Most plastic cases for small electronic devices, from cell phones to PDAs 
are not styrene. They are most often an alloy of ABS and Polycarbonate, 
which produces a high impact plastic. The solvent is methylene chloride. It 
can also be welded, using a special hot air gun.

Steve R.


"Dugie" <d_fren@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> "Jack Bohn" <jackbohn@bright.net> wrote in message
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>> Dugie wrote:
>>
>> >Thanks, Jack. Once I decided to use alligator clips to hold the parts
>> >together, both model glue and the ProWeld worked fine.
>>
>> Was just throwing ideas out.
>>
>> So the case _is_ made of styrene?
>>
>> -- 
>> -Jack
>
> It's good to know that two-part epoxy (5 minute epoxy) will bond multiple
> plastics, as you wrote previously.
> I don't know enough about plastics, but if styrene reacts with model 
> cement
> and ProWeld, then it is styrene.
>
> Do you think there's a marking somewhere on the Toshiba, and on most
> plastics, indicating plastic type?
>
> Dugie
>