Fusing Acrylic Sheets

Gluing acrylic sheets together is a much different process than household or traditional gluing.

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. When household gluing two objects or materials are joined together by simply applying a viscous adhesive or glue between the two surfaces. 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. This will anneal the acrylic and relieve the built up stress. When applying cement solvent make sure that your acrylic sheets fit together without using. You will end up with a double layered piece like a tube.

I show how to use a soldering iron to fuse plastic together. 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.