that are comprehensible to the end user were also used. As a result, every household can now take the appropriate steps for pre-sorting in everyday life. Apart from the “Gr\u00fcner Punkt” system in Germany, there are special recycling centres to which sorted plastic parts can be taken. All this is intended to reduce the mountain of waste.<\/p>\n

In the following, you will find a table of the seven most common types of plastic with their areas of application and recyclable material abbreviations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Polyethylene Terephthalat<\/strong><\/td>\nPET, PETE<\/td>\nEspecially food packaging and films, bottles and polyester fibres<\/td>\n\"plastic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Polyethylen High Density<\/strong><\/td>\nPE-HD, HDPE<\/td>\nPipes, waste containers, bottles, artificial wood<\/td>\n\"plastic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Polyvinyl Chloride<\/strong><\/td>\nPVC<\/td>\nPipes, window frames, floor coverings<\/td>\n\"plastic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Polyethylen Low Density<\/strong><\/td>\nPE-LD, LDPE<\/td>\nFoils, tubes of all kinds, soap dispensers, buckets and plastic bags<\/td>\n\"plastic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Polypropylene<\/strong><\/td>\nPP<\/td>\nCovers for DVDs, industrial fibres, interior linings for cars, bumpers, food packaging, among others<\/td>\n\"plastic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Polystyrene<\/strong><\/td>\nPS<\/td>\nSuitcases, foam, CD cases, toys and flower pots<\/td>\n\"plastic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Various other types of plastics, for example polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) or polycarbonate (PC)<\/strong><\/td>\nO (for others)<\/td>\nThis is a voluntary labelling, as these types of plastics are not listed in the German or European guidelines. The legal basis for these types of plastics is unclear. Fields of application vary depending on the type of plastic.<\/td>\n\"plastic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Polyethylene (PE-HD, 02) and Polypropylen (PP, 05)<\/h2>\n

Polyethylene, or PE-HD for short, and polypropylene, or PP for short, are thermoplastics with very valuable properties for further processing. The following is a comparison of the two materials:<\/p>\n

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Polyethylene<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n