How To Fasten Acrylic Sheets To Wood

Pictured above are four glues which can be used to adhere acrylic to wood acrylic polymer multi surface adhesive epoxy and cyanoacrylate glue a k a.

How to fasten acrylic sheets to wood. How to attach plexiglass to wood. Go over the broadest area of the plastic piece with a square of high grit sandpaper before you get gluing. Cast acrylic adhesives such as weld on 3 soften or melt the acrylic and then the solvents evaporates to cure the pieces together but they won t adhere to wood. Sanding the plastic will make it more porous and increase its overall surface area allowing it to bond to the wood more easily.

Carefully place the acrylic into the frame. Position the dot 1 inch from each side. Screw the acrylic to the wood using wood screws until the head of the screw is flush with the surface of the acrylic. Attach a 1 4 inch drill bit to a power drill and place the bit directly over any of the four marks on the.

Take care not to over tighten the screw because the plastic will crack. The surface must be solid sturdy as clean as possible and free from dust moisture grease or any sort of chemicals. While you re certainly not going to use four glues on your project understanding how each glue reacts with the two substrates will help you choose the best adhesive for your next. Apply an even pressure so the plastic doesn t crack or split and allow the bit to cool between holes.

Place the plexiglass on a flat surface and draw a small dot at each corner with a black marker. Line the acrylic up with your grease pencil marks and clamp. If gluing acrylic to a vertical surface apply the glue to the wood in thin beads that are 2 inches apart. If you are using countersunk head screws to install wall sheets ensure that they are as flat and tight against the wall as possible.

Use blue painter s masking tape to hold it in place.