# Resin Bonding **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 31, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resin-bonding/31537 "2000-08-31T20:09:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resin-bonding/31537/1 "2000-08-31T20:09:05Z")
Is there any way to bond resin? It’s white in the middle (where it broke). My mom said glue doesn’t work. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resin-bonding/31537/2 "2000-09-01T00:09:32Z")
Try two-part epoxy. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resin-bonding/31537/3 "2000-09-01T05:04:24Z")
Try superglue. The reason she may think it won’t work isn’t chemical, but because resin breaks with a fine fault. You might want to try sanding it first. Actually, I’d try the two-part epoxy first. It works on everything. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2000, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resin-bonding/31537/4 "2000-09-01T11:27:17Z")
Depends on the break and how much pressure you intend for the glued part to take. If it’s a piece of resin furniture I wouldn’t bet on any glue adhering to it with sufficient strength to support any significant load. Resin plastics are difficult to bond. Plastic PVC plumbing pipe glue and activators may work but these are intended for close fit tolerances (ie pipe into pipe). see [http://www.gluguru.com/](http://www.gluguru.com/) [http://www.adhesiveworld.com](http://www.adhesiveworld.com)