What Is The Strongest Glue For Plastic?

UnderPressure

My pressure washer has a tough ABS type plastic inlet for the water, it has crack in it about 2mm wide, It is going to take time to source and get delivered a spare part for it so in the mean time wanted to glue it with some extremely strong glue so I can continue using the washer. It is a very thick ABS type plastic, any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

After a quick google it loos as though it is more of a nylon based plastic rather than ABS, very very tough stuff, very hard.

DavidFx

http://info.craftechind.com/blog/bid/323475/Stick-to-it-A-Guide-to-the-Best-Glue-for-Plastic

System

DavidFx wrote: »

http://info.craftechind.com/blog/bid/323475/Stick-to-it-A-Guide-to-the-Best-Glue-for-Plastic

US site. The only one recognisable is superglue

A.Penny.Saved

bondloc b3294 has worked well for me. It's a structural adhesive.
Take your pick>
http://www.bondloc.co.uk/#/structural-adhesives/4543053465

http://www.bondloc.co.uk/#/b3294/4549019804

ali-t

I'm no DIY expert but had a handyman in a few weeks ago who swears by glue called sticks like sh*t. You can buy it from screw fix and it does what it says on the tube.

skivenov

I'd use a two-part adhesive like Araldite.

macman

How about some sort of pipe solvent-the stuff used for joining plastic piping?

UnderPressure

Thanks for all the replies, I appreciate it

I have not explained the material very well, it is very very hard, I have no idea how it has broken to be honest, I have seen it before in various guises but cannot think of something common it is made with. If it is nylon and I have a feeling it is then looking around it is a bit of a nightmare to bond with some of the more technical sites and forums suggesting home made solutions. I was thinking of trying to weld/solder it with a soldering iron but where the break is would not be an easy place to try and do this, it has also been suggested to heat the piece up to "soft" but not melted state and then squeeze into the crack normal hot melt glue, apparently normal hot melt glue will not bond if the piece being repaired is cold but when it is heated as the glue is also a thermoplastic they will then mix and bond.

I do not want to spend the day trying to repair this I am going to ring Clarke this morning and see if they can supply me with a spare part but if not then repair might be the only option. If it was a cheap normal pressure washer I would skip it and buy a new one but it is a hot wash with a diesel burner that would cost many hundreds to replace hence why I want to repair this part, not being a cheap skate

I have an old fashioned hardware shop in the local town so I think I will pop in this morning and see if they have some old fashioned slop hidden in the store room somewhere.

UnderPressure

Just got off the phone to Clarke, Managed to get a replacement part £24 including VAT and delivery so could have been worst, want to use it this weekend though so the gluing saga continues..........

Gloomendoom

UnderPressure wrote: »

I have not explained the material very well, it is very very hard, I have no idea how it has broken to be honest,

I read somewhere that loads of pressure washers get wrecked every year because they are stored outside in sheds and garages over the winter without being drained properly. The water inside freezes and cracks the plastic mouldings.

UnderPressure

Gloomendoom wrote: »

I read somewhere that loads of pressure washers get wrecked every year because they are stored outside in sheds and garages over the winter without being drained properly. The water inside freezes and cracks the plastic mouldings.

Now that would make sense although the inlet, once hose is disconnected would be water free, however the very expensive to replace heat coil where the water is heated would still be full! I will drain now as part of the put away routine, thanks good post