Bond Hardboard To Acrylic Sheet

Cyanoacrylate all grades adhere well to acrylic.

Bond hardboard to acrylic sheet.

If you only used a sheet of this material it would likely just buckle or break under the weight. Once the acrylic has been arranged to your liking it s time to apply the glue. Clamp the hardboard to the mounting surface making sure to clean up any excess glue as the two pieces are connected and held in place with the clamps. Next hold the acrylic in place exactly how you would like it to be glued.

By properly cleaning acrylic you will ensure the strongest possible bond. Use clamps or masking tape to hold acrylic sheeting in place while applying solvent. Dampen the backside of the hardboard as well as the the mounting medium. If acrylic sheeting is being welded for box corner joints apply solvent on the inside edge of the acrylic sheeting.

Applying a generous amount of wood glue to both surfaces and place the hardboard on the backing. Just make sure you follow the directions closely as an epoxy will dry and set quickly. Then secure the acrylic using clamps wooden blocks or by having a friend hold the acrylic firmly in place. When operators try to wipe excess adhesive outside the joint away it will fog the acrylic.

If the glued area will be visible however the two part epoxy will yield a crystal clear glued area. Also the smooth surface makes finishing the hardboard with primer and paint a breeze. Acrylic is typically glued using solvent based glues such as weld on 4. However once set it will be clear.

This is a premium hardboard with high internal bond exceptional stability and smoothness ideal for paneling furniture fixtures toys general manufacturing and applications where painting or die cutting is required. To glue acrylic with solvent glue typically a squeeze bottle applicator with a needle tip is used. If you can hide the glued area the acrylic polymer glue is going to give you the strongest bond. Due to acrylics susceptibility to bond acrylic with cyanoacrylate it is important to use cyanoacrylate adhesive sparingly.

Once you have put in place safety measures it s time to bond the acrylic sheets together.