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Help with plastic mannequin

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whills303

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My first post and it has to be a question. Go figure. I have a plastic - not fiberglas - female mannequin that I want to build into a Borg Queen. Via ITX motherboard, laptop drive, std. stuff. The problem is that I cannot find an adhesive to stick to this plastic. I need to do the tubes in her head, the leather suit, etc. I have tried - big list - epoxy, fiberglas resin, tacky glue, Many forms of glue from Lowes and Home Depot. Everything is fine for a couple days, then the glue fully dries and it pops off. Sanding, no help, Fusion primer, no help. Must be something out there to stick to her. Harbor Freight by my house has a plastic welding section. Seems kinda severe.
This is also posted to Gruntville because I need help. Project Lament used a mannequin but if you read closely it's fiberglas.
Thoughts, suggestions, been there's?
JohnH
 
have you tried gorilla glue? i think it's polyeurathane <sp>. Pretty strong stuff.

You may need to physically attach it, screws or soemthing, then cover them up or design them into the plan.

The idea rocks though. Keep us posted.
 
Aren't mannequins usually made from fiberglass, not plastic? If so you need an adhesive that'll adhere to it.
 
Loctite or a water putty? That water putty shit seems to bond to anything.
 
mobiux said:
have you tried gorilla glue? i think it's polyeurathane <sp>. Pretty strong stuff.
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Yeah gorilla glue is pretty serious. At work we actually only use it when we're 100% sure we wont have to dismantle something lol. The last time we attempted to take our box apart, we had to take a sledge hammer to it. In the end we ended up breaking the cabinet frame into pieces before we managed to seperate the section we glued together. That was wood though, so I can't say how well it works on synthetic materials.
 
Nothing beats 4040 Duramix for plastic stuff. Mix it together and you've got about a minute before it starts to harden.
 
If you're attaching tubing that's not going to be clear when you're done, why not try this.....

Screw a screw into the head (pre-drill a pilot hole, if necessary), then cut off the head of the screw. Put the tubing over the screw shank, and glue it in place. That way, the glue's only holding the tubing onto the screw, and the screw threads are holding the screw onto the head. :)
 
Nivram said:
If you're attaching tubing that's not going to be clear when you're done, why not try this.....

Screw a screw into the head (pre-drill a pilot hole, if necessary), then cut off the head of the screw. Put the tubing over the screw shank, and glue it in place. That way, the glue's only holding the tubing onto the screw, and the screw threads are holding the screw onto the head. :)
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The tubing is black ribbed stuff. I'll try the mechanical attach methods tonight. I will post a list of all the failed glues. Thanx for the suggestion
John
 
hysol will bond it, it bonds just about everything, its what holds airplanes together =] loctite makes it
 
masher said:
Aren't mannequins usually made from fiberglass, not plastic? If so you need an adhesive that'll adhere to it.
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ummm... no offense.. but read the post...

anywho... I second gorrilla glue.. great stuff...
 
I'm gonna say Goop. Great stuff. It's basically silicon sealant in a squeeze tube.
 
For a minute I thought this was going to be a thread about a perv and his fascination with a plastic mannequin.

I agree with penguin. Goop is a great adhesive with good sealant properties.
 
Heres what I did so far. I bought a "nerf" kinda round ball and cut it in half. Scooped out the middle a little and put it on her head with a ton of masking tape. Next layer was a wirescreen stuff sold by the arts and craft store. Like modder's mesh but way thinner - think aluminum foil - it tears. I screwed this to the head with 1/2" little screws then covered the mesh with Durhams water putty in thin coats. I am sanding it now and when it's smooth enuf, I'll wax it up with mold release and do the fiberglas and resin on the head. Molding the attachments for the head tubes in the fiberglas.
I found some snaps at a sewing store and what I will do is screw 1/2 into the mannequin where the leather suit goes and put the other half in the leather at points where it wont show.
Great fun! I'll bet Troy had some problems with Project Lament.
John
 
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