No success with Mr. Sticky

I experimented with a product called "Mr. Sticky's Poly Bond," which is supposed to bond polyethylene.  It says, among other things, it's for kayaks.

I followed the instructions that call for heat treating the surfaces to be bonded, with no luck.  After the stuff went off, I easily pulled the two poly objects apart with no appearance of any bonding occurring.  It was like gluing to wax paper.  Luckily these were just test pieces of some scrap I had around.

Anyone else have any experience with this stuff?

Hey Dave,

I've tried several glues that claim on the labels to bond poly and none ever really bonded.  As far as I know, only welding (poly to poly) works, but let us know if you find anything. 

I have a fishpond project where I need to bond poly to ABS, and I haven't found anything that works, though I haven't tried welding it.

The wonderful molecular nature of poly that makes it so tough (and water resistant to slide through the water with so little friction) also makes it very hard to bond with.   -Matt

Not sure what you are trying to do but I have used a product calle Lexal caulk, this stuff sticks to everything, (notice I didn't say anything), I meant everything, so if you get some and try it be careful.  It's supposed to be caulk but I have used it to glue polyethylene tarps togehter and they never came apart.

Ace Hardware. it's pretty common stuff.

Lexal is good stuff... I think it has a LOT of acetone or something in it... It sorta melts everything together.

Scwa told me of a 3M caulk (I think it was 3M...), and it had a number for a name - what was that number again, Sean?...  Anyway, he said the stuff really sticks to poly, so that's a start anyway.  Good luck!   

Thanks, you guys.  Eric, I think the 3m product is called 5200 or something like that.  I hear it works well, but it takes like a week to cure.  I don't have enough patience for that.

Lexel is good stuff, but again, it doesn't bond molecularly with poly.

Neither does the 3M stuff.  Tried them both.

pvc cement sure as hell melts poly, chemically welding it, but it is hard to use beyond its specific purpose...

Hey, thanks, SV.  I never tried PVC cement.

Dave,  what's your project?  Not I'm intrigued.  -Matt

Dave I bought that stuff and used it to glue an extension to a poly bucket. I did use a torch to prep the surface as per instructions. It seemed to me that the glue never kicked totally, but it did stick. I have used lots of epoxy so I thought it was strange. The joint did hold and was waterproof(livewell), but there was alot of surface bonded.

Dave I bought that stuff and used it to glue an extension to a poly bucket. I did use a torch to prep the surface as per instructions. It seemed to me that the glue never kicked totally, but it did stick. I have used lots of epoxy so I thought it was strange. The joint did hold and was waterproof(livewell), but there was alot of surface bonded.

hmm, maybe I didn't flame treat the surface enough.  There's a little area where it did and I'm thinking maybe that's the spot that got more heat. I'm thinking of gluing up a small shelf inside my hold to put the ff battery pack, and it's too crazy a location for welding.  Thanks Shim