clear glue for push throughs

[Alan Foster]

hello can anyone recommend a glue, for fastening push throughs in opal to an opal back when filling letters in on a cnc cut tray, we keep getting dark spots or when using tape it can be seen from the front when illuminated. i thought about just using dichloromethan which we use to stick acrylic locators on but not sure wheter it would work.

tia
Alan

 

[MikePro]

we don't glue acrylic into sign faces, we push it through. machine your Acrylic like a top-hat, with a ledge around the perimeter that keeps it from falling-out the face of the sign. secure from the backside with hidden fasteners/adhesive.

 

[Alan Foster]

thanks Mike for the reply, but i doubt we could do that with our laser cutter, and our cnc mahine is a hobby one and doesnt like rebating at the best of times, i was just looking to a solution with a glue where i could drop in acrylic pieces

 

[Moze]

Try Lexel on a test piece. It dries crystal clear but kind of 'etches' into acrylic, so that may not give you the result you're looking for.

 

[rjssigns]

Check with these folks: https://weldon.com

Way back when I was working with acrylic I used their products. Mostly used the type that was like water and got applied with a syringe. Near instant bond and it wasn't coming apart.