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Is Tenax-7R Plastic Welder Still Being Made?

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Posted by zstripe on Friday, January 27, 2017 8:26 PM

Doughless

By no means am I trying to confuse the thread any more than it is.....but..

Does any substance weld slippery engineered plastics like delrin very well?

 

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Posted by Doughless on Friday, January 27, 2017 7:35 PM

By no means am I trying to confuse the thread any more than it is.....but..

Does any substance weld slippery engineered plastics like delrin very well?

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Posted by jjdamnit on Friday, January 27, 2017 7:23 PM

Hello all,

I use Micor-Mark Same Stuff.

According to the label on Same Stuff does contain methylene chloride.

Which is chemically different than MEK (Butanone).

Not sure what materials you are trying to bond (cement).

To assemble models I use several different bonding agents including Same Stuff, two-part epoxy, cryanolite adhesive (CA) [Super Glue] and solder.

Hope this helps.

 

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Friday, January 27, 2017 7:20 PM

riogrande5761
What is actually available now?

http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Plastruct-Plastic-Weld-Cement-p/pls-00002.htm

http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Plastruct-Bondene-Cement-p/pls-00003.htm

I'll miss Tenax. I'll bet I went through fifty bottles over my modeling "career".

I do have some "MEK substitute" from Home Depot to which I added about 10% Xylene (Toluene works better if you can find it). It works OK and I use it for non-critical work, such as inside bracing or large wall areas and such.

I did buy some of this to try but have not had a chance to check it out yet.

http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Faller-Super-Expert-Plastic-Glue-p/flr-170490.htm

I have heard good things about Tamiya extra thin cement as well but have no personal experience with it. I'll get some soon.

https://www.tamiyausa.com/items/paints-finishes-60/tamiya-maintenance-material-62000/extra-thin-cement-87038?product-id=87038

 

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Posted by riogrande5761 on Friday, January 27, 2017 6:55 PM

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Pro-weld is gone. I now use Weld-on 3. Works great but is more toxic than Pro-weld but much much cheaper.

What the heck, people are recommending adhesives that are no longer on the market?  What is actually available now?

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Posted by rrebell on Friday, January 27, 2017 2:21 PM

Pro-weld is gone. I now use Weld-on 3. Works great but is more toxic than Pro-weld but much much cheaper.

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Posted by riogrande5761 on Friday, January 27, 2017 7:56 AM

Frank, thanks for the tip.  When my bottle of Tenax-7R runs out, I'll hunt down some Ambroid Pro-weld

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Posted by zstripe on Thursday, January 26, 2017 7:31 PM

Same stuff was invariably supposed to replace Ambroid Pro Weld, was My understanding and LHS owner of 50yrs. which contains Methylene Chloride and did a fine job on  Styrene, Butyrate ABS & Acrylic and Same Stuff does not  do what they claim as far as My experience and the reviews goes. Also I have found through My experience that Plastruct Plastic Weld, which also contains MEK, does a lot better job than Tenex7R ever did and does not evaporate as fast, also stronger. Will bond, all the material that Ambroid Pro Weld did. I still have Ambroid Pro Weld, bought a half case before they stopped making it. Lately (about 20yrs.) I have been using more Plastruct orange bottle found it to be even stronger than Ambroid.

To each their own...but I've built a lot of things in My 74yrs.

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Posted by riogrande5761 on Thursday, January 26, 2017 6:45 PM

BigDaddy

I bought a bottle last year at Modeltrainstuff, now out of stock.  It evaporates somewhere between the bottle and the styrene I want to use it on.  Maybe I got a bad bottle?

It does evaporate quickly because Methylene Chroride is classified as a Volitile Organic Compound (VOC).  I used to look for Chlorinated and BTEX VOC's in my former life as an engironmental geolgist.  VOC's all evaporate pretty quickly.

I still have a half bottle of Tenax 7R in my tool box.  I didn't realize it was no longer on the market since I haven't needed to look for a replacement yet.

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Posted by BigDaddy on Thursday, January 26, 2017 5:42 PM

I bought a bottle last year at Modeltrainstuff, now out of stock.  It evaporates somewhere between the bottle and the styrene I want to use it on.  Maybe I got a bad bottle?

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Posted by garya on Thursday, January 26, 2017 4:53 PM

I believe Tenax-7R is mostly Methylene Chloride.  It may contain some MEK.  MEK is very good for welding polystyrene, but the smell gives me a headahce.  Some people prefer Lacquer thinner, acetone, or xylene. 

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Posted by jrbernier on Thursday, January 26, 2017 4:49 PM

  2-3 years ago there was a rumor going around that Tenax-7r was going off the market, as the couple who owned it was getting a divorce.  This led to folks making a run on LHS's and eBay sellers listing bottles for sky-high prices.  What came out of all this is unknown to me, and I have no idea of what is fact or 'Internet' myth.

  A few years before, Micro-Mark had someone 'reverse engineer' the product and they came out with 'Same Stuff'.  They are still selling it in packs of two bottles for the price of one bottle of Tenax-7r.

  Micro-Mark has done similar things over the years when they cannot get the 'discount' from a manufacturer that they want.  NWSL tools used to be sold through Micro-Mark, and now Micro-Mark has copies of these tools branded under their own label.

  I suspect the original Tenax-7r wound up in the same boat.  For what it's worth, I have both Tenax-7r and Same Stuff on my workbench - and they appear similar...

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Posted by mbinsewi on Thursday, January 26, 2017 3:30 PM

Yep, same here, MEK is JUST like Tenax, if not the same.

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Posted by dstarr on Thursday, January 26, 2017 3:20 PM

G Paine

Tenax-7R Plastic Welder has been out of stock at Walthers since last summer. Is it still being made?

 

I dunno.  I use MEK which I buy in the paint dept of Walmart in quart cans.

 

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Posted by 7j43k on Thursday, January 26, 2017 3:20 PM

I've looked for it off and on.  Haven't found any.  Gave up.

I use MEK for my needs.

 

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Is Tenax-7R Plastic Welder Still Being Made?
Posted by G Paine on Thursday, January 26, 2017 2:39 PM

Tenax-7R Plastic Welder has been out of stock at Walthers since last summer. Is it still being made?

George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch 

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