Chunk light disaster - repair advice? - Other Crafts

UT uncle trav Tiki Socialite Kalamazoo Joined: Apr 27, 2005 Posts: 2466	UT uncle trav Posted posted on Fri, Jul 17, 2015 3:24 AM WOW! That lamp is in rough shape. Like ATP said that plastic is literally deteriorating before your eyes. Most glues and adhesives used to repair plastics are solvent based and use a chemical reaction to melt the plastic back together and become rigid as they dry. This may do more harm than good. I'm no expert on the subject by any means. Would it be possible to support the globe shape from the inside and apply a very thin fiberglass cloth to the globe? Remove the support after the cloth has dried. A clear epoxy could then be used to hold the resin chunk pieces back in place. Like I said before I'm no expert. Just throwing ideas out. Good luck with your project and let us know how it goes. "Anyone who has ever seen them is thereafter haunted as if by a feverish dream" Karl Woermann [ Edited by: uncle trav 2015-07-17 03:28 ]

WOW! That lamp is in rough shape. Like ATP said that plastic is literally deteriorating before your eyes. Most glues and adhesives used to repair plastics are solvent based and use a chemical reaction to melt the plastic back together and become rigid as they dry. This may do more harm than good. I'm no expert on the subject by any means. Would it be possible to support the globe shape from the inside and apply a very thin fiberglass cloth to the globe? Remove the support after the cloth has dried. A clear epoxy could then be used to hold the resin chunk pieces back in place. Like I said before I'm no expert. Just throwing ideas out. Good luck with your project and let us know how it goes.

"Anyone who has ever seen them is thereafter haunted as if by a feverish dream" Karl Woermann

[ Edited by: uncle trav 2015-07-17 03:28 ]

Post #747262 by uncle trav on Fri, Jul 17, 2015 3:24 AM