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Notebook's corner broke off. It's black thin plastic broke off in one piece. What are best strategies to join it back? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 months ago by altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/diy@sh.itjust.works

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That's my personal PC, so I don't care about looks, I mostly want a strong connection to the whole notebook's bottom casing so I won't break it by touching that part of it while taking it up by it.

I have superglue, hot glue, metal sheets, can purchase screws and such, am not limited of basic supplies, but I have no idea how a pro would go about it.

Deeper description: it's occured to the bottom part of a notebook holding most hardware. The corner itself is empty so no hardware there. It broke off in one piece, but have itself two still intact details - one is a part of a flat surface that you put your hands on while working, the second is a bit rounded reaching the bottom.

I came to think I want to fix it with some sheet where it is flat, and then glue it to it's curvy bottom.

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[–] Stitch0815@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Depending on the type of platic you could try to chemically melt it. If its ABS (chances are good for a notebook case) you can put a little bit of acetone on one cracked surface and press them together. The Acetone will dissolve a bit of the plastic and harden again when it evaporates. Just be a bit carefull it will also soften the plastic in the vicinity so you might leave fingerprints in the plastic if not carefull.

If it's not ABS you can check what solvents would be possible to use for the other plastic and if you can get then.

Or use superglue

That's probabpy what I would do :D

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What's the better way to apply acetone? Something like a brush or a stick with a cotton head?

[–] Stitch0815@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah that works

Or if you can get a pasteur pipette that also works great

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

First test the acetone on the inside surface of the broke piece to see if it even melts the plastic. You can also buy model glue at a hobby store but you will pay a premium for a small amount, but they have built in applicator brushes.