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atkafighter · Post by **atkafighter** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:14 am

Hi,
I need the help of someone who has worked with tackleboxes. I can't seem to get it to sand smooth. Im using the highest grit, and primed it as much as I can. Also I can't get the bondo to stay smooth when sanded. It seems that just before it would be sanded smooth it cracks. I think this type of plastic is not very good for working with, but I could be wrong.
Please help me
Thanks
I might post a picture, but then everyone would see it before Jeffslot.

cennar · Post by **cennar** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 2:44 am

i dont use bondo on tackel boxes, they arnt vary good at keeping it on it. i would just do a vary good job on the primmer and use hot gule to fill any spaces before you paint. its cheap but it bonds way better on that kind of serface.

atkafighter · Post by **atkafighter** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:17 am

Thanks Cennar,
I did have a question, how would you get hotglue to stay flat? As far as I know you can't sand hotglue. This plastic also doesn't hold paint very well. I might make a bezel to strenghten the bond and make it look better. From here on out ABS only for me!

cennar · Post by **cennar** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:20 am

i get it flat with a dremal!!! or good old facsitism, i remember the day i started to used facsitism to make all my portables.

atkafighter · Post by **atkafighter** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:41 am

Man I don't have a dremel.

Every project I have done is with an exacto, nibbler, bondo, and sandpaper. Heres a few pics of the front (so you can see what I'm worried about)

Camera quality is kind of poor but you can get a feel for what I'm talking about. See those cracks they look even worse in real life? If I sand anymore they get bigger and if I add more bondo obviously its appearance is less smooth.
Wonder what Jeffslot wants me to do.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:51 am

Okay here's the deal, tackle boxes are made from a waxy plastic called polyethylene (or polypropolene). Normal glues and paint will not stick to it. To defeat this evil substance of plastic, you will have to use special super glue glue made for especially for plastics. It comes in a pack with a primer stick (that somehow makes it so that superglue will stick to it) and superglue. It's made by LOCTITE. You can find it at almost any hardware store. For paint, get Rust-Oleum plastic primer, then you can use any paint you want.. I found all this out when working on my upcoming GM64, because the VHS cases are made from polyethelene.

atkafighter · Post by **atkafighter** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:26 am

Thanks a lot G-Force! Does this glue build up at all? Is it sandable? Is sandable a word? Hopefully it can help conceal the cracks in the front. I'm going to get a tube of this loctite glue later today.
Thanks again

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:54 am

It wouldn't work too well for large cracks/gaps since it's just normal superglue that comes with it. BUT you can get some gel superglue and use that with the primer stick. Any glue will work on the primed surface as long as it's superglue (epoxy will not stick)

All this superglue talk reminds me of when MacGyver made some from vodka and some other junk

atkafighter · Post by **atkafighter** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:55 am

Hmm is there anything that you know of that works like bondo for this kind of plastic?

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:13 pm

Not really. You could just put the bondo on, let it dry, take it off and superglue it on...

atkafighter · Post by **atkafighter** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:29 pm

I see. I think I might make a bezel type thing and put it on there for support and decoration of course!
Heres what I'm thinking of doing.

I might try to make it more round, but thats my solution. What do you think? Also, what kind of plastic would I use? I was thinking of cutting up one of those three-ring binders for some good plastic in a good color.