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Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date: 2011-10-22 21:54
One of my kids just broke his plastic Vito clarinet about a quarter inch above the register tube. Broke it clean off, not cracked it.
Clean break, so it'll be a good fit, but I wanted to check here to see if garden-variety "super glue" is okay to use to glue it back together, or if the plastic is some particular variety that would require a special adhesive.
Thanks.
B.
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Author: knotty
Date: 2011-10-22 21:58
From my experience in furniture repairing NEVER try to glue pieces together unless your certain it's going to work. If it fails, you make the job for the professional much harder because you've destroyed the original fit.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2011-10-23 03:54
One problem with super glue is that you have maybe a couple of seconds for alignment. Also, with plastics it's usually best to use a specific glue for the plastic, so it's actually almost welding the parts back together. Some repairers claimed lasting results using this type of glue. The problem is it's usually impossible to know what the plastic is and what glue is best for it specifically, if you can even find it. So overall it's best to use strong epoxy. But even then, I wouldn't trust glue alone and would reinforce with stainless steel pins. Either way use the strongest glue you can find (usually slower types are stronger).
Re the reply above me, I can give an example I just had. Someone emailed me about a broken bass clarinet and they had some questions about gluing it themsevles. I gave a lot of suggestions and warnings. A few days later I get an email titled "Clarinet repair goes horribly wrong".
Post Edited (2011-10-23 03:56)
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Author: jbutler ★2017
Date: 2011-10-23 13:59
I would suggest replacing the part off online auction site. These go fairly cheap.
John B
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