Full Version: How to glue Crystal Award base.

From: dominoguru2 [#1]
 4 Mar 2007
To: ALL

Can I use acrylic glue (Acrylic Cement) from Acrylic Idea to glue the base of a Crystal Award? If not do you know where to buy Crystal glues and what glue do I use for gluing crystal award bases.

I am in Orange County CA and I need to know asap. Thank you.

From: Engravin' Dave (DATAKES) [#2]
 4 Mar 2007
To: dominoguru2 [#1] Unread

Acrylic adhesive is a solvent, so it would not have any adhesion properties for glass or crystal.

I use a UV adhesive that requires exposure to UV light to cure it. This product is available from suppliers like Photobrasive, Rayzist, Glastar, GlassPlax. You may be able to get it locally from a glass supply house.

EDITED: 4 Mar 2007 by DATAKES

From: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#3]
 4 Mar 2007
To: Engravin' Dave (DATAKES) [#2] 4 Mar 2007

quote:
I use a UV adhesive that requires exposure to UV light to cure it.


Ah, but what do you use to cure it?

At the ARA show there were units that were $90.00 and up. Harvey indicated something MUCH less expensive would work.

Inquiring minds want to know. B-)

From: gt350ed [#4]
 4 Mar 2007
To: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#3] 4 Mar 2007

I use a Letralite, a single UV bulb unit which I purchased from Rayzist, located in Vista, California, about 50 miles south of central Orange County. They also have the glue needed for glass-to-glass applications.

The Letralite is also intended for developing photo resists (stencils) for sandblasting. But to use it for curing, you just remove the acrlic cover and blanket. The unit has a built-in timer. Works great.

From: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#5]
 4 Mar 2007
To: gt350ed [#4] 5 Mar 2007

quote:
I use a Letralite,


Ok. I have one.

From: Engravin' Dave (DATAKES) [#6]
 4 Mar 2007
To: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#3] 5 Mar 2007

I have a hand-held exposure unit I purchased from Photobrasive. It is a small flourescent blacklight in an aluminum fixture that fits nicely in my hand. An ideal setup would be one that allows both hands to be free as you position the pieces for bonding.

From: LARRY (CENTURYBADGE) [#7]
 4 Mar 2007
To: Engravin' Dave (DATAKES) [#6] 4 Mar 2007

I have a stupid question. I just purchased a uv light at home depot and glue from them. Can we do it with all the lights on or only the UV light one.
Thanks,
Larry

From: Engravin' Dave (DATAKES) [#8]
 4 Mar 2007
To: LARRY (CENTURYBADGE) [#7] 5 Mar 2007

Larry,

The other lights being on is just fine. The key is to have a long wave ulraviolet light to expose the adhesive to, which is likely what you purchased.

From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#9]
 5 Mar 2007
To: LARRY (CENTURYBADGE) [#7] 5 Mar 2007

Long term fluorescent lights will slowly set up the UV adhesive, slowly is the operative word. Just do not allow the glue to be exposed to hours before trying to set the adhesive.

I use a fluorescent bent tube screw in UV bulb bought from Spencer's. It is long wave and safe to the eyes. The bulb used to be about $5 but the package changed and it went to $10 about a year ago. Less than a minute for a complete set. (Probably about 20 seconds but one minute is absolutely safe.

I get my adhesive from Loctite.

From: Dave (MT_DAVE) [#10]
 7 Mar 2007
To: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#3] 7 Mar 2007

Chuck,

Just make sure you protect your eyes from the UV. Don't want you to ruin your pretty baby blues.

Dave

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